July | 2009 | briangorbett.com

i love live mesh

i must of forgot just how much i missed live mesh. i had been developing live framework apps and had all my devices as members of the developer tech preview of mesh which currently does not support folder sync. since then, i went to other services like sugarsync and realized just how much live mesh brought to my life besides sync.

one key feature that live mesh has is the ability to sync across more than just 2 machines (this is a limit to the free version of sugarsync). this was the primary reason for going back to mesh. however, there are others. here are a few of my favorite things (i almost busted into sound of music):

sync across multiple machines (no limit on number of machines added to your mesh)
free 5gb of online storage (3 more than sugarsync’s free service) to access your mesh even if you are not on one of your devices. all you need is an internet connection to access your live desktop
works on mac too. share and sync files and folders with macs
add your windows phone to the mesh
support for accessing your mesh on iphone or other mobile devices (just go to http://m.mesh.com). yeah. it works like a champ
share folders with other people
remote access to your windows machines. i love this one and it works great!

i am still trying to figure out how anyone with even just 2 machines can live without a proper file syncing tool. mesh has not only made my own files accessible, but also allows my team to share and collaborate on documents and presentations. brilliant!

if you are looking for a great way to sync your files across multiple machines and get access to some other great features, then go check out the live mesh beta.

long tweets bug?

i have heard today that there is a simple way to get around that pesky 140 character limit on twitter. just disable javascript. what? really? can it be that easy?

i am not suggesting this is a good thing only that it can be done (as demonstrated by my friend FilipSzy). not only is it not a good thing, but i think it is a bad thing now that it requires users to click on the … of each tweet to see the full text. ugh.

i am betting that the twitter team is working on fixing this so get your long tweets on while they last.

get the point with groupon

updated
moved the video to my blog since i am really not posting to my old site anymore

i stop by the offices of groupon and talk to the founder and ceo, andrew mason, and the chief technology officer, ken pelletier about how groupon and the point got started. it was interesting to hear the point examples on internet explorer 6, bono, and chicago covered by a dome.

arrington, the mid market is dead

on a recent plane ride, i read an article on how the mid (mobile internet device) market is dead. now if someone would just tell michael arrington.

don’t get me wrong, i was one of the few owners of those cute little oqo devices and did use it pretty often. the problem with what mr. arrington is calling the crunchpad is that it has been in development for over a year and other companies like archos will be releasing far more functional devices.

i am not sure the mid market will ever take off with any of these sans keyboard devices, but i do know that the last thing i want to do is pay $300-$500 just to browse the internet. even the iphone does more than that (albeit minus flash).