Here’s an event that is sure to fill up faster than even the smallest of Chinese buses:

“Google is holding a day for developers to meet and learn from Google staff at its various worldwide offices . . . Locations that Developer Day will be held at are: Beijing, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo and of course at Google HQ in Mountain View.” Source: slashdot

If you’re lucky enough to successfully register (Register here, in Chinese), here’s a sneak peek at what google has planned for the day:

8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 10:15 Keynote Speech
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Google GeoAPI
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:30 Panel discussion
1:30 - 1:45 Coffee Break
1:45 - 2:45 Google Gadgets API
2:45 - 3:45 Google Web Toolkit
3:45 - 4:45 Guice
5:00 - 7:00 Wrap-up reception cocktail party

Google hails this one as “an opportunity for all developers to gather together and learn from each other.” No word yet on who exactly will be speaking, or in how many languages.

This event will be held at the Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing, 6 ShouTi South Road, Haidian district. Call 86-10-6849 2001.

Seats will likely be in short supply, so get ‘em while they’re hot!
（Also posted on my Chinese Blog Experiment in 中文： Google 开发者日。）

China Stolen-Media-of-the-Day: Casino Royale, and more 007

For those of you who liked the last James Bond flick I linked to (Dr. No), here’s Casino Royale, followed by about 5 other Bond flicks. All will play end to end, if you really have that much time on your hands…

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