May 10
I am horrible with other people’s important dates, e.g., birthdays, anniversaries, date you got your appendix removed, etc. I just realized I should put all that info into my Gmail Contacts, and then it will appear on my Google Calendar automatically. Oh wait… It doesn’t show up. Damn. Why doesn’t it work? Turns out, this …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2011/05/10/syncing-gmail-contacts-birthdays-and-events-with-google-calendar/
Feb 04
I am starting to design a new API for an application that will need to integrate with other applications. Before doing so, I always make it a point to re-watch and re-read this presentation given by Joshua Bloch from Google. Joshua does a fantastic job going over the DOs and DON’Ts of good API design. …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2011/02/04/how-to-design-a-good-api-and-why-it-matters/
Dec 09
I just saw on my RSS that GWT 2.0 has been released. Gonna go play now. Bye.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/09/gwt-2-0-released/
Nov 25
I installed Google Chrome Frame about a month ago, and I am very impressed with how responsive and quick Internet Explorer is with JavaScript intensive web pages now. If you use a lot of JavaScript intensive websites, e.g., Facebook, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, etc., you will notice a significant improvement in performance when using …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/11/25/google-chrome-frame/
Sep 03
Just noticed today that Google Calendar now has built in sports schedules so that you can be sure you never miss out on a game. Pretty sweet feature for the sports fanatics out there.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/09/03/google-calendar-now-has-sports-schedules/
Apr 16
I just saw that Google released GWT 1.6 and an supporting Eclipse plug-in a few days ago. I am installing now, and then I am going to attempt to use it to build a little resource time tracking application. More updates to follow on this adventure…
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/04/16/google-web-toolkit-16-and-eclipse-plug-in/
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