Time has come for Coppermine Photo Gallery to stroll in to the blogging world. Abbas Ali, a CPG Dev Member has set up a WordPress blog called CPG Dev Team Blog for the devs to post about programming, web applications, technical stuff and all-things-coppermine. I’m very proud to be considered a member of the Dev Team but my main accomplishments have been porting several WordPress themes to Coppermine so that users can seamlessly use WordPress and Coppermine together in the same theme. True I do support the users through the support board and occasionally develop a hack or two (Comment List for CPG for example) but the real magic is in the easy to install and use features of Coppermine that come from all the selfless hard work of the coders and support devs. Coppermine is a free open source application so if you’re looking to display or share any type of media (images, photos, music, video, etc) online, give Coppermine a try.
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\\ tags: Code, Coppermine, Development, open source, php, software, Technology, Web, WordPress
My friend who is starting her own consulting company was looking 
into getting an iPhone but AT&T coverage here in central NJ just isn’t cutting it. I have another friend, Angie who comes out east quite often on business from CA and she isn’t happy with the iPhone service here either so I do have a solid reference to go on. Besides, cost of the phone and data service is way over priced. I came across the Peek from a USA Today article today and thought this is a cool alternative to a smart phone. Price is ~$80 and can be bought online or at Target and the service is only $20/month including texting. Eat that cell service providers! Ummm… maybe I’ll turn in my Moto-Q and save a bundle on monthly expenses for my company!
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A cool new web app called Dropbox is now open to the public. I remember reading about it this past spring and thought what a great app to use to store files so I don’t have to lug my laptop around when visiting customers to install equipment upgrades or do presentations. Yes, I could carry a USB stick but some of the companies I visit don’t allow them in the facilities so this is another avenue.
These guys were supported through the Y Combinator venture fund and I think this time they’ve really promoted a winner. There are apps for both the Mac and Windows platforms and you can also access your files through your account online on any browser. You can set up shared folders for allowing access to your colleagues or friends and if you have growl set up on you mac you’ll see the files added immediately. A free account gives you 2GB of storage and for ~$100/year you get 50GB.
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\\ tags: dropbox, files, Photos, storage, Technology, Web
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