Moments Inside Google I/O 2016
I was invited to attend Google I/O 2016 at pretty much the last second -- only about 10 days before the start of the event. This is my first time here, though my wife DoesItPew has been here twice before already. We got to attend the convention together for once, and now I am dodging the cold wind blowing in over the hill here at dusk from the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA. Prior to the event were many different Day Zero parties including a really large one thrown by Intel. As an Intel Innovator (though I rarely speak about that because I suck at publicizing myself and/or I mostly use their products on projects covered by NDAs), I got to show off some new hardware prototypes made recently and impressed several people who are fond of homemade hardware and/or LED products. Unfortunately, my favorite prototype died on Wednesday after the Google I/O keynote; it probably got shorted when one of the power wires poking through my shirt decided to come ...