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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
My new bookmarks page powered by sabros.us
I found an open source bookmark manager that I've decided to try out. It's called sabros.us. Early indications are good--it uses PHP and mySQL and runs on your own server, like B2Evolution or Wordpress or Gelato.
Features include a bookmarklet, an RSS feed, and the ability to import and export bookmarks (though I haven't tested that yet).
Of course it doesn't have all the features of a cutting-edge social bookmarking app like del.icio.us. But it works great so far for basic bookmarking and I'm interested to see if I start using sabros.us for saving a large share of my links.
The benefit to this system is that it puts my bookmarks directly on one of my databases, with all the code running on my site, putting me in total control of how I use the program and the data. So now, I have a bookmarks page which lists my public shared links at pacificpelican.us/bookmarks.
Features include a bookmarklet, an RSS feed, and the ability to import and export bookmarks (though I haven't tested that yet).
Of course it doesn't have all the features of a cutting-edge social bookmarking app like del.icio.us. But it works great so far for basic bookmarking and I'm interested to see if I start using sabros.us for saving a large share of my links.
The benefit to this system is that it puts my bookmarks directly on one of my databases, with all the code running on my site, putting me in total control of how I use the program and the data. So now, I have a bookmarks page which lists my public shared links at pacificpelican.us/bookmarks.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
My new app bookmarks, messages and uploads files
I'm starting a test run of my new app, Flightpath 0.41. It allows anyone with an API key to create one of three types of tasks--save a bookmark with description, tags and URI link; leave a short message of 140 characters or less; or upload a file. Then all three types of posts go onto the app's home page as a "public timeline" which shows the last 10. The archives are searchable by number, and posts can be perma-linked.
So even though these can be very different types of information, they all run into the same flow. I don't know how that will work in practice but that kind of mixed media is popular at the moment anyway with things like tumbleblogs and Twittergrams.
I was inspired by Twitter of course, but I also wanted to build a good file-storing app because I want to be able to send files larger than 10 MB in Pownce. Now I can link to files on my site, of whatever size HTTP and PHP can handle!
It's in closed alpha now but I want to be making more API keys or a beta version available to more people as the site is improved. I also plan to eventually add a feed.
So even though these can be very different types of information, they all run into the same flow. I don't know how that will work in practice but that kind of mixed media is popular at the moment anyway with things like tumbleblogs and Twittergrams.
I was inspired by Twitter of course, but I also wanted to build a good file-storing app because I want to be able to send files larger than 10 MB in Pownce. Now I can link to files on my site, of whatever size HTTP and PHP can handle!
It's in closed alpha now but I want to be making more API keys or a beta version available to more people as the site is improved. I also plan to eventually add a feed.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Takin' it easy on here on the pelican pages
Very busy looking for work. Thanks to my girlfriend and family I have been able to weather a spell of unemployment and learn a lot of new skills. For now, other matters are taking my attention away from content creation--I have enjoyed experimenting with the emerging field of online video but I need to upgrade my production infrastructure before more podcasts or other material can be finalized here in my shop.
There will be a hiatus period during which I will not be posting too much in the way of new content or new public beta apps here on pacificpelican.us. Please enjoy the archives, which can be searched easily through the third search box on the search page at pacificpelican.us/search.
I'll likely get to posting a lot more content here later on. Thanks and let me know what's happening or send in content submissions at tips at pacificpelican.us.
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