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Posts from Dale Taylor (Intel) 
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I am an Application Engineer in the Software Solutions Group with a focus on Mobile devices. I help software companies adapt to the hardware and software realities of MIDs. I have a BS in Computer Science and a Business Management minor, and have always been a gadget freak. I'm a pilot and spend time in the summer flying gliders over the rocky mountains. My glider is a Pheobus, a fiberglass plane from Germany. When not soaring I enjoy backpacking, boating and taking pictures everywhere I go! |
Mobile and Netbook optimization blogs posted on the Atom Developer site
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on November 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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A few weeks back I posted a few blogs to the Atom Developer site that contained useful information about optimizing for small mobile form factor devices. I wanted to give a brief mention of those blogs here so that the broader audience might know they are there and to also give a heads up for [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
Living in a connected world and managing change
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on November 5, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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Divorce, it happens. How do you manage divorce with Facebook and so many other connections in life? What if you keep finding out things you would rather not know via social networking sites? A simple example, my ex and her family are visible to me through our common children on Facebook. Honestly I would rather [...]
Category: Cool Software, Intel® Atom™ Developer Program, Mobility, Social Media & Virtual Worlds
Connectivity concerns for Netbook applications
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on September 16, 2009 at 3:03 pm
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The nature of portable devices means there will be occasional disruption in connectivity. Designing your software to account for these conditions will help your users to have a better experience. Here’s a few suggestions to consider as you plan for your Netbook applications.
Category: Cool Software, Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Developing for power and performance on a Netbook
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on September 16, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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Netbooks have characteristics that can make them very desirable for certain workloads. Understanding the limits of the devices can help you focus your work in ways that will give you the best return for the time you spend optimizing. Here are a few points to consider when looking at power and performance issues.
Category: Cool Software, Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Adapting your application to Netbook hardware
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on September 16, 2009 at 11:22 am
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As an Application Engineer at Intel, I’ve been able to work with many companies over the years. During this time I’ve put together some information that is useful to consider when you are working to port your software to a Netbook.
Category: Cool Software, Intel® Atom™ Developer Program
Creating a Netbook UI for your application
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on September 14, 2009 at 11:01 am
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Here’s some useful information to consider when working on your applications UI for a Netbook. This post discusses some common UI issues with the desire of helping you create applications for Netbooks that work well and take advantage of the hardware.
Category: Cool Software, Intel® Atom™ Developer Program, Mobility
Protecting valuable data on mobile devices
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on September 8, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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How many of us have important data on a USB memory key right now? Is your data protected? What if you lost that memory key? I lost a very small multi-Gb key a few months ago and was comforted knowing that I had taken security measures before that happened. Fortunately I found the USB device [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
Parenting a Connected child
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on August 26, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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Sometimes being a parent in this newly connected world can lead to issues that our parents never had to face. Take for example these two text message I received the other night: “Dad wake up i got caught sneaking out im sorry were coming right now” Followed by “The police are gonna come wake you up once again [...]
Category: Mobility
How should we upgrade our portable devices?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on August 17, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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The ability to upgrade our computers provides us with several benefits. We feel our investments continue to be useful through extending their lives. We also gain features for modest additional expense and are able to adjust to the changing world around us. I love to enjoy new features as software is upgraded and I benefit [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
When you vacation, do you remain connected?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on August 4, 2009 at 12:22 pm
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As summer vacation time winds down in the US, I’m wondering just how many people worked to stay connected while they vacation compared to those who left the connected world behind. The trends seems to be we are more likely to remain connected than ever before! Last year I spent nearly 6 weeks vacationing in Europe [...]
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Look up and see people in space!
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on July 28, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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As my son and I stood in our yard last night watching the International Space Station pass overhead it amazed me just how small the world seems to be getting and also how connected we are! We have quick and easy access to an amazing wealth of information! This link brings up a site where you [...]
Category: Events, Mobility
Photo Management and Geo-tags in use
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on July 23, 2009 at 1:28 pm
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On a recent trip (house hunting in AZ) I had occasion to take hundreds of pictures of homes. I used my GPS to embed the geo-tag information into the images as mentioned in this blog (Photo Management – Geo Tags update). This real-world example of using the GPS and geo-tagged images shows how useful the [...]
Category: Mobility
Backpacking with Mobile Internet Devices
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on June 29, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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I spent most of the last week backpacking in a very remote wilderness area where the only access is by hiking or horseback. While on this backpacking trip it was very interesting to see how we used mobile technology and what kinds of devices the other hikers in my group had. Knowing that weight was [...]
Category: Mobility
Mobile Festival Phoenix
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on May 21, 2009 at 12:20 pm
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Last weekend I attended a mobile festival in Phoenix. It was a day well spent with some very interesting presentations and a good chance to network with other likeminded developers in the Phoenix area. I enjoyed learning about some of the mobile projects going on in the area, along with sharing thoughts on the current state [...]
Category: Events, Mobility
Mobile Facebook taking over the online world?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on May 12, 2009 at 10:25 am
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Facebook has grown in momentum to where many baby boomers are now joining and using the service. As my wife and I continue to use our iPhones which makes mobile Facebook use very convenient, it has become an easy way to stay in touch with friends and family. Posting photos and comments as we travel [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
PDA MID Systems for Soaring, In-Flight
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on May 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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When I first used a flight computer it enabled a liberating change in my ability to soar. Now I could concentrate on flying while the computer would continually calculate in real time which airports I could make and which were out of distance, all based in my current altitude, speed and even the calculated wind [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
What is your blogging personality?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on March 28, 2009 at 11:56 pm
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A new website analyzes text through word choices and usage, and then makes a determination of the personality type of the person who wrote the text. One interesting application of this technology is to send the website a link to your blogs and see how it responds. Here’s the link to the Typealyzer site so you [...]
Category: Cool Software, Uncategorized
PDA MID Systems for Soaring, intro
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on March 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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I have a confession. I am an addict. The exhilaration experienced as I guide an aircraft soaring through the air where my life is literally in my own hands is an addiction I must feed! As a glider pilot I love mixing the world of flight with computers and software. For the last 6 years [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Green Home Management – Can we learn from PCs?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on March 15, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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If we could update our homes like we have the Microprocessor we really could improve the cost of building and managing the power consumed in our homes. I’ve become more aware of just how much power I consume and continue to search for ways to cut that aspect of my life. This summer I spent 6 [...]
Category: Academic, Uncategorized
Photo Management and Keyword Tags part 2
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on March 9, 2009 at 3:01 pm
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Last blog I wrote about EXIF and IPTC tags and how they were handled in ACDSee and Adobe Photoshop (Photo Management and Keyword Tags part 1). This time I’ll cover Windows (MCE) and Apple iPhoto. Windows and Microsoft Media Center will recognize tags that are written to the IPTC Keywords section and uses those tags to [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Photo Management and Keyword Tags part 1
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on March 2, 2009 at 8:10 pm
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Advanced photo management normally implements some type of tagging or categories to help find images long after they were initially added to a database of some type. The problem with this is that no standard exists for how to maintain your tags. I’ll share how various applications deal with this. The EXIF sections of image files [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Suggestions for VW and their iPod - iPhone adapter
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 25, 2009 at 8:20 pm
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A few months ago I mentioned that my VW GTI came with an iPhone-iPod adapter. While I really enjoy it, there are a few things I wish it did. With the hope that VW might consider some improvements I offer these suggestions. This really is a great first step but with a few improvements this [...]
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Photo Management and Geo-Tag App Support part 2
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 20, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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Here’s how Flickr, iPhoto and Google Earth via Panaramio handle geo-tag information. Last time I covered ACDSee Pro v2.5, Picasa v3 and Adobe Photoshop Elements v7, there’s a link at the bottom to see that blog. Flickr Flickr automatically digests the geo-tag information. Funny enough you have to click on the image and then select “Add to [...]
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Photo Management and Geo-Tag App Support part 1
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 15, 2009 at 12:07 am
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Having previously discussed geo-tags and getting them into your images, the next step is to review how several of the popular applications use the information. ACDSee Pro v2.5 Sadly the management tool I use the most does little with the geo-tag information. Other than allowing you to see that it's there (viewing the text from the EXIF [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility
Does your name influence your programming skills?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 11, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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A study to be published in March by Social Science Quarterly postulated that an unpopular name leads to a much higher possibility of turning into a criminal. What an incredibly interesting thought, and of course with all the unusual names, such as Moon Unit Zappa and more, it certainly does give one cause to ponder, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121639144/HTMLSTART [...]
Category: Academic, Software Engineering
Digital Photography example workflow
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 6, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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Image management has so many aspects and tools I felt a walk through of the methods and tools I use could be helpful. I would appreciate your feedback and suggestions for ways to improve this process and possible additional tools to use. Image importer: this step copies the images to the computer, starting the organization process. [...]
Category: Cool Software, Uncategorized
Sundance Film Festival, Bottled Water and the Small Things Challenge
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on February 1, 2009 at 12:08 am
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The message concerning bottled water and using filtered alternatives is turning into a popular cause. This year at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Nalgene and Brita combined to distribute bottles and promote filtering your water instead of buying bottled water. They distributed thousands of bottles and provided filling stations at the various events. Here’s a [...]
Category: Events, Mobility, Uncategorized
Do Two Monitors Improve Your Productivity?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 29, 2009 at 8:28 am
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Recently the University of Utah conducted research the results of which claim that people who used two 20-inch monitors were 44 percent more productive at certain text-editing operations than people using a single 18-inch monitor. Here are the actual study results as published by NEC who commissioned the study: http://www.necdisplay.com/gowide/NEC_Productivity_Study_0208.pdf This causes me to ponder [...]
Category: Academic, Software Engineering
Useful iPhone Applications and Tips part 2
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 26, 2009 at 10:26 am
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Some time ago mentioned a few iPhone apps I found useful. Time has passed and many great new applications have shown up that I wanted to share. Flixster is an application which provides movie trailers, schedules, ratings, reviews and local play time information. We’ve really enjoyed it when we’ve been discussing what movie to see. Watching [...]
Category: Cool Software, Gaming, Mobility
Photo Management – Geo Tags update
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 21, 2009 at 9:52 am
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I purchased the Dawn Technologies GPS Pro for use with my Nikon D300 and have found it to be a great solution for adding Geo-tag information to images. I want to share my experience using the device. The device comes built with the cable and special 10-pin Nikon plug necessary to attach directly to my camera. [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Small Things Challenge via Bottled Water and my Footprint
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 16, 2009 at 11:33 am
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For my New Years Resolution, Rather than focusing on watching my weight, I am compelled to watch my footprint, my Carbon footprint. To consider more closely how my decisions affect the world around me. I don’t consider myself a fanatical conservationist, but I do prefer to be wise in my stewardship of the earth’s resources [...]
Category: Events, Mobility, Uncategorized
Photo Management Wish List – Geo Tags!
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 11, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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Geo-tags for images are nicely defined and great to have associated with your images. The only problem is that getting the GEO information into the images is not automated yet. There are many clumsy solutions; I would prefer to see an integrated automated setup. Here’s an overview of the types of solutions out there now. You can [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Photo Management with your Computer. Part 3
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 6, 2009 at 4:52 pm
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The file organization technique I mentioned in Part 2 gives me the ability to quickly find things when I am looking for an image I remember of a given event, but forgot just where I put it. By starting with an organized base of files and then applying software tools on top of this, you [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
New Years Resolution: Back up your Home Data Regularly
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on January 1, 2009 at 1:18 am
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Many of us have Corporate IT managed systems that include automated backup processes. That’s great for work systems and makes economic sense for the company. How about your systems at home? What are you doing to protect your personal and family data? I’ll suggest a few things you might want to consider. In a previous blog [...]
Category: Bit Stories, Cool Software, Manageability, Uncategorized
Photo Management with your Computer. Part 2
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 27, 2008 at 11:21 am
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Photo management starts when I import the files onto my system. I use a photo importer by Adobe that came with Photoshop Elements. When I insert a media card it detects the images and brings up a dialog notifying me that images were found. I Select Elements 6.0 and start the download. When I first [...]
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Photo Management with your Computer. Part 1
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 22, 2008 at 9:08 am
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With nearly all photography digital, how you manage your images has become something of an issue. I’ve taken over 110,000 images in the last 10 years, and have some methods that work to stay organized. I want to first discuss some of the general concepts and then share the software tools and work-flow I’ve been [...]
Category: Cool Software, Mobility, Uncategorized
Holidays, Family, Facebook, and connected relationships
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 17, 2008 at 8:01 pm
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Holidays, Family, Facebook, and connected relationships Life can be crazy, the twists and curves we experience as our families and careers evolve. I had no clue I would be where I am now when I was in college years ago. Part of the fun has been embracing the change, embracing the technology and using it to [...]
Category: Academic, Mobility, Social Media & Virtual Worlds, Uncategorized
Home Power Measurement for the Curious Student
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 12, 2008 at 6:18 pm
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Home Power Measurement for the Curious Student In college my professors used to post some assignments as optional listing them as applying to the “Curious Student”. Being one of those curious types I thought many might find power measurement something interesting to learn about. I’ve found a tool anyone can use to measure the power consumed [...]
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You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 3
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 7, 2008 at 11:09 am
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You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 3 I've blogged about home systems, and file servers. What about students, mobile workers or extending your social network via your mobile system? What kind of computer do you want to carry around with you? If you're a student and carrying around a book-bag, a netbook makes [...]
Category: Mobility, Uncategorized
Enabling the Application Energy Toolkit on a MID
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on December 3, 2008 at 2:12 pm
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The application Energy Toolkit is a great tool for helping determine your applications power usage and then tune it for better power management. Sounds like something that could be very useful for a MID! For several reasons the tool is provided in source form for the MID, so you’ll need to be able to get [...]
Category: Mobility, Software Engineering
You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 2
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on November 26, 2008 at 10:10 am
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You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 2 In addition to my primary system, our home has several other computers. One that ends up being very convenient is a home file server. There are several ways to go with such a system and a recently announced Atom motherboard turns out to be a [...]
Category: Parallel Programming, Uncategorized
You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 1
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on November 23, 2008 at 10:41 am
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You work for Intel, what computer should I buy? Part 1 Being the computer geek in the family I’m often asked which computer to buy. While I shy away from recommending a specific manufacturer (HP –vs Dell etc), I do have an opinion concerning which processor you should get. For this Blog I want to talk [...]
Category: Gaming, Parallel Programming, Uncategorized
A MID life crisis or just a fling?
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on November 14, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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Spending much of this week at a conference, I decided to make the jump and use my MID full time. I already knew my MID did most of what I desired, this real world test proved that I was able to stay connected and accomplish nearly everything I needed while at the conference. The conference [...]
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Useful iPhone Applications and tips
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on October 25, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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When browsing the App store, you can be overwhelmed by the choices. One great way to help with this is to find apps that others recommend. Here’s a few that I have found useful, along with others my kids and associates have enjoyed. I’ve really enjoyed playing WordWarp with my kids. It’s a very simple game; [...]
Category: Cool Software, Gaming, Mobility
Moblin development: Ubuntu and Fedora on one box
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on October 20, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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Moblin development: Ubuntu and Fedora on one box Since moblin v1 was most easily worked on with an Ubuntu development system many of us have Ubuntu setup as our Linux systems. Now Moblin v2 works best with a Fedora development system. This leaves a bit of a problem if you don’t want to reset your Ubuntu [...]
Category: Mobility, Open Source, Software Engineering
Fast Cars, MIDs, the iPhone and the VW GTI
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on October 17, 2008 at 9:10 pm
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Fast Cars, MIDs, the iPhone and the VW GTI The idea of integrating my portable connected communication device into my life is very appealing. I have been able to accomplish that in many ways with my iPhone. I hope that as MIDs evolve we can integrate them even further; I will use my car as an [...]
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MIDs the iPhone and being connected
By Dale Taylor (Intel) (47 posts) on October 13, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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MIDs the iPhone and being connected I love using, researching, discussing and programming mobile tech devices. For my first blog post I wanted to bring up some thoughts concerning MIDs, and comments on using the iPhone. I’ve spent the last few years carrying around a WinCE cell phone and most recently an Apple iPhone, both the 2G [...]