I think I really get Google App Engine. Not so much in a technical fashion (although it’s pretty simple on the surface), but in a _global_ sense.

Earlier this evening I watched the first video of their revealing of Google App Engine. As I watched, a couple of thoughts started popping into my head.

They coalesced into the video above.

So watch what I would have said if I were Google.

I’m still having trouble with the whole video process. Tonight the sound just wouldn’t sync. I had to try a number of configs before getting it right. I even uploaded to Viddler a whole file before I watched it and it wasn’t right.

Here’s to getting quicker at doing these things.

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There’s an idea that I’m clarifying here. Beginning to clarify.

This process started when I posted a comment today and used the word *spark* meaning that the post (Community and Your Business as a Social Object by @pistachio) fired my brain. It pushed my mind in a direction that I wasn’t headed in at that moment.

That is what the SparkBug is.

I have to work out the mp4->mpg size thing. It’s not working like the mp4->avi used to.

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I say "Props" way too many times. Zero would be better. Apologies for that.

Gary really is bringing a lot of energy and inspiration and joy and life to the community. Gary .. Thankyou for all your hard and crazy work!

I’ve been hearing a lot of "good people" kudos to folk within the twitter-web-dev-tech community. I’d like to add another segment to that .. our favourite book authors.

So here are two of mine, George R. R. Martin and J.V.Jones (my sig on the forums is "theUnguru").

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Everything changed when I saw Gary’s Video.

My brain couldn’t let go of the idea of Identity. What we are in the world around us, how we present ourselves.

It came to me in a flash. Quickly, I ran to the dining table, alt-tabbed to Firefox, went to the Netregistry console, and checked for the domain name.

It was still available! Crazy I said .. all right then, let’s give this a go.

That was about 5 hours ago.

I’m in the process of moving across all non-Clarion content from Clarion Folk. This may take a little time because I’m going to bed now.

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