Google ’n stuff

In the interest of killing some time before my 10:30 meeting, I present a conversation I had in MSN, that will have no relevance to anyone but me. And… possibly the person with which I was talking.

I asked the person if s/he wanted his/her name changed, and s/he chose the name Annabelle.


sernaferna says:
(I know you're away, but oh well.)

No luck with the Linux NetMeeting replacement. It doesn't do app sharing.

Annabelle says:
bummer

sernaferna says:
In fact, as far as I can tell, there are *no* apps for Linux that do app sharing...

Annabelle says:
i'm not away

Annabelle says:
i forgot to reset

sernaferna says:
Oh. Just keeping the crazies away?

Annabelle says:
that sux

Annabelle says:
lol

Annabelle says:
had to go get a snack

Annabelle says:
[THIS MESSAGE ELIDED]

sernaferna says:
The GnomeMEeting thing does the videoconferencing stuff (H323 protocol), but doesn't do app sharing (T.120).

sernaferna says:
So I'm logged into for this meeting.

Annabelle says:
maybe there's an opportunity for you here

sernaferna says:
I'm not that kind of hard-core programmer.

Annabelle says:
write your own app-sharing program

Annabelle says:
lol

sernaferna says:
And, if nobody ELSE has done it by this point, it must be REALLY difficult. Something within Linux's architecture that makes it prohibitive...

Annabelle says:
hmm

Annabelle says:
i have a friend who works at google

Annabelle says:
maybe i'll suggest it to her

Annabelle says:
app sharing over google?

sernaferna says:
Let me know when they get something up and running.

sernaferna says:
They should have it by the time I get back from lunch, right?

Annabelle says:
no problem

sernaferna says:
Excellent. I'll hold you--and your friend--to that.

Annabelle says:



Annabelle says:
she lives in california!

Annabelle says:
shes not even awake yet!

sernaferna says:
Please. She works for Google. Those guys never leave the office!

Annabelle says:
lol

Annabelle says:
actually they are frequently sent on offsites

sernaferna says:
She's probably hooked up to a caffeine IV right now, creating software that lets you search your sock drawer, from Google, to see if there are any loose ones...

Annabelle says:
where they get to sit around in a parl eating strawberries

Annabelle says:
park

Annabelle says:
strawberries in the park

Annabelle says:
that was her second day

Annabelle says:
they have a pretty sweet deal there i have to say

sernaferna says:
Wow. I've never been sent to a strawberry-eating offsite for [COMPANY NAME ELIDED].

Annabelle says:
see what i'm saying?

sernaferna says:
I told you, I always believe what you say.

Sometimes the magnitude just takes a while to sink in...

Annabelle says:
lol

sernaferna says:
Do you mind if i post this conversation to my blog?

Annabelle says:
so long as you leave out the part where i say [ELIDED]

sernaferna says:
lol

sernaferna says:
Deal.