During the last few weeks I had some interesting encounters while wearing Glass. Most people react positively and are amazed when I let them try them on. The only place where people wanted me to take them off (which I did ofcourse) was the Metalab. No big surprise :)

Here are some of the highlights that people said:

• I want to let it google ‘glasshole’ but you are not behaving like one.
  I take this as a compliment :)
• OK glass go to .
  This joke is becoming old quicker than anything else. And it actually never worked, no idea why not.
• You have a totally different perspective, you are so high up!
  That was my wife who is about 20 cm shorter than I am. I let hear shoot a video on Glass walking though our flat. It was an interesting experience seeing the world (and myself) from her angle.
• You glow like a Christmas tree.
  Yea, the display turns on a lot when you sit on the sofa and talk to people that walk around the room.
• Those glasses look back, don’t they?
  That sentence made me smile. It’s true, after all.
• Next time, I know where to hit.
  That was about the strongest reaction I had so far. The guy that said it wasn’t one of the smart kind and trying to hit me is not a good idea, either.

So I finally got it. Ever since seeing the first concept video of Google Glass I wanted one. Badly. I went to great lengths to get one, failed, tried again, failed again, flamed Google on G+ and at the end somehow managed to get one.

It arrived on Thursday and I have been wearing it since. It’s awesome. It really is. And of course it has bugs, but it’s not a finished product yet anyway.

It’s interesting that I did not face more Privacy related discussions, given the fact that I was at 2 Software related events in the last few days: Our overdue X-Mas party and the Austria Game Jam.

Yesterday Google+ got a new outfit and Hangout got a long overdue facelift too. I don’t mind the new looks, but my stream is exploding with UI/UX experts (or people thinking they are experts in that field) that keep complaining about the multi column layout or Hangout missing features.

The new Stream Layout

I am no expert on UI/UX at all. Actually I am the exact opposite. I’m a die-hard-use-shell-for-everything guy. I don’t understand why white and smokewhite make a difference. I don’t consider adding shadows if we are not rendering something in a 3d world. I appreciate a good UI when I see one, but I could never make one.

Google just released the Glass API and I was, like many others, eagerly waiting for just that to happen. But, having learnt my lessons in the past, I did also read the Terms of Service.

Glass ToS Section 3: Fees
No Fees. You may not charge end users any fees or collect any payments in order to download or access your API Client, or in connection with virtual goods or functionality of your API Client.
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What’s the worst troll a tech firm could pull off? Introduce the most amazing - maybe the most revolutionary technology in the century - and immediately spoil it for everyone that might do great stuff with it.