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Github just released a new Github client for the Mac. It provides a GUI alternative to the Github command line.
Some features of the new Github for Mac are:
Box.net has announced new integration with the Google Docs Platform. Box.net users can now create, edit and collaborate using
Cloud computing holds the promise of infinite scalability and capacity. We hust pay for what we use, and whatever capacity you need is there.
This holds true on the server and back-end of the cloud. Where this promse will begin to break down is on the front-end of the...
Dropbox is a dead simple, web-based file hosting service, that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files with others across the Internet using file synchronization.
Dropbox is a perfect platform for printing from...
I really enjoy web applications that focus on doing one thing, and doing it well.
Pen.io is one of these apps. Pen.io is the fastest way to publish online. period.
Pen.io allows you to add, edit, and delete pages. Thats it.
You just give your page...
I was sitting in on a session at the O'Reilly Velocity Conference today, by Chris Blizzard of the Mozilla Foundation...
A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional code that is readable by barcode readers as well as camera phones.
QR Codes have been around since 1994, and every couple years seem to get heralded as the next big thing.
QR Codes can be used to link the offline world, with onl...
Apple's new iCloud platform includes a new key-value data store, along side its
Google Apps provides a very powerful document management solution, Google Docs.
With Google Docs you can upload and create many different types of documents. The G...
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I am making some adjustments to my Google Alerts today.
I removed a few and added a few alerts.
Here are my current Google Alerts:
call for papers
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open API
REST API
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Its been a month since Google I/O. I figured its about time to do a write-up about the Samsung Galaxy Tab that Google was so kind to give me at the event.
I've been using it since, and I will be keeping it as my primary tablet device. I even gave my IPad to my daughterkinlane-productions2
I'm working through some 100K views of the API service provider arena, and trying to evolve my perspectives of Whats Next for APIs.
This is all a work in progress, so I'm publishing here on kinlane.com instead of on apievangelist.com.
I wrote the other day about ...
My 10 year old daughter Kaia and I were chatting last night about a old family friend that is coming to visit. She hasn't seen him since she was three years old.
He showed up to the house, and she got back on chat and told me she doesn't remember him at all. She described what he looked like, and said she doesn't know him.
I went to my Flickr acc...
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Apple's new iCloud platform provides a centralized cloud storage solution for managing documents from any computer and iOS device.
iCloud document storage is not just cloud storage. It provides a complete document management solution that keeps fi...
I spend time each day monitoring how technology is impacting various industries. APIs are playing a major role in evolving how business is done in just about any sector. In my search for new APIs and technologies for the print and publishing industry I came across a new community called 
The Yellow Pages Group (YPG) ann...
On June 8th, 2011major web companies, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, will enable IPv6 on many of their websites for 24 hours to test how IPv6 performs in the real world.
Google will be doing a live test where they will be using IPv6for Google Apps, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites.
They state t...
Lots of big news coming out of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC2011) in San Francisco today.
We saw major enhancements coming down the pipes with IOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. What really stood out was their new
Lots of big news coming out of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC2011) in San Francisco today.
There were major enhancements coming down the pipes with IOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. What really stood out was their new
I do a lot of reading on topics ranging from APIs to Printing. I read articles, white-papers and other news from a wide variety of sources on my desktop, laptop, tablet and my mobile phone.
When I come across longer articles I tend to save them for reading later, using a tool called Instapaper.
I'm working my way through a list of projects I have, and currently theInstapaper API is top of my list.
I couldn't find an easy to use PHP class for authenticating against Instapaper's Full API using XAuth.
I wanted to take some time and recap my thoughts from the 2011 Glue Conference.
A lot happened last week, but I wanted to highlight some of the sessions and discussions that really stuck with me.
First, it was one of the best events I've been to in a while. The event is about everything I focus ...
The Internet has changed how we do business, and more specifically how we obtain signatures for client contracts. Using paper documents to finalize transactions, sending documents back and forth can be costly and time consuming, especially in today's fast-paced industries, with multiple partners, ...
Instapaper is a dead simple tool to save web pages for reading later. It allows bookmarking of web pages, blog posts and any web or mobile content. Once bookmarked the content is available for reading on Instapaper...
