21 May , 2010: Returned safely from Google I-O Developers Conference in San Francisco with an additional Android phone.

The Conference was an intense learning experience of where Google is and where it is going. It included an opportunity for me to describe my experiences in China over the past six years with a couple of Google officials and to offer opinions on changes in attitude that would permit a deeper understanding and appriciation of doing business with Chinese characteristics.

Each foreign attendee received an unlocked Nexus One prior to the event and an additional HTC phone with one month unlimited service from Sprint which I find works in Canada. As Google Earth is now functional on Android devices, this will provide me with a great opportunity to develop a mobile display for the China Rail timetables.

During visit to Hong Kong 19-27 December, 2009

Active in promoting improvement of Sino-North America relationships.

Work on China railway passenger train timetables for viewing with Google Earth and Earth API

Total time spent living in China = 4 years.