Author: Anthony

Twilio Signal Conference ended with an after-party called the $Bash night.  Twilio set up booths with geeky games like programming, program debugging, computer building etc..  They also had a foosball table for 16 people.  I think it is one of the nicest parties for geeks I attended so far.  It was a fun night with… Read More

Lets dive to the Twilio sessions. The sessions are generally divided in the following 4 tracks: Learn See the latest progress in software and cloud communications, talk shop with Twilio engineers who developed them, and get in to the details on how to use the software. Inspire Hear from industry experts shaping the future of… Read More

This year I attended the Twilio Signal Conference.  Same as its first year, it was held in Pier 27, San Francisco.  It was a 2-day action-packed conference with a keynote session in the morning and sessions after till 6 pm. The developer experience provided by the conference is superb comparing to a lot of other developer… Read More

Google I/O 2015 has just ended.  There are lots of aspects regarding to Google I/O.  Lets have a taste of it from the user experience perspective. There are lots of features announced in Google I/O, and you may find a lot of focus have been around user experience this year. First, for the pre-show, there were planets and… Read More

I have both the Google Glass and Android Wear (Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360), and often times I wear them together.  People always come up with a question:  “How do you compare Google Glass and Android watches?”  Let me address couple of the view points here.  I would like to talk about Apple Watch, but… Read More

In the midst of preparing for Oracle OpenWorld, I have spent couple hours building a micro app for our marketing team to keep attendees up-to-date with the latest OOW news and announcements.  You may head up to http://oow2013.appspot.com to start using it if you have Glass. I look forward for a fun and exciting week starting today.  You… Read More

Lately, I have been working on a Glass App for Fusion CRM, as a research project for my own personal edification.  As developers,  the normal way to create a Glass app is to use HTML 5 and JSON to construct the timeline cards.  Building on Glass is like building a web application.  When going through… Read More

Editor’s note: Read Anthony’s (@anthonyslai) full Glass adventure starting with the prologue, the week before, and Day 1 posts. I met with Jake and Noel the next day I got the Glass.  To anyone who tried it, everyone seemed to be pleasantly surprised with  the current features.  At that time, no Twitter and Facebook integration even existed.  Just… Read More

Editor’s note: For the full Glass experience, check out Anthony’s (@anthonyslai) prologue and week before Glass posts. I was finally able to pick up the Glass the day right before Jake and Noel came to the Bay Area. It was also the Sunday before Google IO. I got out of the Glass garage at Google in 10… Read More

Diverting away from Glass a bit. I will update more soon. I became a Mac OS fan when I started using my MBP since 2006. Windows never worked for me, as I am a developer. Microsoft, Just give me a terminal. Cygwin to me is just something used to alleviate the issue, but that does… Read More

Editor’s note: FYI, here’s another post by Anthony (@anthonyslai). If you’re interested in his Glass odyssey, make sure to read the prologue. Day -7 My friend got the invitation to pick up her Glass.  At that time, I have not got any updates for mine yet.  All Glass Explorers can bring a guest to the… Read More

Editor’s note: FYI, this post is by Anthony (@anthonyslai). I have decided to write up some posts for my first couple days’ experience with Glass.  I am not planning to go deep into the technical details regarding Glass in these posts, but may do so if there are enough interests. Prologue When Google first announced… Read More

Editorial note: This post is by Anthony, in case it’s not obvious. Contrary to appearances, this is a team blog. Today will be my last day at Oracle. In retrospect of my 11 years at Oracle, it has been a fun and enjoyable experience. One of the things I want to do in my life… Read More

Got tagged by Rich Manalang and David Haimes, better write my 8 things. Yes, it is a bit late, hope people consider late is better than never. 1. I have joined Oracle over 7 years, reaching my 8th year anniversary. Studied in UC Berkeley for my Bachelor and Stanford for my Master degree. 2. I… Read More