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Kin Lane

Cloud Printing and Importance of the Google Docs Template Gallery

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Cloud Printing and Importance of the Google Docs Template Gallery
As I'm planning and developing around the Google Cloud Print platform I'm starting to see a bigger picture. If Read more →
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Google Cloud Print From Desktop

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Google Cloud Print From Desktop
I was working on a demo today onGoogle Cloud Printing from Google Apps. I wanted to go through the process of adding a Mimeo
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Instagram Launches API

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Instagram Launches API
I wrote about Instagram doing one thing really well, and since then I have been getting a lot of searches for the key phrase: instagram api over the last couple months. I was going to blog about it, but Instragram ...
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Google Cloud Print Proxy (Cloud Printer)

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Google Cloud Print Proxy (Cloud Printer)
I have some working code for a Google Cloud Print Proxy. It is currently written in PHP and uses the Zend framework. I have written specific blog po...
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Google Cloud Print - Fetch

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Google Cloud Print - Fetch
kinlane-productions2 Now that you have aGoogle Cloud Printer registered with the Google Cloud Print (GCP) registry, you can retrieve jobs for that printer. After authenticating using Read more →
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Google Cloud Print - Control

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Google Cloud Print - Control
The whole point of deploying a Google Cloud Print Proxy is to be able to manage print jobs. After authenticating using Google ClientLogin...
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Google Cloud Print Proxy - Summary

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Google Cloud Print Proxy - Summary
Ok that concludes my Google Cloud Print Proxy work from the week. I've tried to summarize the work I've done in a series of blog posts and code samples. Here is a summary of what I've done to date with the Google Cloud Print API: Read more →
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Google Cloud Print - Delete

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Google Cloud Print - Delete
kinlane-productions2kinlane-productions2 Now that you have a Google Cloud Printer registered with the Google Cloud Print (GCP) registry, at some point you will need to remove that printer from a users GCP registry. After authenticating using
Kin Lane

Using Github Gists to Display Code on Blog

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Using Github Gists to Display Code on Blog
Sometimes you notice things on the Internet and they just don't register for a while. I've seen many sites displaying their code samples using a Gist by Github, but it hasn't really registered in my head for some reason. I even created a custom snippet of c...
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Manage Google Cloud Printers and Jobs

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Manage Google Cloud Printers and Jobs
After you add a Google Cloud Printer you will need to manage the printers you have registered with the Google Cloud Print (GCP) registry. You can manage your your Go...
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Introduction to the Google Cloud Print Services Interface

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Introduction to the Google Cloud Print Services Interface
The Google Cloud Print services interface or Google Cloud Print API is where the whole cloud print thing starts getting cool. The Google Cloud Print service interfacekinlane-productions2te a cloud print proxy that gives you a virtual cloud printer you can send jobs to.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Print

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Introduction to Google Cloud Print
I have been studying Google Cloud Print since they announced it last year. Even though you don't catch me printing very often, I am fascinated by the technology and its potential. Read more →
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Google Cloud Print with Mimeo

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Google Cloud Print with Mimeo
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Google Cloud Print - Update

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Google Cloud Print - Update
kinlane-productions2kinlane-productions2 Now that you have a Google Cloud Printer registered with the Google Cloud Print (GCP) registry, you will need to keep the status of that printer updated. After authenticating using Read more →
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Google Cloud Print - Register

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Google Cloud Print - Register
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Google Cloud Print - List

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Google Cloud Print - List
In addition to registering a Google Cloud Printer you may want to list what cloud printers you have registered with a specific Google Account. After authenticating using Read more →
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Google Cloud Print - Client Login

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Google Cloud Print - Client Login
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Print To Google Cloud Print Without a Mobile Device

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Print To Google Cloud Print Without a Mobile Device
I have been doing a lot of work with Google Cloud Print lately. It is an amazing platfor, however one complaint I have is that it currently supports printing on...
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Flipbook Preview for PDF Print Files

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Flipbook Preview for PDF Print Files
When I am building a user interface for any print application I want to allow users to preview their PDF after upload. The Mimeo Proofing Service is what I use. Proofing takes a PDF and generates a small and large image for each page of the PDF, and adds to your Mimeo account. First I pull the PDF, and send it to the Mimeo Proofing Service, and it returns...
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Web Clipboard for Google Chrome

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Web Clipboard for Google Chrome
I just installed the Google Web Clipboard in my Google Chrome browser. It allows me to store text and HTML content and access it across any Google Apps. I like the concept of having a single cloud based clip-board. I use
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Proofing Print Documents From Box.net

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Proofing Print Documents From Box.net
I am making my way through each major cloud storage provider and building demos that pull PDF files from the provider and proofs the file before printing with Mimeo.
Kin Lane

Build Multi-Tenant Apps with Twilio

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Build Multi-Tenant Apps with Twilio
Twilio now has subaccounts. You can now build multi-tenant web applications that use the Twilio Voice or SMS web services. Now you can build a single app and create individual "s...
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Big Data Opportunities in Emerging Markets

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Big Data Opportunities in Emerging Markets
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Moment - Scheduled Jobs API

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Moment - Scheduled Jobs API
A big part of the web applications I build, is usually some sort of jobs management. Most functionality is triggered based upon user generated events. However there are many times where I need to schedule something as a job. I run most of my web applications on a Windows 2008 server, this is the platform I'm moskinlane-productions2o I use the task scheduler built into the platform. Read more →
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IPad as a Curation Tool

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IPad as a Curation Tool
Google Reader is the primary application I use for information curation. I currently have 572 subscriptions that I stay on top of daily. I just cleaned this list of Read more →