Bigger than Google ???

                               A ski bum's view:

CEO of Google Dr. Eric Schmidt welcomed the crowd to i/o 09Tech season started off with a bang in San Francisco.  Google i/o, always a highlight, brings together nearly 4000 engineers and one ski bum.   The purpose of Google i/o (input / output) is to rap about code, inspire app.s, and generally get your geek on.  At this conference, the engineers, developers and super-nerds are king.    Open Bar-- who cares?,  "did you see the developers sand-box??"

This is A-Spin's second season covering Google i/o.  Click our rookie report and photo album here .Pre game in the blogger pen.

So HTML 5 is huge, open source is huge.  Its all about the browser and UI.  Mobile is huge.  Google's business model is simple, and we para-phrase here---- grow and improve the web, Google wins. More web users = more cash for Google.  CEO, Eric Schmidt reminded the room that "power brings simplicity and scalability".  Surprise guests from Palm, Mozilla and Lego confirmed the "open sourceness" of Google IO2009.

Vic Gundotra and the engineering super stars @ Google i/o 09                                           4000 engineers + 1 ski bum.Click the new ANDROID phone we picked up at the scwag-wagon.  Check out Google WAVE, its the future of communication on the web.  its like a document and a wiki and an e-mail stream all bundled together.  We're not really sure why??  ...but its gonna be huge.da boyz coding under the screen shades.

Geek chow line. Free ANDROID phones for everyone. Lars, inventor of Google Maps, now ridin' the WAVE.

I can't hear Jeremy Roenick

Jeremy Roenick has the biggest mouth in hockey.  He claimed (from the sidelines) that RedWings coach Mike Babcock hates American players like Chris Chelios.

Jeremy Roenick: Zero, Stanley Cup Rings

 Rocky Dennis from Mask.

Brief Nudity by the Bay

SF likes to party.  The annual Bay to Breakers race took place Sunday in San Francisco.  Bay2Breakers is a 12K (7.46 mile) run starting at the Embarcadaro and ending up at Ocean Beach.  The tradition began in 1912,  as a way to lift local spirits after the infamous earthquake and fire in 1906.  Today thousands upon thousands participate.

Turns out B2B is the biggest party in town.  A full-out costume (or nude) parade though the hilly streets of San Francisco and Golden Gate Park.  The drinking and the race started at 8 a.m.

Did AspenSpin run the race? .... NaaaKobe: Game 7.aaaaa we just drank it.  Click to ENLARGE.                                  Clothing OptionalThe Deathmobile

Garden of Eden

Muscle of Love.The SF BalletBeer GardenHangin out

San Francisco Spin

AspenSpin.com is expanding.  Warhol Live.  de Young Museum, SF.

Swine Flu in Aspen

AspenSpin needs a vacation.  It's all planned out. 

Swine Flu: Is it hype? Is it real? Is going to Belize, a 3rd World Country that borders Mexico a smart move?  I dunno.  Should I stay or should I go?   That question created quite a titther on TWITTER.  

What do you think?  My flight leaves @ 7am Sunday. 

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Swine Flu: more than hype.