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Kin Lane

RSS: < author > vs: < dc:creator >

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I am always willing to admit when I'm wrong. I was just railing on a site for not providing <author> information in their RSS feed. I'm used to pulling the author name using the <author> tag. I come to learn that <author> tag is just meant for the post author's email address. <dc:creator> is truly meant for the name of the author. I didn't know this. I had to Google it and I came up with this post explaining Read more →
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Move Your Business to the Google Cloud

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Move Your Business to the Google Cloud
I was just reading a great testimonial of moving your business to Google Apps. I use Google Apps as a starting point for all my do...
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Internet Explorer 9 - HTML 5 Support

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Internet Explorer 9 - HTML 5 Support
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Cloud Storage API Standard

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Cloud Storage API Standard
I was reviewing a cloud backup product, CloudBerry Backup yesterday. Each time I try a new cloud storage product I can't ...
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Red Hat Wants a Portion of the Cloud

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Red Hat Wants a Portion of the Cloud
Red Hat has been part of the cloud with services like Amazon EC2 since the beginning, because they are a leading open source platform. Not be outdone by other technology providers, Red Hat ...
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Google Chrome Embraces Flash Further

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Google Chrome Embraces Flash Further
Google releasde Google Chrome 5.0.375.86 on Thursday which includes integrated flash player being enabled by default. Interesting positioning by Google in the Flash v HTML5 battle. Google Ch...
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Discover New Technology

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Discover New Technology
Right now I use 3 main ways to discover new information and technology: Google Reader Google Alerts Twitter I have other ways I find information, but these are my 3 primary sources currently.
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DARPA Wants to Change the Way We Think About Computing

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DARPA Wants to Change the Way We Think About Computing
DARPA wants your help to change the way we approach computing. Everything today depends on computers, and to meet the relentlessly increasing demands for gr...
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Cloud Storage with CloudBerry Backup

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Cloud Storage with CloudBerry Backup
I am always trying to keep an eye on various cloud storage solutions. A company called Cloudberry has been offering an Amazon S...
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The Rise of the Cloud

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The Rise of the Cloud
As our home and work lives have become increasingly mobile, the demand for web-based software and information storage has exploded. But as the amount of digital content created grows exponentially, there are concerns as to whether the cloud is growing fast enough to keep up. kinlane-productions2 Read more →
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Small Business Backup and Recovery in the Amazon Cloud

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Small Business Backup and Recovery in the Amazon Cloud
kinlane-productions2 Many businesses are growing into the clouds, but there are still are many on the fence. Before a business moves their entire small business setup to the Amazon cloud, they might consider using Read more →
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Semicolons in JavaScript are Optional

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Semicolons in JavaScript are Optional
JavaScript is a scripting language where semicolons as statement terminators are optional. I have never found a conversation about this, I just stumble...
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Scalable Web Operations

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Scalable Web Operations
I was just reading thoughts on scalable web operations, observations/thoughts on web operations collected from a fe...
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More Access and Profile Data through LinkedIn API

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More Access and Profile Data through LinkedIn API
kinlane-productions2kinlane-productions2 LinkedIn released some changes to their LinkedIn Open API today. They have: Increased Search API Throttle
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File Version Control in the Clouds

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File Version Control in the Clouds
I was just talking about using Amazon for backing up your data in the clouds. One feature that Amazon introduced recently was version control for Amazon S...
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Do You Know Where Your Data Is In The Cloud?

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Do You Know Where Your Data Is In The Cloud?
I was just reading about CentriLogic's new cloud hosting services. They store your data across data centers in Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, Toronto ON, and Read more →
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Multi-Domain Support in Google Apps

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Multi-Domain Support in Google Apps
Gooogle has opened upon support for companies to use multiple domains when setting up their Google Apps. The Google Apps control panel now allows administrators to manage multiple domains ...
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HTML5 Resources For Web Developers

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HTML5 Resources For Web Developers
kinlane-productions2kinlane-productions2 Google is evangelizing HTML5 big time. It is obvious that they are behind HTML5 since their Google Chrome is the furthest along in HTML 5 support. Today they launched a new HTML 5 resource site called Read more →
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Youtube as a Cloud Platform

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Youtube as a Cloud Platform
YouTube is an amazing site. I spend a lot of time there browsing mostly music and training videos. I am impressed with the number of features they have introduced over the years. They just released their latest feature that allows you to Read more →
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Wordpress 3.0 is Available

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Wordpress 3.0 is Available
Wordpress launched their Version 3.0 of the popular blogging and content management platform today. I'm a big fan and user of Wordpress, so I follow their blog. Some of the features that are notable are:
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Learning HTML 5

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I'm enjoying learning about HTML 5. I haven't been this excited about HTML since 1995(well maybe the day I actually understood the DOM also). I recently played around with the HTML5 Local Web Storage and HTML5 Web SQL Database in a HTML local contact management prototype I am...
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Google Chrome Taking the Lead

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Google Chrome Taking the Lead
Google Chrome just keeps winning me over lately. My firefox seems to crash a lot, which seems to be related to my firebug, but not always. With Google Chrome in the lead with HTML 5 support, I'm spending more and more time each day using it as my primary browser. I am enjoying what Read more →
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ExtJS is now Sencha

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ExtJS is now Sencha
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Using Amazon EBS Volumes

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Using Amazon EBS Volumes
I'm increasing my usage of Amazon EBS volumes. I tend to use objects I've written in PHP or ColdFusion for writing data to Amazon S3. I haven't historically used EBS volumes much, because data tends to be needed across multiple instances. I'm taking another look at them. I'm going to use in a couple different scenar...
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The HackFwd Blueprint

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The HackFwd Blueprint
As a chronic entrepreneur I love the process of taking businesses from idea to start up. I enjoy hearing ideas, even if they never go anywhere. This process really speaks to me: