Technical Programs & Events Blog

As you may have noticed, the Google Technical Programs and Events blog looks different today. That’s because we—along with a few other Google blogs—are trying out a new set of Blogger templates called Dynamic Views.

Launched today, Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that makes it easier and faster for readers to explore blogs in interactive ways. We’re using the Magazine view, but you can also preview this blog in any of the other six new views by using the view selection bar at the top left of the screen.

We’re eager to hear what you think about the new Dynamic Views. You can submit feedback using the “Send feedback” link on the bottom right of this page.

Updated 10/3: The original post included the previously scheduled dates. We've updated the post and the correct dates are now listed below. -Yuko

Code Jam is an annual programming competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time, using the programming language of their choice.

We’re thrilled to be one of the Platinum Sponsors at this year’s Surge, the scalability and performance conference. This is our inaugural year at Surge, and we’re excited to join all the great minds within the scalability and performance worlds in Baltimore, Maryland, September 28-30. Surge has much in store for attendees, and of course, we’ve got a few things up our sleeve, too.

Don’t miss Ben Fried, Google’s CIO, and the keynote speaker at this year’s conference.

“While visiting the planet Theta VIII, your team of space explorers is forced to participate in the plot of a badly-written book, which takes place in a hotel/casino called the Google Royale. In order to escape the Royale, you will have to make enough money from gambling that you can buy the hotel for V dollars and leave.”

Since 2003, Google has been hosting Code Jam, Google’s annual algorithmic coding competition.