tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post114150669086938895..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Lighthouse and GDrive projects at Google?Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1150948016288006392006-06-21T20:46:00.000-07:002006-06-21T20:46:00.000-07:00Just installed the new Picasa build over the picas...Just installed the new Picasa build over the picasaweb.google.com Beta and top right link become "Google Photos". This link to http://lighthouse.prodz.google.com/?pli=1. So Google Lighthouse is Google Photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1142035272151666702006-03-10T16:01:00.000-08:002006-03-10T16:01:00.000-08:00Hi Greg (and ALL). I think the answer was put tog...Hi Greg (and ALL). I think the answer was put together by bob cringley (last resource on your list.<BR/><BR/>I took his source material, and I really think this is a brief summary here.<BR/> The first link (here) points to a summary of my original summary of bob's posts.<BR/>http://markbnj.blogspot.com/2006/03/tech-more-on-google-ascending-to-top.html<BR/>If you Start HERE, you will see <BR/>a trail, and pointers to the original source.<BR/><BR/>What I think in brief:<BR/>Lighthouse is the combination of the google datacenter in a truck<BR/>google fiberoptic network (between pop's)<BR/>google's TV ad server beta<BR/>Google pc or the <BR/>Google home media server<BR/><BR/>Quite a mouthful, but look closely!<BR/><BR/>Blog is at markbnj.blogspot.com<BR/>(and I have almost 25 years in the industry)Mark Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713628570394054338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141893900742390662006-03-09T00:45:00.000-08:002006-03-09T00:45:00.000-08:00Hi Greg,First of all, thanks for the all story, it...Hi Greg,<BR/><BR/>First of all, thanks for the all story, it's really amazing. Now I tried to restore the presentation by binding each slide with its respective comment. You'll find it on my <A HREF="http://adscriptum.blogspot.com/2006/03/google-et-la-prsentation-deric-schmidt.html" REL="nofollow">blog</A>, I left everything in English after the first paragraphs, but I'll try to get the Google authorization to translate it. Just a dream...<BR/>Jean-Marie Le RayJean-Marie Le Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753719362290806749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141802680349338972006-03-07T23:24:00.000-08:002006-03-07T23:24:00.000-08:00You're all wrong about Lighthouse. Should have rea...You're all wrong about Lighthouse. Should have read some poetry: <BR/><BR/>"Sail on!" it says: "sail on, ye stately ships!<BR/>And with your floating bridge the ocean span;<BR/>Be mine to guard this light from all eclipse.<BR/>Be yours to bring man neared unto man.<BR/><BR/> - The Lighthouse, H.W. LongfellowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141777564191914182006-03-07T16:26:00.000-08:002006-03-07T16:26:00.000-08:00Could Lighthouse be Google's answer to Flickr?In o...Could Lighthouse be Google's answer to Flickr?<BR/><BR/>In other redacted comments (see Derrick's site for all of them) we hear about the release of "online photo management," and improving search through "integrating user feedback (ratings, comments, tags)."<BR/><BR/>Unless I missed something, I haven't seen any online photo management from Google yet - Picasa is a local tool in its current incarnation.mbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888886220370104819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141776567800481872006-03-07T16:09:00.000-08:002006-03-07T16:09:00.000-08:00What a joke, phantom doesn't know anything. If he...What a joke, phantom doesn't know anything. If he did, he could post at least a clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141771109241821132006-03-07T14:38:00.000-08:002006-03-07T14:38:00.000-08:00I will post all of googles internal notes on Proje...I will post all of googles internal notes on Project Lighthouse here in two weeks unless you send me an email -- in which case I'd like to simply email you their internal release notes.<BR/><BR/>-Phantom<BR/>owner@phantom.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141770866727992852006-03-07T14:34:00.000-08:002006-03-07T14:34:00.000-08:00In two weeks,I'll post google's real plans on proj...In two weeks,<BR/>I'll post google's real plans on project Lighthouse.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Notice, I called it Project Lighthouse.<BR/><BR/>-Phantom<BR/>owner@phantom.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141769778266385292006-03-07T14:16:00.000-08:002006-03-07T14:16:00.000-08:00Or maybe they just made the whole thing up?Serious...Or maybe they just made the whole thing up?<BR/><BR/>Seriously.<BR/><BR/>It's a great way to get ideas about "what I'd build if I were at Google"<BR/><BR/>Plus I bet it means that Microsoft and Yahoo now have to devote a whole lot of resources to developing "something to counter lighthouse"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141733727698780672006-03-07T04:15:00.000-08:002006-03-07T04:15:00.000-08:00Here is a guess. This is a guess. Google has no in...Here is a guess. This is a guess. <BR/>Google has no intention of storing anyones data anywhere. What will happen is Google search engine will search specified files on peoples cumputers and then make them apart of there search engine. <BR/>This way you have no law suites because it is the consumer who decides what to be searched. This just makes more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141597264965673622006-03-05T14:21:00.000-08:002006-03-05T14:21:00.000-08:00Further to my comment above, here is the link:http...Further to my comment above, here is the link:<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/003742.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141597121732651742006-03-05T14:18:00.000-08:002006-03-05T14:18:00.000-08:00Well done Greg. Your comments have made it all the...Well done Greg. Your comments have made it all the way to Sydney Australia. Your notoriety is spreading.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141528879531251072006-03-04T19:21:00.000-08:002006-03-04T19:21:00.000-08:00Don't know for sure what Google's Lighthouse may b...Don't know for sure what Google's Lighthouse may be, but here is another information retrieval system named "<A HREF="http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cache/papers/cs/15269/http:zSzzSzcobar.cs.umass.eduzSzpubfileszSzir-205.pdf/leuski00lighthouse.pdf" REL="nofollow">Lighthouse</A>", developed at UMass 5-6 years ago.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Google's IR PhDs must know about this..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141510170572859862006-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:002006-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:00Interesting... perhaps Lighthouse is a security pr...Interesting... perhaps Lighthouse is a security product?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1141509032936036942006-03-04T13:50:00.000-08:002006-03-04T13:50:00.000-08:00"For example: a user's Orkut profile has more valu..."For example: a user's Orkut profile has more value when it's accessible from Gmail (as addressbook), Lighthouse (as access list), etc."<BR/><BR/>Maybe Lighthouse is a list with people that have access to your files on your GDrive? Could be useful for a collaboration system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com