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Postcards from GorbyPuff by Aja Hammerly GorbyPuff is setting off on a grand world tour and leaving us clues so we can follow him. Using Google Cloud tools such as Cloud Vision, BigQuery, Google Translate we'll track down Gorby at all his stops. While we're at it we'll learn some tools you can use to add awesome functionality to your web applications. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/JkoH/
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The video titled 'Postcards from GorbyPuff' is a talk by Aja Hammerly, presented at RailsConf 2016. In this talk, Aja introduces GorbyPuff, a fictional character embarking on a world tour, and illustrates how to use various Google Cloud tools such as Cloud Vision, BigQuery, and Google Translate to track his journey. Key points discussed include: - **Introduction to GorbyPuff**: Aja introduces GorbyPuff, a character who decides to explore the world while leaving clues for the audience through postcards. Aja emphasizes the playful theme inspired by 1980s educational software. - **Google Cloud Vision**: The talk covers the capabilities of Google Cloud Vision, including landmark detection and label identification in images. Aja provides code examples that demonstrate how to use the gcloud gem to interact with Cloud Vision API for identifying landmarks and getting attributes about images. - **Label Detection Examples**: Aja showcases how Google Cloud Vision can recognize various objects in images, sharing personal anecdotes of using it for images of her cats and comparing how accurately it identified different objects based on visual input. - **Text Detection and Translation**: As Gorby travels, Aja demonstrates how to use optical character recognition (OCR) to identify text in images and how to translate this text using Google Translate API. Aja emphasizes the limitations of OCR and translation technology, noting possible inaccuracies but also the fun of decoding messages from Gorby’s postcards. - **BigQuery for Data Analysis**: Aja explains how to use BigQuery to analyze real-world data, specifically for the highest temperature recorded on a specific day, by writing SQL-like queries. This showcases the power of analyzing large sets of real-time data using Google Cloud tools. - **Conclusion and Call to Action**: Aja wraps up by discussing the capabilities of Google Cloud Platform and its compatibility with Ruby applications, highlighting new offerings such as App Engine for Ruby. She encourages the audience to explore Google Cloud tools for their projects and invites questions. The talk combines humor with technical knowledge, showcasing the versatility of Google Cloud tools through engaging storytelling and practical demonstration.
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