Google IO: Google App Engine fireside chat- May 29, 2008 There were a few questions about the choice of Python as a language, and whether and what languages would come next, comparisons to other existing containers, and so forth. Guido van Rossum said it was partly because Python is one of the three big languages at Google, and because it was (relatively) easy to harden the VM. Kevin Gibbs said they had to start somewhere, and that they were committed to others. Paul McDonald said that the two most voted-for issues on the issue...http://nxsy.org/google-io-google-app-engine-fireside-chat Google IO: Five random bytes from the Thursday Keynote- May 29, 2008 In a particular period of time, 50% of the projects going live were "20% time projects"Occam&39;s Razor applied to design - the simplest design is probably bestDon&39;t let the urgent drown out the importantHave a healthy disrespect for "the impossible"The imagination is a muscle (which needs regular exercise to function well)http://nxsy.org/google-io-five-random-bytes-from-the-thursday-keynote |