Thomas Steiner (@tomayac)

Now at @tomayac@toot.cafe

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @tomayac ever

September 2009

RT @Shonzilla: Great! @cyanogen & #Google are getting along together on keeping #Android license-friendly w/ people like @jbqueru etc.//Yes!

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Call 1800-GOOGLE-WAVE for the next round of invites. This round is over. Oh, and DM != mention ;-)

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I got 8 (that’s eight) invites to . DM me your email address. I will tweet when all invites are gone.

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Testing the new app. Looks pretty sweet so far! <3 the drawer, simplistic UI &ahone sync: http://tr.im/AbTD

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IP delivery != cloaking! Even Google does it: google.com looks different dependent on the IP location. http://bit.ly/z9Tks

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Note to self: loops iterating over an index ‘i’ work best if from time to time this very iterator ‘i’ gets incremented.

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Most users don’t get (why should they?). If an app takes too long to load data, they’ll just hard-reload - and rightly so! fix?

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Was pointed to @appcelerator for &ahone co-devel. Looks promising, 1st tests w/ curr. SDKs failed, tho. Only ator

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Download PDFs w/ MobileSafari & the Download Plug-in http://bit.ly/9PxLR. The Info.plist file is in /System/Library/Internet Plugins

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What does do when it says “Optimzing database”? Clear the cache? Delete old entries? Never saw this when it still was .

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.@LordofGoats, @akoch:”Do native app only if u need native features”*What if u wanna sell=>Web app cant sell=>Embed Web “app” in native app?

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Wondering how will deal w/ the sudden presence of ? => The correct way if you use the meta tag: http://tr.im/zu9c

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Can you benefit from scrapers? http://tr.im/ztRQ => In most cases scraping won’t hurt you. Simply put links to your own page on it.

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RT @aemkei:Just for the records: GMail Push for iPhone http://tr.im/ztzr and Google Chrome in Internet Explorer http://tr.im/ztzs -

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Stuck w/ 6|7|8? you could switch browser? Enters http://tr.im/ztJ9 => Chrome as a plugin!

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If you do &ahone co-development, do you write all native, or use a Web “app” embedded in a Webkit object as common back-end?

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I <3 . Thought of ways to code expandable box. Then realized: can be done w/ a Tree, a root TreeItem & the actual box TreeItem (5 lines)

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RT @jos_tweets: Apply for my old Job! RT @filiber: Google hiring Search Quality Associates: esp. Dutch, French, German! http://bit.ly/xdgaL

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RT @pedrodias:Google Developers video: Introduction to http://bit.ly/L36mq

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is Twitter on the Web how it should be: integrated vids, pics, contact groups, trend explanations. Invitation: http://bit.ly/11ocIs

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RT @vinoaj:Integrating Yahoo! Search and Microsoft Bing with Google Analytics | Practical eCommerce http://ff.im/-8tmfY

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Ordered new biz cards. Generic title this time in case of where Larry calls w/ good news reg. my future at : http://twitpic.com/ikzdy

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0.2.11 works on both FW 3.0 & 3.1. Don’t use the old version fydia, but this one: http://tr.im/zh5E

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doesn’t support the Java Calendar API, but forces devs to use the deprecated Date API. Bruce Johnson explains why: http://tr.im/z37N

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@stroughtonsmith Hope you’ll share the results of theRSS reader survey?! Most popular feed reader, most wanted feature, that kind of stats.

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@BinaryJunkie Good luck, dude :-) Saw my tweet w/ the known issues? No showstoppers, tho… Have fun!

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Known issues on 3.1 : no tethering b/o signed carrier bundles & carrier name missing. See update 2 & 3: http://tr.im/yPTw

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@NambuCom Hmmm, so why not stick to the old interface? Or more intuitively even: make the plus/minus signs directly after the search term?

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@NambuCom Another suggestion: the blue plus sign to permanently save searches should be at the search box, not the filter box in my opinion.

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@NambuCom Happy w/ the beta program improvements so far! One suggestion: can we get copy&paste for the tweets?

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URL parameter handling (url.com?param=val) in Webmaster Tools http://tr.im/yXcK via @pedrodias @mattcutts

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@JohnMu No, not cultural insensitivity at all, but way to go! A t-shirt is a peaceful way of protest.

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LOL, @mattcutts is trying to convince engineers to come to : http://tr.im/yWVL

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With the fun w/ the new 3.1 , don’t forget to change default passwords: http://tinyurl.com/p58ukn

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.@sixtus42 The only GDDs in EMEA in 2009 will be in Prague and in Moscow. You can try to sign up for both, I assume locals have precedence.

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Should I use pipes or dashes in <title>? - Both work, dashes are more common. http://bit.ly/ZnDbJ (via @pedrodias)

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The Dev Team has released for the 3.1 . Bye, iPhone phone. Hi iPhone computer! http://tr.im/yPTw

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RT @googlecode:Registrations open for Google Developer Days in Prague & Moscow. Sign up early as space is limited. http://bit.ly/2YQylB

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RT @jerem: RT @dewitt: Thoughts from @bradfitz on the history behind PubSubhubub and rssCloud: http://j.mp/18zMPK.

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Howto be big w/o being evil? Don’t trap users. If you don’t like , we make it easy to move: http://www.dataliberatio…

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@vinoaj This was my assumption as well when I discussed this option w/ @jos_tweets.

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@vinoaj Thinking whether “Activity on Site” might make sense: window.setInterval every n seconds to see if the mouse has moved => Ajax apps.

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Self reminder of trivia: 1-page-only visits will always have 00:00:00 as Time on Site => http://bit.ly/NBl6I

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@cdibona Yeah me too adoring The IT Crowd :-) My rings me up with the IT theme sound. Turned it off and on again yet?

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<3 the 13” so far. Especially the new trackpad. 3-Finger navigation rocks! Drag Lock bug sucks http://bit.ly/18Gu4K

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Officially signed up for the &aroid Developer Programs. Planning on co-releasing an app around, well, Google products :-)

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Congrats to @greenrobot_de for the obviously successful meeting where he live-coded a Twitter client.

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1st world problem no. 297: moving my data from my old Pro 15” to my new MacBook Pro 13” Unibody on the weekend.

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It’s 9/10, a day to 9/11. Share your memories or read other people’s stories on this &agine powered site http://tr.im/ylIY

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“Bread & circuses” day hereogle Germany today: 1) We all got a Google-branded kite. 2) The whole company is invited to Hangover movie

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Listening to John Frusciante - Murderers ( http://tr.im/ykHU) and doing expense reports. Coincidence? The whole album is awesome!

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…Jobs asks people to become organ donors as well. http://bit.ly/14GOOT

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Steve Jobs (CEO of ) back vertical thanks to organ donation of a mid 20ies traffic accident victim: http://bit.ly/Gsd43
Jobs asks …

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Apple sent me a completely new :-) Home button works like a charme now, not to speak of battery life! Paying the Apple-Plus pays off

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Back from Rotterdam. Mileage of newest Volkswagen Golf (Diesel): 1,100km + x. Impressed. All freeway, avg. speed ~120km/h. Yay!

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Cruising back to Hamburg. Speed limit of 120km/h in NL is lame, disallowing trucks from overtaking each other would be the > security win!

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In Rotterdam, Netherlands today, presenting at the Realworld GIS Seminar (http://bit.ly/UGtaO). Thankfully made it there w/ Google Maps :-)

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RT @MuscleNerd:3G+3GS owners BEWARE: you’ll lose (maybe forever) your ultrasn0w unlock if you update to Apple’s new firmware this week

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@kojote Stroh-Twittwer => Mööööp. Das macht dann 10€ in die Schlechte-Kalauer-Kasse ;-)

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@tcurdt Agreed! The slide show photos are all safe (no sex & crime) and all seem to use CC licencing coming from best-of or must-see tags…

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@vinoaj Yay! Welcome to the club! I went for the slightly smaller 13” one. Ping me if I you have switcher questions :-) N00b ones included!

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Follow @johnmu for #Google #Webmaster hints (see latest tweets, more than just #SEO). Also read his blog http://johnmu.com/.

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At . Thank God it’s Labor Day in the US http://tr.im/y5ix so even could catch up w/ email. Labor Day is on May 1 in most other countries

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airport security at its best: http://pic.im/aIl (metal fork, plastic knife). And they use a whole body imaging device http://tr.im/y3id

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Bay Bridge in SF is closed (http://tr.im/y3fQ) for a few days. How , , deal w/ it: http://tr.im/y3fP

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How face and licence plate blurring works in : http://tr.im/y388 (via @vinoaj) (fun video by Japan)

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There seems to be a coincidence between tweetin/bloggin cat trivia and bein famous. @mattcutts (http://tr.im/y35w) &a@ev @ev (http://tr.im/y35x)

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Last day in Mountain View. Spent the morning in San Francisco at book store, Apple Store & Old Navy. Finally saw erHQ from outside

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@BinaryJunkie You DO read my tweets ;-) Starting w/ the Android book on the plane. Checked Amazon in store. For Googleplex http://tr.im/y32b

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About to buy “Beginning 3 Development” (D. Mark) &amroid Application Development” (R. Meier). Last minute thoughts? Ping! Thanks

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RT @pamelafox: // Sorry, messed up the URL => http://tr.im/xZIs

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RT @pamelafox:Spent the last few days debugging a gadget, figured I’d benefit the world by writing up my tips: http://tr.i

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Roadtrip from Mountain View to Morro Bay via Hwy 1, back on 101. Nice tour! Swam, saw seals, cruised, had pancakes for breakfast :-)

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Bought at the corp. Apple Store w/ a 50% employee discount :-) The 1st OS I actually did buy & not just use the shipped version

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Just watched Inglorious Basterds, the latest Tarantino: Germans speak German, French French, Americans English. All native speakers. Awesome

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@retomeier Hi Reto! Up for any activities (e.g. Big Sur [got car]) this weekend? I’m in MTV till Sunday late afternoon. Ping me if you want.

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@vinoaj I was in a VC actually (seconds before shooting the photo). VCs are so much more fun when the ambience is right…

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Back from inside tour of the hardware labs. Plain amazing. No I wanna visit a real data center near me. Where could that be ;-) ?

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Back from tour. Saw Steve Jobs! Literally! He eats food, in the café. Incredible. Besides this: secretive people. Big things up?!

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http://twitpic.com/gfxq8 - Last day at the Google HQ. Getting some serious work done today:

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Page for frequent flyers: http://www.seatguru.com => Choose your seat wisely. Can make a difference, more than window or aisle.

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Hi @twoffice do you have a public space where visitors could drop by? Planning an Apple(!), Google(!), Twitter(?) inside tour day tomorrow.

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Tomorrow: inside tour thru Apple at lunch time & inside tour thru Google’s hardware labs in the afternoon. Tha@nickboosboos for the contact!

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RT @tcurdt:Doing iPhone development during an Android talk. Should I feel bad about it? // LOL :-) Hang him high!

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Greets to running right now! Meeting w/ @stephliu for lunch (in Mountain View right now). Anything you want her to know? Ping me!

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Serving different content to mobile and to desktop users is NOT cloaking. Just DON’T treat bots special: http://tr.im/xOAg

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Yay thanks : “after intense tests of your we confirm the home button damage”. New device’s in mail on last days of guarantee..

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@nutellajar @akoch Are you there yet? We still haven’t left the campus. Sarah suggested pre-dinner drinks at the hotel lobby in SFO…

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Crossed the cupcake Android statue today. Now heading to San Francisco w/ my team for a team dinner. Then night out there. Life’s good :-)

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On my list of must-see companies I’ve checked so far: Google (well…) and Yahoo! Looks like this week I can get an inside tour at Apple :-)

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Famous Googlers I’ve crossed so far: Matt Cutts yesterday, Vint Cerf today. This doesn’t quite happen at, like, Google Germany. Who’s next?

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In view of the occasion: settings instructions: http://tr.im/xFnU

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RT @evan:It always feels like a win when Gmail is down, but Twitter is up.

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is currently down for some users, both public & Gmail for domains. See http://tr.im/xFhi for status updates. Try IMAP.

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Wow. Just had a holodeck happening. Surrounded by 8 huge LCD panels arranged as a circle & 3D mouse to fly around! Headache now

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Don’t get hit by the “Slow” label w/ your gadgets http://tr.im/xE3S Optimize for optimal performance http://tr.im/xE3T

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w/ DE clocks in at ridiculously expensive 19.95€/month (http://tr.im/xBoA). Hey T-Mobile, O2 UK even allows VoIP

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Just accepted a lunch invite by @stephliu while in Mountain View. Lookin forward to syncin w/ you guys with Germany bein a GTUG-HQ :-)

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Arrived in SFO, picked up rental car, drove to Mountain View, now back in Building 43, Google HQ. Worked there 2 months (’06) as an intern.

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