Powered By YouTube - Event Videos and Slides Online
Jul 31, 2008 Noticias
All of the videos, slides, and other materials used during our first “Powered by YouTube” developer event are now online and available for mass consumption:
http://sites.google.com/site/poweredbyyoutube
We had ~100 developers come and hang out with us at YouTube HQ. It was a full day, with talks ranging from best practices to the history of scaling up YouTube infrastructure and, of course, cookies, lunch and t-shirts. There were also some good discussions in our Office Hours lounge. If you’re interested, the one-sheet Code Labs we had for working with the Data APIs in JSON and PHP are also available online.
Thanks to everyone for coming out, learning about the APIs, and sharing your feedback and questions with us. Special thanks goes to Slide, Qik, Animoto, Gaia Online, and Helio for speaking about their experiences working with our APIs and even walking through some code snippets.
As a bonus, here’s a bunch of us (Jochen, Jeff, myself) with Steve Mesa, the top poster in our discussion forum 
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Friday - YHOO, JDSU, RIMM, QCOM
Jul 31, 2008 Noticias
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
QCOM is one of the hottest stocks in the market right now. The stock is looking good and looks set to break into new highs, but if prices pullback, the $54 level is a possible area for them to be supported at. All indicators still point to a bull market. The technical daily chart above shows the stock is now in a very strong upward momentum as both 50 day and 200 day moving averages are going up along with the stock. MACD and KD also shows the stock is currently in a bull market. For now the trend is still up.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
Very bullish action on RIMM this week. The stock firmed around 112-119 and then broke out with three days of high volume. Further strength above $126.45 ( 50 dma ) opens the door to $140. Put her on your radar.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
JDSU reversed at the down-trend line and looks to be heading down towards support ($10.60-$10.80 range). Also keep an alert on the upside at the down-trend line ($11.30-$11.35 area).
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
One of the most important days for Yahoo shareholders is coming. On 1st of August there is an Annual Shareholders meeting which also includes a vote for the new Board. Finally it comes the time where shareholders will be able to decide if they want to elect Icahn’s board or stay with the current Yahoo board. This day definetively will mark the future of the company and the whole strategies behind a possible Microsoft deal. As I mentioned several times here, Microsoft is constantly losing a lot of money with its online services and if they are really interested to gain the scale necessary to compete with Google, Yahoo is without no doubt the best option for company, is profitable, something that Microsoft knows. Remember, if there is no deal with Yahoo, Microsoft will need many years to revamp its online services while Google continues to grow, and I don’t think the Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is able to lose so much time. Keep in mind : The Deal Isn’t Dead !!! Frankly speaking I also think the Yahoo’s deal failure is priced into the stock at current levels.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s All. See you Tomorrow !!!
AC
Happy Birthday…
Jul 31, 2008 Noticias
…to Paalo.
I hope these little cherry and white chocolate butter cakes will bring a bit of birthday cheer to your day.
Looks Good To Me - Source Code Review Tools
Jul 30, 2008 Noticias
Code reviews are the rule at Google — peer review reduces bugs, increases code quality, reduces maintenance cost, opens up team communication, and helps get the job done right the first time.
Like many open source developers, Google engineers used to rely on mail and textual diffs when doing code reviews. That made code reviews a drag. Mondrian, a web based code review tool, made the process much more efficient by presenting the diffs and comments right in our browser. Mondrian inspired the open source project Review Board, and led to Rietveld, and now the new code review tools are available on Google Code’s Project Hosting.
Reviewing code in your project is simple: browse any source file or diff, double click on a source line to add comments, then publish your comments along with a general comment and score for the revision.
You can see code reviews in action on the code.google.com support project. So why are you still reading this? Learn how to use code reviews and don’t forget to let us know what you think.
Alberta Municipal Bylaws
Jul 30, 2008 Noticias
Released today on the CALL listserv, Mary Hemmings, Assistant Director at the University of Calgary Law Library shared the Alberta Bylaws Digitization Project. A new collection providing access to historical Municipal Bylaws, available for both searching and browsing (by year).
The project, she adds, ‘began on a modest scale in 2004 and is now picking up momentum’. The collection is highlighted as ‘new’ on the website.
I’ve had nice things to say about Alberta’s Our Future Our Past website in the past, and still love the work they’re producing. Archival capturing of bylaws allows for better research, documentation for municipal history, and comparisons of local government over time. Not always the makings of headline news, but important to the concept of legacy, and for future generations.
You can visit www.ourfutureourpast.ca and find a number of similar top-quality collections. It’s a great model, and one that other provinces would do well to follow.
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Thursday - RFMD, RMBS, CIEN
Jul 30, 2008 Noticias
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
RMBS - Recently the stock has been on rally after the company announced its earnings. Even today the stock surged 3% to $16.78 cents per share. Let’s take a detail look at the stock to see if it’s worth buying. The stock overall is still weak with 50 day moving average now below 200 day moving average, however looking closely at daily technical chart above in a short term basis ,we can clearly see it shows the stock has been on rally recently as K line has been rising above D line. Now that MACD is back above 0 and RSI is in an upward direction, we may should see the stock head to $18 mark soon.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
CIEN - If the weakness continues and the stock breaks the support at $20, there will be a good chance that the stock will test the $19.30 support.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
RFMD - I have mentioned several times this stock over the last weeks, analysing the stock based on the technical chart as one of the stocks is a clear downtrend. However, yesterday after the market closes the company have surprised all of us with earnings above the estimative of the street, which has caused a huge rally early in morning that roll over today’s session. According to the report, RF Micro posted a net loss of $24.1 million, or 9 cents a share for the first quarter ending June 28, compared with net income of $23.6 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose nearly 14 percent to $240.5 million. Excluding items, it earned 3 cents a share. It’s also important to note, that company forecast a second-quarter profit that was a cent below market expectations. Nevertheless, today’s action in the share price leads me to believe that we may see a reversal trend at this level. To sustain this point of view, stock needs to sustain actual level in the days to come, so stay tuned to her. A close above $3.40 will give us the perfect signal for a strong upward.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s All. See you Tomorrow !!!
AC
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Wednesday - YHOO, PMCS, BUCY, XL, RIMM
Jul 29, 2008 Noticias
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
PMCS is still holding support AT $7 but at the same time has not bounce very strongly here. A break below $6.98 area will likely be bearish for stock, on the other hand a close above $7.85 on heavy volume will launch a rally.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
BUCY - The stock has resistance at $72.50. If the stock is able to cross this level and sustain above it, then it might go to $75 and then even to $79.52. The technical chart shows positive sign as the stock is back above both 50 day and 200 day moving averages. Rising KD should continue to carry the rally. Stay tuned on her.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
XL - The stock has a strong support at $17.50. If the stock breaches this level on a close basis, then it might decline to $15.95. Support after 2.95 is at $14.61. However, if the stock sustains above its $17.50 during some sessions, then it may go to $20. The stock is currently in a downtrend.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
RIMM - The stock rallied in mid of July and then consolidated. Watch $119.60 up and $110 down.
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge )
YHOO - It becoming a stressful situation to hold shares of Yahoo at this moment. The stock has been under a strong manipulation shaking every time any news comes out. I start getting frustrated with all commentaries that many speculators have used for gaining popularity and making money with the fluctuation of the share price. I have to admit that I still holding my shares, just due to the high level of inflow money that this stock still showing, it’s a signal that the big boys are not selling just increasing slowly the long position. If you look closely to the latest movements in the stock, the volume has been too small for a stock like this, with a 28 Billion of capitalization. No one knows the future of the stock, but one thing is completely truth, Microsoft will not gain market share to Google in the years to come without Yahoo.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s All. See you Tomorrow !!!
AC
The Dave’s Debut at Slaw.ca
Jul 29, 2008 Noticias
Our list of collaborators expanded at Slaw today; and interestingly all go by the same name: Dave! Joing us at the Canadian legal blogging co-op are David Bilinsky, David Canton, and David Fraser.
Clipped from the welcome post…
David Bilinsky is the Practice Management Advisor and staff lawyer for the Law Society of British Columbia. His impressive CV includes such items as being Chair of the Editorial Board for Law Practice Magazine, published by the ABA; founding the Pacific Legal Technology Conference; and being a former ABA Techshow Chair. David also blogs at Thoughtfullaw.com.
David Fraser is the founder of the Canadian Privacy Law Blog, and notably one of Canada’s first blogging lawyers. He is a member of the faculty of Dalhousie Law School, where he teaches Internet and Media Law, Law and Technology, and Law and Policy for Electronic Commerce. We also are looking forward to seeing Mr. Fraser start blogging on topics outside of Privacy Law, to which we’re told to expect some controversy. Right David?
David Canton, is a renowned Canadian technology blogger providing his commentary at canton.elegal.ca. David practices with Harrison Pensa in London Ontario, where he is a business lawyer and trade-mark agent with a focus on technology issues and technology companies. David also writes a column for the London Free Press, and has authored a book Legal Landmines in E-Commerce.
I’m very excited to have these guys join our team over at Slaw. Each brings a wealth of history and knowledge, and an influx of new blood can’t hurt either. Welcome aboard gentlemen!
Blawg Review Virgins
Jul 29, 2008 Noticias
Can you identify who are Blawg Review virgins in the lineup above?
Stephanie West Allen hosted Blawg Review #114.
Diane Levin hosted #43, #94 and #130.
Victoria Pynchon and Gini Nelson are Blawg Review virgins.
Victoria Pynchon of Settle It Now and The IP ADR Blog confesses to being a Blawg Review virgin:
Though we’ve been reading Blawg Review since we put up our first tentative post on blogger (here!) in June of 2006, as hosts, we’re Blawg Review virgins. So send your best posts this week to Blawg Review for possible inclusion in possibly one of the best BR’s ever (we like to set our own bar high!)
To see how you can get your latest, greatest, law blog post submitted for Blawg Review #171 — which promises to be a good one — simply follow these submission guidelines. We look forward to seeing some new law blogs, including many ADR blogs.
Free Magazines at LegalPubs.ca
Jul 28, 2008 Noticias
We’re starting the monetization experiment over at LegalPubs, offering free magazines and white papers in the right-hand sidebar.
This has been done via an affiliate partnership with Tradepub.com, with whom I’ve had many years of past success, marketing these same offers via BPubs free magazines. The subscriptions (usually one year in length) are legitimately free, with the user exchanging their demographic profile for the subscription. The magazines, in turn, are able to charge more for advertising because they have a documented profile of their user base.
Please drop by if you get a chance!
