Transmit, my favorite FTP client for OS X, can now connect to Amazon S3 accounts. I never saw this coming but it only makes sense with more and more people using the affordable S3 as a static file host and personal file server. This quite literally makes my day, thank you Cabel and crew. [click to continue…]
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I know what you’re thinking. Paul writing about an AOL product is the equivalent of pigs flying or renting a studio in San Francisco for under $1000/month. There are a number of reasons you might not approve of AOL’s tactics but for now I’ll put that behind me and post my thoughts about AOL’s attempt to break their 1990’s stigma with cutting-edge personalized web services, collectively dubbed myAOL. [click to continue…]
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Groovr, the twitter-meets-mobile-social-network-ish website I looked at in January, has been overhauled with what I think is a more fitting site design and grokkable information architecture. True to social networks, Groovr lets you upload photos and videos, maintain a profile, have friends in addition to the concept of Shout Outs (think twitters/pownces) and a Groovr-specific feature, Check-ins. [click to continue…]
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Y Combinator startup Disqus will soon begin public testing of their interactive blog commenting service. Disqus allows users to make an account to manage their commenting and even create a forum of their own. But the real draw of Disqus is the ability for users to easily utilize the Disqus commenting [click to continue…]
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Going a little off-topic today, I’m going to address an issue I deal with daily – public relations people sending me press releases. In general, I appreciate the effort and can often find great things I wouldn’t have found out about until after it was too late or not at all. However, if PR folk followed a few steps that I shall propose below, a considerable amount of time and energy could be spared on both ends. [click to continue…]
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Today IBM announced the launch of a beta test with select partners, clients and vendors for their upcoming BladeCenter S. First announced in late June, the BladeCenter S will be the first desktop blade server system in addition to enhancements such as a wizard-based setup. The beta test announcement confirms that IBM is on-track and moving along with development of the BladeCenter S. But why is this so great? [click to continue…]
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