UPDATE: This post is only valid for users using iPads and iPhones prior to iOS 4. Users running iOS 4 should read this post instead.

If you’re a Gmail user and have just taken delivery of a shiny new iPad, you should be sure to set your Gmail account up properly, just like you had to when you set up your iPhone. On the iPhone, the default Gmail setup did bad things because it violated Gmail conventions (actually deleting your mail instead of archiving it). I’m not sure if they’ve fixed the issue on the iPad, but the only way to be sure is to set it up manually.

Here’s what to do:

1. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and tap Add Account... under Accounts.

2. Select Other, and then, Mail Account. DO NOT select Gmail.

3. Use imap.gmail.com as incoming server and smtp.gmail.com as outgoing server. Put in your entire gmail address and password in both incoming and outgoing server settings.

4. Go back to iPad home and start up the Mail app. Once it connects and downloads mail for the first time, go back to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Select the new mail account you just created, scroll down, and tap Advanced.

5. Select Drafts Mailbox > On the Server > Drafts. Return to the Advanced view.

6. Select Sent Mailbox > On the Server > Sent Mail. Return to the Advanced view.

7. Select Deleted Mailbox > On the Server > Deleted Messages

8. Back all the way out and hit Done.

Set up this way, your iPad will now store also Drafts and Sent Mail in Gmail instead of only storing it locally. Here’s the GMail Blog entry that details this for the iPhone. Deleted mails will go into the archives under the “Deleted Messages” label, but they will still be searcheable and will not automatically be deleted like messages in “Trash” are.

Alternatively, you can set up your iPhone or iPad to talk to Google using ActiveSync (Exchange). I’ve been doing this for awhile now, and it’s been working perfectly.

Adam Lau went to the 10th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel event in San Francisco and attached a video camera to the front of his big boy tricycle to capture the chaos.

I wish I had gone! I thought for sure that it would have been rained out.

• My iPad just shipped! Location, SHENZHEN, CN. :) #
• Ramen at Ippudo earlier today with Douglas Seifert and Emily Irving. The food tour continues… #
• I favorited a YouTube video — The Simpsons – Comments about PhDs and Grad Students. [HQ] http://youtu.be/XViCOAu6UC0?a #
• Wendy is using something called, "cleansing oil." To me, that seems like an oxymoron. #
• Is it Facebook integration that is slowing down my Blackberry Tour? I looked at Peter's today, and it doesn't slow down, ever. #
• Enjoying the Village Tart, Pat's restaurant. http://tweetphoto.com/16364231 #
• Verizon Blackberry Tour going offline for OS version 5.0. I hope it makes things faster! #
• First attempt to update Blackberry Tour to OS 5.0 failed during backup process. Trying again… #
• RT @tonywu: Just received word from Paypal. Japan imposing new restrictions on personal transfers. Way to go Japan. #
• OK, looks like Verizon Blackberry Tour successfully updated to Blackberry OS 5.0. #
• RT @tonywu: New post: Using Aperture 3: Part 1 http://bit.ly/9mxQwD #
• I love Junecloud's dashboard and iPhone app, Delivery Status. Extremely useful for those of us who shop online. http://ech.cc/bUZLJq #
• RT @tonywu: Cute Photoshop Content Aware Fill parody: http://j.mp/aBQ3fF via @petapixel #
• Wendy and I are chatting with our parents on Skype (screenshot). http://yfrog.com/15vsprj #
• @johnolilly You know, I basically buy and read every book you review and like. in reply to johnolilly #
• I wish the Elgato Turbo H.264 software had watermarking capability. #
• @johnolilly What you need is to turn on Amazon affiliates. You'd make dozens of dollars! in reply to johnolilly #
• Hrm. I can't seem to set keyframes under "Speed" in the Motion tab in Final Cut Pro. Keyframes in other areas work. Back to Motion.app… #
• I am severely taxing my MacBook Pro. Motion and Compressor are both cranking away while I'm working in other apps. #
• Over the past few days, I've been so tired at times that the fatigue has actually caused nausea. Not good! #
• One ticket for this weekend's TEDxBerkeley just materialized. Anyone want? First dibs to people I actually know. #
• Congrats!! RT @uwfotog: 14months after its 3D release on the big screen, our IMAX film "Under the Sea" released today on DVD & Blu-Ray… #
• TEDxBerkeley ticket is gone. Thanks for playing. :) #
• Have you eaten a puppy lately? http://yfrog.com/0i2ygj #
• Wish I had an iPhone so I could try Line2. Would Google Voice->Line2->AT&T fallback work? Or would iPhone explode? ;) http://ech.cc/b57Ybz #
• Upgrading to Blackberry OS 5.0 and uninstalling Missing Sync has made my Blackberry Tour on Verizon usable again. #
• Slept 5.5 hrs of the 6 hour flight, and feel like a real person again. http://myloc.me/5t10X #
• RT @uwfotog: "The Maldives in Red" An HHP short video shot w/ RED ONE camera, Jan '10 http://vimeo.com/channels/96819 #
• @uwfotog I plugged your gorgeous Maldives video on Wetpixel. Everyone go watch it now — it's beautiful. http://vimeo.com/10590790 #
• RT @tonywu: Using Aperture 3: Part 2 http://bit.ly/buzTyC #
• Here come the iPad reviews: http://ech.cc/9dHGD1 http://ech.cc/bbeNtD http://ech.cc/cLyVYs #
• I'm going to boycott the web on every April 1st. 99% of the stuff just isn't funny. #
• @johnolilly It was the Google Topeka name swap that put me over the edge. in reply to johnolilly #
• Glad there will be no expectations! RT @kaichang: Reviewed @echeng's #TEDxB slides…talk will BLOW.YOUR.MINDS. http://ech.cc/9tFbyC @ 13:35 #
• It's much easier to plan a 1-hr talk than it is to plan a 15-minute talk. #
• The spammers over at @Getingate have declared war. It's ok, though. I'm documenting it: http://ech.cc/dmczty in reply to Getingate #
• @uwfotog The FedEx guy also tried to get into my house before I answered the door. "Do you always try that?" I asked… in reply to uwfotog #
• @atow Whoah — are you playing with WM's iPad?? in reply to atow #
• FS: 320GB 5400rpm bus-powered Wiebetech ToughTech Mini (2 x FW800, 1 x FW400, 1 x USB – no eSata) $120 + ship http://ech.cc/avnqsE #
• The rain and cold followed me back to SF from NYC. #
• @adam_hanlon you could always submit your life credentials to China and get a .cn domain… ;) in reply to adam_hanlon #
• iPad shipped to wrong address (wrong city). Apple said it should be no problem to fix. Then, iPad accessrys shipped to wrong address. *sigh* #
• No iPad this weekend — UPS apparently has to attempt delivery before they can change an address. Oh well — I can wait. #
• RT @tonywu: New post: Using Aperture 3: Part 3 http://bit.ly/9RetGz #
• @rjenbarr It's OK, Tony. I'll have it by Tuesday. :) in reply to rjenbarr #
• @rjenbarr Oops — I replied to the wrong person. Sorry, Jennifer! #
• Hanging out at #TEDxB rehearsal with organizers Jennifer Mah, @kaichang, @rjenbarr and others http://yfrog.com/0hhb2pj #
• Hanging out at #TEDxB rehearsal with organizers Jessica Mah, @kaichang, @rjenbarr and others http://yfrog.com/0hhb2pj #
• Finally met Ray Arthur Wang, after years of nearly meeting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Arthur_Wang #
• Wandering around UC Berkeley — love the energy students have; events active everywhere around me. #
• Waiting 15 minutes for the next Bart train sure makes me want to drive, next time. #
• UPS just called. They're trying to deliver my iPad to an address that doesn't exist… In San Diego. #
• In the audience at #TEDxB with Pam and @pyknosis waiting for the conference to start. Where is Dan Cohen, my other guest? #
• @adamnash A 64MB iPad! Wow — going retro? in reply to adamnash #
• Uh oh — there was just a slide put up of the Dalai Lama. There goes our viewers from China… #TEDxB #
• Acapella can really only exist in a university environment. #
• Staring at Taylor's Tonics Chai Cola and buckets of preserved brains backstage at #TEDxB #
• RT @MaryLynnPrice: Optimized for #iPad HD resolution: new DiveFilm HD Video Podcasts free at iTunes!! http://bit.ly/8AqgH8 #
• Really, really enjoyed speaking at #TEDxB But I don't suggest having a Korean rice place covered in hot sauce right before… #
• @pyknosis I wonder if any extraterrestrials are streaming the talk live… #TEDxB in reply to pyknosis #
• Video of brains pulsing!! Awesome. #TEDxB #
• Did you know that getting shot in the brain can cause brain swelling? Good to know! #TEDxB #
• @pyknosis poor iphone! I'm still at 4.5 chunks out of 5 in my Blackberry battery. in reply to pyknosis #
• Watching an inspirational talk by Ross Evans at #TEDxB Haven't seen Ross since Stanford days! #
• Rock jazz pianist Eric Lewis is rockin' out, playing the piano while in a Taekwondo front stance. #TEDxB #
• Endgame for #TEDxB A dead car. Hopefully, it's the battery. #
• AAA, 30 minutes and counting. #
• RT @pyknosis: In case you were wondering, iPad really is the best browsing-the-web-while-on-the-John experience you'll ever have. #
• #TEDxB To everyone in Twitterland: thank you for all of the nice words about the talk and TEDxBerkeley. It was quite the inspirational day! #
• #TEDxB viewers: come crash NCUPS this Friday in Millbrae — I'm giving a tech talk about underwater endoscope photography! http://ncups.org/ #
• Justin.tv's clip creating interface leaves a lot to be desired. #
• The archive of my talk at TEDxBerkeley 2010 #TEDxB http://ech.cc/b4PQZR #
• @macaby Is it crazy at the theaters? Are you there for the 1:45 show or the 4:15 show? in reply to macaby #
• @pyknosis came up with an official Facebook friend policy. Everyone should have one. http://ech.cc/cNCcIl Mine's here: http://ech.cc/dus7I3 #
• xkcd, about earthquakes, twitterers, and survival instinct. http://xkcd.com/723/ #
• Hilarious photo set on "Teabonics" http://www.flickr.com/photos/p…..594187379/ #

Here’s the justin.tv archive official video from my talk at TEDxBerkeley 2010, which was about bioluminescent flashlight fish in Papua New Guinea and sperm whales and Architeuthis dux giant squid in Ogasawara, Japan and Dominica.

To head off any confusion, the first Asian guy to appear is not me… and the crack about emotion and suffering only makes sense if you watch the entire TEDxBerkeley talk from the beginning. :)

I’d like to thank Jessica Mah, Kai Chang, and all of the other organizers of TEDxBerkeley for doing a fantastic job of putting together such an incredible event. I was truly inspired by all of the other speakers and my heart was warmed by those of you in the audience who came up to meet me afterward to tell me your stories about the ocean.

There is a full archive of the event online, but you might find the clips easier to browse. I assume the TEDxBerkeley team will create clips for all of the talks, but you might have to wait until they catch up on sleep.

Special thanks to Vino Wong and Courtney Platt for allowing the use of their photography.

UPDATE: Mona’s photos from TedXBerkeley are now up on Flickr!

I’m really looking forward to speaking at TEDxBerkeley, which will be held this coming Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Wheeler Auditorium at U.C. Berkeley.

I’ve just gotten confirmation that my talk has been scheduled for 1:35 PM. The live webcast will start at 10:30 AM on Saturday, so if you aren’t able to get to Berkeley for the event, you can still stream it online.

If you can’t stream it live, you’ll be able to see all of the talks online at a later time; professional video folks will be producing more polished versions of the the videos suitable for podcast.

Be sure to follow @TEDxB and #TEDxB to find out the latest news about TEDxBerkeley!

UPDATE: The TEDxBerkeley folks have posted a recap: http://tedxberkeley.org/recap

I received 3 comments within 20 minutes claiming that Getingate is a better commenting system better than is Disqus. It’s pretty clear that Getingate is using comment spam to spread the word about their product. I hope Google picks this up: Getingate are spammers, and you shouldn’t work with them.

Here are the comments I just received:

From John (two identical comments, 1 minute apart):

Have any of you tried the Getingate Commenting System (www.getingate.com)? I prefer it over Disquis – it’s much easier to install and simpler to use. They’re currently holding a competiton for the website that generates the most comments. First prize is $1K and second prize is $500.

From romi :

Did you try using Getingate’s Social Web commenting tool? they don’t take cheap shots such as faking comments, don’t spam your website, and they are FREE. Also their interface is not as ugly as Disqus… try it.

Luckily, I was able to use Disqus to immediately mark the comments as spam and blacklist both the users and ip addresses. (read more »)