TODD KERPELMAN: Hello, everybody,
and welcome to this very special Google I/O
episode of Firebase Asks You.
On this episode, we're turning the tables on you
with the developers, and we're going
to ask you some questions.
So let's go see if we can find someone to talk to.
Come on.
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Hey, excuse me, random stranger.
Would you like to answer a few questions about Firebase?
PENNIFER JERSON: Am I on TV right now?
TODD KERPELMAN: You're on the internet.
PENNIFER JERSON: Oh, my gosh.
Hi, mom.
Hi, dad.
TODD KERPELMAN: What announcement
were you most excited about from this year's I/O?
PENNIFER JERSON: Oh, definitely ML Kit.
ANDREW: Probably the beta 3 launch for Flutter.
TODD KERPELMAN: Are you just saying
that because you're on the Flutter team?
ANDREW: A little bit, yeah.
TODD KERPELMAN: You can plug your own product.
It's fine.
TARA: I'm really excited about the cloud anchors for AR.
I think there's a lot of exciting game opportunities.
AMY: Linux on the Chromebooks.
TODD KERPELMAN: I'm noticing your awesome earrings.
Can you show them off to the camera for us?
AMY: I can.
NIELS: I've got to say I was pretty impressed by the Google
Duplex.
Wow.
KATIE: I am most excited that I can ask Assistant to schedule
my hair appointments for me.
TODD KERPELMAN: That was pretty amazing, right?
Wasn't it?
KATIE: It was shocking.
TODD KERPELMAN: Uh-oh.
Oh, oh.
No, no, wait, wait.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Woo.
Good game, good game.
Here you go.
Oh, so close.
Yeah, I don't know why kids get all the fun.
What's something that you think is cool or interesting
that most other people would not think is cool or interesting?
PENNIFER JERSON: For several years, I played Warhammer.
So much fun.
ERIN: Coding.
TODD KERPELMAN: I think it's cool.
TARA: I get really excited about user testing.
Sitting and watching someone else use a product.
KATIE: I would say spectating marathons.
My favorite day of the year is Marathon Monday for Boston.
And I wake up early and watch the livestream from work.
TODD KERPELMAN: Don't film that last part.
Do you have any unusual skills or talents
you could demonstrate for us?
AMY: I'm good at being short.
TODD KERPELMAN: Hey, me too.
Yay, high five.
AMY: High five, short people.
TODD KERPELMAN: Low five.
KATIE: I can sing "row, row, row your boat"
backwards. (SINGING) Dream a but is life.
Merrily, merrily, merrily.
TODD KERPELMAN: Awesome, that was--
wait, oh, I got it wrong.
That was Yoda style.
JAGER: I can bend my finger like this.
TODD KERPELMAN: Oh, yeah.
I can't do that.
My whole finger curls.
PENNIFER JERSON: I can do the Jerk,
which is a dance that was really popular like several years ago.
It goes kind of like this.
TODD KERPELMAN: What's your favorite part
about being a developer?
AMY: Being around other developers--
people that are like you that don't make
you feel like you're a nerd.
JAGER: When UI works and has these smooth transitions
and it doesn't jank, I'm like, oh, awesome.
NIELS: You get to create anything
that just pops up in your mind.
It's the closest thing we have to being a wizard.
TODD KERPELMAN: If 10-year-old Michael saw your life today,
what would he be most surprised by?
MICHAEL: That I actually got into computer science
and technology.
JAGER: Interesting question.
I'm mostly dealing with UIs.
Maybe they'll think it's kind of boring.
AMY: That I'm here.
My dad wasn't really excited about me
getting into computers.
He wanted me to be like a hairdresser.
So I took a long road to get here,
and I'm glad that I'm here.
TODD KERPELMAN: We're glad you're here, too.
TAPAN: The fact that I live in the States in the city
where all the superhero stories were based in.
KALINDI: I think Kalindi now is surprised about
that some things that Kalindi 10-year-old thought worked out.
So yeah, it's more of maybe the other way around.
TODD KERPELMAN: What's the better superpower-- flying,
invisibility, or mind reading?
ANDREW: Definitely invisibility.
ERIN: Reading minds.
JAGER: Flying.
MICHAEL: Flying, because I like to travel.
TODD KERPELMAN: Tea or coffee?
PENNIFER JERSON: Coffee.
KATIE: Coffee.
WALID: Tea.
TARA: Tea.
NIELS: Coffee, of course.
TODD KERPELMAN: Donuts or croissants?
ANDREW: Donuts.
KATIE: Dunkin' Donuts, but otherwise croissants.
JAGER: Croissants.
AMY: Vegan donut.
WALID: Croissant is the right choice.
You should try it with cheese.
TODD KERPELMAN: Would you rather attend Hogwarts or Professor
Xavier's School for the Gifted?
ANDREW: I do like bold role models, but probably Hogwarts.
It's a little more innocent, you know.
KATIE: There is no question there that it's Hogwarts.
JAGER: X-Men, yeah.
TARA: Hogwarts.
TODD KERPELMAN: Would you rather give up
the internet for a month or not be able to speak for a month?
MICHAEL: I think I can give up the internet for a month,
and just go on a digital cleanse.
PENNIFER JERSON: Oh, no.
I guess my voice.
ERIN: Lose my voice.
AMY: Voice.
TODD KERPELMAN: Ska or techno?
ANDREW: Techno.
WALID: Techno music, of course.
JAGER: Oh, my god.
Jazz.
ERIN: Techno.
TODD KERPELMAN: You got all the answers right.
So as a prize, I'm happy to award you
with this self-driving Jaguar presented by Waymo.
It's awesome--
ERIN: Yes.
TODD KERPELMAN: --wait.
I'm sorry, I'm being told it's not a prize I can give away.
I'm also being told to step away from the vehicles
and not come back.
So um, that's fair.
All right, thanks, Erin.
Ooh, that was fun.
And I think we all learned a little something.
So thanks to everybody who took the time to chat with me today.
Hey, if you liked this video and maybe want to see more like it,
make sure to check out the Firebase YouTube channel.
Maybe subscribe.
In the meantime, I'm going to go and get
my picture taken with this giant Android bushy thing over here.
See ya.
Cheese.
And you blinked.
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