It’s been a standard spring in Seattle - cold, grey, rainy. We were treated to a few hours of gorgeous blue sky today and it’s amazing how it lifts everyone’s spirits. Here’s hoping we have an early start to the summer.
Burke Gilman Trail by the Fremont Bridge
White Flowers
(Photos were taken on my Blackberry)
Spotted in SF last weekend.
Be prepared - that’s what I always say.
My girlfriend sent me this opportunity “as a new and creative way to augment my income since I now have a non-traditional work schedule.” She also added that since I had experienced malaria as a child, my prior experience would be an edge.
Seattle researchers to pay volunteers to get malaria
The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria.
Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is testing which vaccines work fastest. The head of the program, Dr. Patrick Duffy, says volunteers will spend several nights under medical supervision in a hotel. All of the human trials will be reviewed for safety by the Food and Drug Administration.
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On the Net:
http://www.sbri.org
I think I should be worried.
There’s a great post on Redeye VC about targeting ads at employees of big Internet companies. While Josh Kopelman was focused on finding ex-employees interested in starting a company, his approach (which is very clever and like most good ideas ‘duh-inducing’) strikes me as a great way for recently funded startups to find disgruntled developer talent.
I decided to test Facebook’s targeting mechanism by running targeted ads to employees of large Internet companies — including Yahoo and Microsoft.
In Seattle, if you’re looking for .NET talent, poaching from Microsoft is a way of life and buying employer-targeted ads on Facebook and LinkedIn might be a great way to go.
Thanks for a great post, Josh.
If you’re interested in learning more about solar power options for your home or are looking for a solar power provider, you should check out the solar power directory at Cooler Planet. They have pulled together a ton of great information on all aspects of solar power - from a glossary, to financing options, to a list of providers with information on the kinds of jobs they do. All told, a great starting point for anyone interested in solar options.
I know the team at Cooler Planet and they are great guys who will do their best to make sure your needs are met. Note: They are currently focused on providers in California, but they are continually expanding their coverage.
UPDATE: The following issues have been addressed in the comments:
1. Only being able to see the default calendar:(Thanks Duke!)
“The login name is CASE SENSITIVE, if ou don’t use the right case you will only get the “default folder” option. Hope this helps.”
And another great tip from AAGie (Thank you too!)
“I figured out a big problem here. I was having this “Default Calendar” only issue, even though I tried all the fixes suggested here. Turns out I’ve aliased my “work” (non gmail) account to work as a login for all Google services, and I normally use that, and the same password that works for my official “gmail” login name to login to Google services. Well–if you do that (use some kind of aliased login account), turns out you only see the Default calendar. Go try your @gmail.com account instead & you’ll be very happy! (You do still have to use the “Options” feature after the first Sync & go select all the Calendars you want to turn on, but they’ll be there!)”
2. Your phone doesn’t support end-to-end secure connections: No guarantees on this one, but my suggestion in the comments was:
“One thought - go to the menu -> options -> Advanced -> Tcp. In the field labeled APN, enter: wap.voicestream.com. Leave the username and password blank and try syncing again.”
Original Post
Since my post expressing my delight about the launch of Google Sync for the Blackberry I’ve been noticing a fair bit of traffic around how to sync multiple calendars using Google Calendar Sync. This is a quick & dirty guide and assumes you’ve installed the app and got it working. After that, do the following:
1. Go to your blackberry applications menu and load Google Sync
2. Click the Menu Button and Select Options 
3. Select the Calendars You See and Click the Thumbwheel/trackball
4. You should see all the calendars associated with your Google Account
5. Select the Ones you want and Use the “Go back” key to exit out
6. Save PreferencesYou’re done. Enjoy.
For your reference, here’s a link to the Google Calendar Sync Help Pages >>
I found out via Google Operating System that Google launched it’s Blackberry Sync app. This is awesome. It works beautifully with multiple calendars and I can’t tell you how happy I am. I have spend endless hours futzing with various Rube Goldberg-esque solutions that ultimately didn’t work. Thank you Google.
Check it out now at Google Mobile >>
I also just cancelled my paid account at a web site that was attempting to provide this service. Ultimately, this is a good example of the danger of building a business around something that is an easy feature add for the platform on which you’re dependent. As I’ve written about before, with free APIs - you get what you pay for. There are no guarantees that you won’t be made obsolete overnight.
Alison stumbled onto this and sent me a link. There are 2 in stock on Amazon and the product has 70 five star customer reviews. Hurry before they’re sold out.
I love having dogs at the office. Endless entertainment.
This is definitely one of those ‘duh’ ideas. DecentURL was inspired by a reddit comment. Basically, take any URL, drop it in and you can create a pretty url that redirects to it.
So you can replace the following:
With:
http://decenturl.com/maps.google/google-maps-jb-office
Awesome.