Google Developer Day 2011 Berlin

I've been to the Google Developer Day 2011 Berlin ... together with more than 2000 other people.

Right before the keynote ...

It's been a "Google brainwash", but nevertheless very cool ... at least because of the free drinks and food ;-). Maybe you find some video of the different talks around somewhere - here are the talks, I can recommend:

• The keynote starring two human beat-boxes (really cool!): A nice wrap-up of what Google has achieved so far and what they are planning.
• Google App Engine Overview & Update: As I've never got in touch with that, it's been a nice introduction for me.
• Bleeding Edge HTML5: Lots of slides and live demos to understand why HTML5 is one of the current buzzwords.
• V8 Performance Tuning Tricks: Some details on JavaScript performance optimization and why it can be very hard to do.
• HTML5, Flash and the Battle for Faster YouTube Cat Videos: Two funny guys talking about the advantages and disadvantages of HTML5 video compared to Flash and the future plans for HTML5 video.

Blockierte Videos bei YouTube anschauen

Cashy bescheibt in seinem Blog, wie man sich dennoch YouTube-Videos anschauen kann, obwohl YouTube aufgrund der Geo-Lokation meint, man dürfe das nicht. Neben Plugins für Chrome und Firefox wird dort für "eben mal zwischendurch" eine Site namens YouTube Unblocker erwähnt.