Google says “no” to California’s proposed gay marriage ban
While there are many objections to this proposition—further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text—it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8.
What a huge sign of respect for Google’s gay employees. I’d like to see more progressively-minded California companies make their position on Proposition 8 public. I’ve donated to No on 8—if equal rights for gays and lesbians is important to you, and you’ve got the cash to spare, you should consider doing so too.
Video of the Android touch interface I don’t understand the comments on this so far. I don’t see myself turning in the iPhone for an Android phone, but it’s clear they’ve done a few things so much more nicely than the iPhone (custom unlock gestures instead of requiring a separate password, for one). And that’s not hard to believe, because it’s been over a year since the iPhone’s interface was first released, and there’s clearly some talented designers working at Google. I imagine future iterations of iPhone OS will borrow some concepts from Android as well. Who’s served by pretending that the user interface design for Android isn’t developing nicely?