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As a programmer I am constantly looking for new ways to manage my code libraries and make myself more efficient.
I need to be able to store small and large snippets of code in about 3-5 different languages. I need to be able to categorize, name them and post code as plain text.
I have migrated from Visual Studio to Adobe Dreamweaver (i know, don't even say it) to Aptana as my primary IDE in the last...
In a little over three weeks Google has released 14 of their regular web applications as part of the Google Apps cloud platform.
Now in addition to the core email, dockinlane-productions2 and chat you have 14 new web applications:
I'm watching the scene unfold with Gawker media, and thinking about the security of my personal identity. The security of our personal online identities has ALWAYS been important,...
Amazon Web Services increased the size limit for objects you can store on Amazon S3 from 1TB to 5TB today.
In order to upload larger objects they require you to use the new Multipart Upload...
I am spending a couple hours today going through popular app marketplaces looking for document management and collaboration applications. I'm also comparing each marketplace as browse through them..
I'm looking through four primary marketplaces:
Google Apps Marketplace<...
Google finally released the long awaited Google Cloud Print with Chrome. You will need to download the latest version of Chrome to take advantage of Cloud Print.
After you connect your printer with the Google Cloud you will be able to prin...
Amazon added a DNS service to their stack of web services today The service is called Amazon Route 53.
Now you can host your domains DNS with Amazon for $1.00 / month per zone and .50 cents per million queries.
You can use the Route 53 DNS for your Amazon infrastructure as well manage external resources as wel...
OpenID has become the standard for web site login, taking the authentication off your site and centralizing it using OpenID enabled accounts they use every day.
OpenID makes it easier for users to login to your web site. Local account registration and log...
It is time to curate my Google Reader subscriptions again. I try to keep my daily blog reading as efficient as possible. To do this I change up my Google Reader in three different ways:
Google Reader Social Network - I follow people on Google Reader based upon their profile and how much they will contribute to my daily reading. I ma...
A project I'm moving off the back-burner and into the public domain is a project I called Tech Blogger Analysis. My GF is Audrey Watters @ ReadWriteWeb, so I get exposed to an authors daily perspective in the tech blogging world.
I started harvesting all the RSS feeds from
Amazon CloudWatch has matured and now is available with a Freemium tier for monitoring your EC2 instance at no charge.
Amazon Cloudwatch allows you to monitor:
CPU Load
Disk Input / Ouput
Network Input / Output
For your Amazon EC2 instances. The data is collecte...
A project I'm moving off the back-burner and into the public domain is a project I called Google Reader Network.
Google Reader battles for #1 on my daily use tools, along with Gmail. I live in there each and every day. I depend on it for my information intake.
So my Google Reader network ...
Google is rapidly retooling many of the FREE applications we've come to know, and launching within the Google Apps cloud platform.
They released Google Alerts in the Google Apps area today, allowing you to setup alerts within your companies domain.
As the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API Evangelist, I get asked why I would be an evangelist for technology in a dying industry. Print and Publishing.
My primary argument is: Through new technology such as cloud computing, social media, and mobile the print and publishing industry will be redefined. We won't even recognize it as the old beast.
One example of this is Shapeways. Shapeways turns 3D designs and drawings to ta...
I spend a lot of time thinking about new ways to print as the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API Evangelist. During this time I see a common pattern; that print can create more meaningful, physical aspects of our online lives.
We create volumes of data through our social streams, online files, emails and other forms data in our daily online lives. Often times the photos and discussions become less valuable because they are so easy to create, so we lose interest in creating organizing pho...
I need to get an API area around my REST Cloud Print API. I have a functional set of RESTful cloud print services, but not much else.
Where do I start? I need a plan. I need to know exactly what it takes to get this API open for business. I built a list of what I need for phase 1-3 of my API area, from the essentials to nice to have.
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Now I know what I want...how d...
