web apps Articles

Socialthing Invites

June 13 2008

Forgot about this one, I have 11 socialthing invites, so if anyone wants one, gimmie a shout in the comments.

Mine’s at http://jamesmcewan.socialthing.com. It’s a pretty neat service, I think I might get rid of the lifestream plugin I have here as this does a better job.

Brightkite.com invites

April 27 2008

I have 3 2 3 (again!) invites to Britekite.com first folks to comment or email me gets ‘em

Pownce – a quick rundown

June 27 2007

The fantastic team at Megatechtronium have launched their new app today, Pownce.
As I was lucky enough to get an invite on launch, I thought I’d throw a few screen shots on the site to show folks what to expect.
Pownce Homepage

As you see the design is super slick, designer Daniel Burka has done an amazing job. There are currently 4 different themes to choose from and the work the same way as vox themes.
Pownce Themes

On the homepage you have your notes and notes from your friends, these are also marked in the corner with a little banner so you know it it’s public or private.
Pownce message

You have 3 options for sending notes. Simple text message, website link, file (up to 10mb, 100mb for pro users) or Event notification.
Pownce Nav

From there you just punch in the message, choose the audience; Public, All of My Friends or a specific friend and then you post the bugger.
Pownce Send message

Leah Culver has done a top-notch job putting together an app that’s fast and easy to use.
It’s brilliant as a social tool, since you can send files/events to all your friends and when new friends join they be able to see older messages, which for me is preferable to digging out an old email because I forgot to add a recipient.

Anyway, I highly recommend folks check this one out, the invite request form is on the homepage.

Rails issue solved

February 10 2007

Wee post to express my thanks to Jonathan Linowes of Vaporbase for the advice on the issues I had with Ruby on Rails.
After reading the first page of his RoR setup, I went through the hidden files on my user directory. Noticing how similar the conent of .bash_login (amended for ruby) and .bash_profile (generated by MacPython) I ameded the latter to include the statements of the former and I now have both a working version of Ruby on Rails and Django. Love it when a plan comes together.

Now to test my true nerd power as I simultaneously develop a site in both Django and Ruby on Rails and let the client choose…..