1. Jul 29th, 2008

    Rounded Corners 209 – Sitting on a server gathering spam.

    1Password synchronization

    1Password for the iPhone is out. Still very rough, not just around the edges, but one part they got right:

    The Syncing portion of 1Password was the hardest nut to crack and Roustem nailed it in this release. Once Roustem and Dan get some rest, they will continue their heroic efforts and try to get these features into version 1.1.

    Easy to sync, super fast, no cabling required. (Via Laughing Squid)

    BTW AgileWebSolutions “don’t advertise much and rely on customers like you to help spread the word so”. So being a happy user, I’m doing my part

    Web hooks. If you’re not old enough to remember what a callback is, and looking for something cheap and simple that works over HTTP. Get hooked.

    URL history tells your gender. Not always accurate according to the comments, did work for me, though. Fun little trick, try it out.

    Ur doing it rong. I just visited a definitely-Web-2.0 site and had to use BugMeNot to log in. I used BugMeNot because I didn’t see enough value in registering, option B was to just ignore that page (which I followed from a link). Someone else put their account credentials on BugMeNot because apparently they don’t think it’s worth keeping either.

    If people have to use BugMeNot to get through your registration system to do some trivial action: you’re doing something wrong.

    Now, here’s an idea for anyone with too much time on their hand: AmIBugging, a service you can use to find out how often people are bugged by your site’s registration system.

    Choice quote. DrStrange replying to yet another query about open-but-only-to-people-I-like source licenses:

    Websites don’t generally go after people. They usually sit on a server and gather spam.

    1. Aug 1st, 2008

      wobidob

      webhooks — cheap and simple and not scalable. The web is optimized for pull, not push. Just hope your hook never becomes popular!

    2. Aug 2nd, 2008

      Assaf

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