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Giftag/Google App Engine Case Study

Giftag is gift registry Add On for FireFox and Explorer. It lets you pick things from any site, add them to a list, and share that list where ever you want. Its free, it supports open standards, and its recently been re-platformed on Google App Engine.
Here’s a quick recap from our development team about why we chose GAE, what we like about it, what APIs we use, what we wish it had, and a few tips for people getting started on GAE.

Here are links to the documentation mentioned:
Sharding Counters by Joe Gregario

Paging on GAE by Joe Gregario

Building Scalable Apps by Brett Slatkin

GAEGene Library Contributed by Giftag

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Do the Right Thing

Do the right thing

A few weeks ago, I read a blog post by Charlene Li- In Google I Trust.  In it, Charlene described how she’s come to trust one company with some of her most important aspects of her business, her social life, and even personal life.  A big leap that many are making- including me.

I agreed with her point of view whole heartedly.  Trust is hugely important in the relationship with a brand.  I want to do business with brands I trust.  And it takes a lot to say that I trust a brand.   In fact, two come to mind.  I trust Google.  I trust Zappos.  These are brands that I want to have a relationship with and there’s a reason. Read the rest of this entry »

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