now at 2.5
wordpress 2.5 just came out and I'll agree with everyone else, it is quite nice. And the instantupgrade plugin worked perfect. 2.5 also offers atuo plugin updates, which is good for lazy people like me.
win win win.
So I finally stepped into the future and got a new phone…
Back in the day, I got a nokia 3650 and I liked it. Symbian was good. But times have changed. There was a time when I had full internet on my symbians, and I could read email and all that. The web was merely acceptable... but it was ok for the time... which was years ago...
A couple years ago I decided that I wasn't traveling or commuting very much, so I really only needed a phone, not much more. Then I left the other job and started mk2 development and I am spending more time caring about things that I was ignoring outside of 9-5, so I decided I needed a new phone.
When the iPhone came out, I was excited, but the lack of unlocking and the lack of 3rd party apps was a problem. Time fixed that, and I finally picked one up the other day, an 8gb iPhone.
Having a decent web browser is nice. Having real time email is great. Being able to do most of the stuff I do on the internet whereever is nice. I won't bother with a big review, since chances are you have heard of this iPhone thing. Suffice to say that while it doesn't do everything I want, it is close and the things I miss are probably possible or will be soon.
Things I would like:
an easy way to ftp into a server, edit an html/php file, and save it. I would prefer not to have to ssh in and use vi or anything. I just want to be able to make a minor changes to webpages on the road if needed.
decent task manager. Why apple can't sync todos with their other apps (iCal) is beyond me.
I am sure there are others, but I can't think of them now...
Dear Fotki
Dear Fotki
I have been a faithful user of your service for years. I have 18,000+ images there constituting 40+ GB. I have them organized the way I like, and many are tagged. My point is I have a significant investment in your service, and due to that I am paid in full through 2011.
I have never been a big fan of flickr. I have an account there, but I have found their organizational style works great for the stream of consciousness that I used to use when I used to take a lot of photos with my phone. And perhaps I will get back into that. But for actual photo storage, I hate it. I prefer the more traditional style of the fotki organizational model.
That being said, we need an API for premium members. I need to be able to do all the cool stuff that I can do on flickr, with fotki. I need to be able to easily pull photos into another application based on various queries. I need to be able to integrate my fotki library into my other web life. I will NOT use facebook to store my photos, but I would love to be able to easily and automatically pull my fotki pics in.
I have thought about writing a scraper to get them, but that is really really absurd. I have thought about writing something to sync my fotki and flickr accounts, but that is also dumb.
There was talk of an API in a fotki journal post in 2005, but that is the last mention of it I can find.
Please step up to the plate. Mimic the flickr API. It really wouldn't be that hard. Make it available to the premium members only.
Let me know if you need testers. I will be glad to help however I can.
bryan
Checking out the browser world…
I have been trying a few different browsers lately, as the firefox memory usage drives me insane. Sure, I go insane slowly, but seriously.
Firefox 3 Beta
Aside from firebug/web developer/Stylish not working, it is great. Seems faster, and the memory footprint is WAY better. This MIGHT be due to the above mentioned firebug/web developer not working. heh. This is the current winner.
Flock
I gave flock a try again, and it is ok. The toolbar on the left is nice, although it could be improved. It is so... staccato in its presentation. I am currently using it or facebook, twitter, and youtube. I am also not sure that the top of the window is the best way to sift through media. That being said, I did just, as I wrote this, opt to update my twitter, and I went to flock. I could have just as easily gone to the twitter dashboard widget. hmmmm... The other problem is it seems that flock suffers from the memory footprint growth problem as well.
Sunrise
I was excited about the small size of this browser. I can handle a stripped down browser for some stuff. The only issue here is that sunrise seems to quit unexpectedly ALOT. Like I can't really evaulate the memory usage since it never stays up that long. And I am not hitting any crazy sites either. The link preview image and the bookmarking image are cool features. The window resize tool on the toolbar is nice for development. But seriously, crashing is a big problem. I'll keep watching it as it matures.
Conclusion...
I think I am going to stay with firefox for most of my stuff, due primarily to the firebug/web developer feature set. But since those are not yet working in Firefox 3 Beta, I am going to keep playing with the others. Perhaps I'll change my mind for everything that isn't development.