Archive for March 2008

Sharing Documents

By today’s standards, the office is not really where a lot of us work anymore. Work is more a mindset than a location than ever before, and especially in the Information Technology field, where collaboration and working with others takes place. There are amazing tools and programs that we all use to get our jobs […]

What is SupraSphere?

To put it very simply: SupraSphere is a universal remote for accessing and adding personal data in the cloud. You can host all of your data in one place on one server, access it securely, and share it as you wish. It incorporates multiple message types including threaded IM, bookmarks, email, and rss feeds, […]

Linux and Open Source Development

So it seems I’m in a bit of a quandry: I write blog posts about SupraSphere, but we need development support. Now, how could I garner support by writing a post?
Well, as most know, I am completely obsessed with Ubuntu Linux. It’s very stable (including the bleeding edge beta for 8.04) and the ease of […]

Review: VirtualBox

So it seems I am a slave to Apple’s software. I’ve had my glorious 30GB iPod (in arctic white, no less) coming close to two years. In that time, my library went from a humble six cd collection to over 3,000 mp3s. However, my former laptop (aka Della) was bricked pretty much, so I reformatted […]

Most Wanted: Smart IM

I have become accustomed to using Pidgin for managing my incredibly long IM list. It’s alright for the most part, although it’s lacking in a few departments. Currently file transfer in Yahoo Messenger is broken, well, (I have heard that MSN does work, but I never use it) it seems like all file transfer is […]

The iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android, and the Mobile SupraSphere

I recently got an iPhone, mostly because I have heard a lot of buzz about it, they recently released an SDK, and since I serve as a sort of personal technology consultant to a number of individuals and businesses, I figured it was time that I developed an informed opinion of it.
Well, it’s quite a […]

Storing Private Health Information in the Public Cloud.

There have been numerous announcements recently from Google and Microsoft related to storing health information on their servers in their grid. There has also been some controversy around these initiatives over privacy concerns, particularly because it comes from these two companies where they have already consolidated a lot of other information and leverage with respect […]

The Keyboard is Mightier than the Sword!

For once, I am writing a more personal post, which in some respects flows easier for me, but in this instance is quite difficult. I’d like to provide some background as to why I write this blog.
Starting way back, when I was about three or four, my mother brought me and my sister to the […]

RSS and Filesystem Monitoring and Alerting.

Within SupraSphere you can have fairly granular control over different notification and alert levels. You can decide that in certain spheres, you want to have a new tab open when a new message arrives (push) or that you want to be able to check messages only periodically (pull). The latter is particularly useful if you […]