Redundant cloud computing: it’s about the sky
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Sebastian
Yesterday I complained, today I take that back: Friday’s Gillmor Gang was a return to form with several great pointers. Calacanis explained how his team will/has set up Maholo.com’s data on various clouds, like EC2, Google Apps and other in order to have a back-up in the cloud, but on separate clouds. Followed by talk […]
Difficulties with Twitter apps
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Sebastian
I liked Twitter best when it came through the IM-interface, namely when the updates ran into my GTalk/Adium. Not only was the “track” function quite useful, but the app never crashed. Unlike the apps I now use. Through my Quicksilver I actually get a pretty good read on which application I use how often. Twhirl […]
Snackr: selected consumption
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Sebastian
Recently I really like Snackr, a little Air-based app which shows RSS-feeds in a side-bar/bottom-bar. It’s not an auto-start item so I only use it when “I have the time” and I only have a hand-ful of feeds in there. (pic from snackr.net) Basically it is a nice time-waster, but I like that I can […]
Live Search Cashback
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Sebastian
Microsoft launched a very interesting product this week, Microsoft Live Search Cashback, in order to lure users to search with Microsoft Live Search and garner market share from Google. If you are searching for a product you want to buy and do it via the Cashback service you basically get a discount (the cashback). The […]
Computer/twitter problem: Twhirl on a Mac with an extra monitor
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Sebastian
Here is the low-down:I use a MacBook with OS 10.4. At work I plug-in an extra monitor, set so that the dock is located on the extra monitor. When my GTalk interface does not deliver any twitter messages (like since Friday) I usually launch twhirl. Since I work on the big screen I usually keep […]
Scribefire with great updates
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Sebastian
My favorite blog editor Scribefire just received an update this week, some great fixes and new features. 1. URL auto-copy When you add a link Scribefire automatically suggests the URL from the present browser-window. Not perfect, better would have been the URL I just copied with apple+c, but a start. 2. The configuration has moved […]