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Baconfile: Awesome Public S3 Bucket Frontend: Amazon S3 is a fantastic data storage platform — I use it for everything. It’s perfect for sharing data with friends. The only disadvantage is the interface: there is none. You can manage your buckets files with REST requests, along with a number of desktop clients. That’s fine, but what about your visitors? The only way [...] Read "Baconfile: Awesome Public S3 Bucket Frontend" more
Dev Tool: Ghost #manage /etc/hosts: The Ruby community has really been blowing me away lately with their array of indispensable web development tools. Ghost is no exception to this rule. It is a simple command line application for adding and removing 127.0.0.1 entries in your /etc/hosts file. I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this sooner. Example Usage $ ghost add mydevsite.local [Adding] [...] Read "Dev Tool: Ghost #manage /etc/hosts" more
Change of Heart & Moleskine: I’ve always been a huge fan of Mokeskine notebooks& I use them for everything—from product ideas to mockup sketching. It all started when I was a student at George Mason University. The student book store had a small selection by the checkout counter. I bought a pocket-sized ruled notebook to keep track of my todo list. [...] Read "Change of Heart & Moleskine" more
The Future of Social Media is Here: Google Buzz: I’m all over Google Buzz. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. Imagine taking elements of Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp, and other social services, and shoving them together into one package. Now imagine covering that package in a layer that looks a lot like FriendFeed. Now imagine shoving that package inside of Gmail. That’s [...] Read "The Future of Social Media is Here: Google Buzz" more
Spotify in the US? Yes please.: I spent about 8 hours last night obtaining a Premium Spotify account in the US, and I’ve never been happier. As you know, Spotify is only available in the UK, Spain, and France. So, the only way to signup for an account it to take a trip overseas… virtually. Step 1: Signup for a virtual private server Signup [...] Read "Spotify in the US? Yes please." more