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Yesterday, I went to the QLD　MSDN User Group Meeting. One of presenters shows his opensource project, Glimpse. That is very very cool! This project is a Server Side version of FireBug in .Net. It will add a collapsible div at the bottom of page. In the div, all about the current request, including the server variable and session id, even MVC route. That is so cool! In addition, inside your code, you can add the track and the div will show them as well. Lastly, there is a remote tab inside this div. In the remote tab, you get the request information about the other clients which are on the same application. That is very helpful to mobile development. You can go into a page in the desktop and access the request information which is from the other mobile clients, rather than directly accessing them from a mobile device. I highly recommend to spend some time on learning this project!

I have upgraded Acer Iconia A500 to Android 4.0. That is easy! A500 will download the package and install for you. I am very happy about the upgrade! The interface is much much nicer. For example, those icons look more 3D. In addition, between actions, it has some fade-in and out effect. That is nicer. Moreover, I found the speed is improved. That is so great!

P.S. Please make AcerNidus and all acer related apps are the most updated version before you process the upgrade. This will make sure the upgrade process be smooth.

Recently, there are a lot of new software/hardware products release or about to release such as Galaxy SIII and Windows 8. They are mostly talking about the experience, such as you can use your voice to control your phone or how the new user interface is easy to use and delivery the context clearly. They are not talking how powerful hard specification or how faster can the software run. That is the sign for computer products are moving our engineer world to the general public. For us, they are care about the functions. They don't care about the packaging. Even they may be happy about using a command port if that is the most effective way to deliver the functions. But the general public, they care about design and whether they are easy to use. That is different. Thus, as a Software Engineer, they need to put more effort on user experience, just building functions.... The world is changed!

Two months ago, I was in Hong Kong, my friend showed me his china-made Android Phone. That is 5" screen with Android 2.3.4. That looks like Galaxy Note. But that is much cheaper, that is only HKD$1500. It got a big screen, that is very comfortable to read! That is good for watching youtube too! There is only one disadvantage, the CPU is too slow. It is only around 800 Mhz. But that is smooth and considering that is HKD$1500, we cannot ask for much. Moreover, it looks cool too! It has a white case.

Wow, that is such a good phone and value for money!

Google has launched Google Drive. This is Google Doc with the cloud drive. That is so cool. I can store my documents and files, and I edit them in my phone, android and pc. Moreover, I found that is cool to use Google doc in a tablet. I can do my work even I am away from my office. But that makes everywhere is a work place. That is a kind of stressful.
Lastly, Google has upgraded to the cloud storage to 5GB.