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Wrapup: Google Developer Days and Google I/O
July 2, 2008
Posted by Elizabeth Yin & Min Li Chan, Google Developer Programs
May and June were exciting months for our developer team. Not only is it the start of summer in the Bay Area, but also the start of Google I/O and Google Developer Days around the world. Many of the team dispersed to various parts of the globe to meet with developers. Here's a quick recap of where we've been, and where we're heading.
San Francisco, May 28-29
We started the summer with
Google I/O
. This two-day conference was our biggest developer gathering to date. While we'd love for every single software developer to come to these events, we realize that isn't possible. So we've recorded as many of the sessions as we could and made them available online. We've posted videos and presentations
more than 70 sessions
for you to view.
Yokohama, June 10
Shortly after Google I/O, we kicked off our 2008 Google Developer Days. The first stop was
Yokohama, Japan
. Andy Rubin and Takuya Oikawa started the day before 1100 developers, highlighting the Android user interface, the Earth API's 3D graphics, and announcing Japan's new Google Developer API Expert program.
Videos and sessions are now available.
Beijing, June 12
Two days later, Marissa Mayer and Kai-Fu Lee opened
Developer Day in Beijing
for more than 2,000 developers, highlighting the effort between Google and local developer communities to collectively make the web better as a platform. Notably, we welcomed several new Chinese networks to the OpenSocial community, including 51.com, 51wan.com, Douban.com, Hainei.com, Tianji.com, Xiaonei.com, and YiQi.com. These networks join a few others that have already launched in China, including MySpace.cn and Tianya.cn, as well as CityIN.com, which has shipped a sandbox for developers.
Beijing videos and sessions are here.
Taipei, June 14
Next on the schedule was
Taipei's first Google Developer Day
, with 900 developers. In the developer showcase, we invited three developers to demonstrate web applications they'd built using Google APIs: Wei-chih Chiang, a student of Yi Shou University and his
Photo Note
site, Jun-Chieh Huang, founder of
ischool
, a website that integrates Google services for elementary and high schools in Taiwan, and
FunP
, a social website integrating OpenSocial features.
Here are the Taipei videos and sessions.
Sydney, June 18
Rounding out the Asia-Pacific Developer Days was an intimate group of
450 developers in Sydney
right by scenic Darling Harbor. In addition to folks from Google, we were excited to have Daniel Reyes, Head of Engineering from MySpace AU, stop by to share his team's work with Gears. Also of note were six local developers who showcased their app at our
speedgeeking contest
: contest winners Casey and Dan Russell of
CleanCruising
, Nick Lothian of
Scootle
, Ken Hoetmer of
Quikmaps
, Tom Horn of the
Patrick O'Brien Mapping Project
, Tak Tran with the
Collaborative Autobiography
site, and Tim Savage with the
SEQ Brisbane Water Levels gadget
.
Mexico City, June 23
John Farrell and Alfonso Luna opened
our
first Developer Day in Mexico City
. 500 enthusiastic developers joined us from all over Central and South America, with a crowd of them gathering as early as 6am, well ahead of the 9am start time. Check out
sessions.
Sao Paulo, June 27
Alexandre Hohagen and Paulo Golgher welcomed 750 developers to
Developer Day in Sao Paulo
, the largest event in Google Brazil's history. The crowd was especially excited to hear Eduardo Thuler's announcement of orkut's upcoming support of OpenSocial in Brazil.
Our Developer Days don't stop there, though. After a summer break, look for the team to hit the road again, including a new date in Bangalore.
September 16 - London, England
September 18 - Paris, France
September 23 - Munich, Germany
September 25 - Madrid, Spain
October 11 - Bangalore, India
October 21 - Milan, Italy
October 24 - Prague, Czech Republic
October 28 - Moscow, Russia
Stay tuned for registration details for these Developer Days.
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