Comments on: Dreaming of the Portable Workspace http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/ A Blog, Portfolio and Personal Website Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:38:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Hans Hendrady http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-28498 Hans Hendrady Thu, 28 May 2009 03:00:41 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-28498 Yeahh.. sure,, it will happen in 3-4 years from now, I agree with you daren, we, as web developer will need that facility. Yeahh.. sure,, it will happen in 3-4 years from now, I agree with you daren, we, as web developer will need that facility.

]]> By: Joel http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25378 Joel Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:26:17 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25378 I have something like than, on a USB drive. Because I work with WordPress a lot, I have Server2Go on my drive, bundled with the last version of wordpress, a bunch of baseline themes/frameworks, 960.gs, BlueprintCSS, PSPad (a free open-source awesome windows text editor that is also portable and is uber functional for any coding language - web or not), FireFox mobile (mobilefirefox.com), and, as painful as it is (though perfectly legal in my case), a warezed Photoshop CS3 portable with all my fonts, actions, brushes, layer styles, gradients... Legal in my case b/c I own a full license of CS3 since it came out (well, school gave it to me, but it's mine, still) so it qualifies as a personal copy, which is perfectly legal. Oh, and the PDF version of Sitepoint's CSS reference. So yeah, I can work in ANY computer in the world (as long as it's a PC :) ) And all that fits in a 4gb USB :) I'm going to buy one of those mini tiny ones and use it as a necklace. Maybe 8 gigs so i can fit in client profiles and agendas. Maybe I'll make a big file and make it downloadable so people can use it... I have something like than, on a USB drive. Because I work with WordPress a lot, I have Server2Go on my drive, bundled with the last version of wordpress, a bunch of baseline themes/frameworks, 960.gs, BlueprintCSS, PSPad (a free open-source awesome windows text editor that is also portable and is uber functional for any coding language – web or not), FireFox mobile (mobilefirefox.com), and, as painful as it is (though perfectly legal in my case), a warezed Photoshop CS3 portable with all my fonts, actions, brushes, layer styles, gradients… Legal in my case b/c I own a full license of CS3 since it came out (well, school gave it to me, but it’s mine, still) so it qualifies as a personal copy, which is perfectly legal.

Oh, and the PDF version of Sitepoint’s CSS reference.

So yeah, I can work in ANY computer in the world (as long as it’s a PC :) )

And all that fits in a 4gb USB :) I’m going to buy one of those mini tiny ones and use it as a necklace. Maybe 8 gigs so i can fit in client profiles and agendas. Maybe I’ll make a big file and make it downloadable so people can use it…

]]> By: wilinux http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25212 wilinux Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:40:46 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25212 gOS Cloud is still *really new* and not available for download yet. You can try ulteo now - www.ulteo.com gOS Cloud is still *really new* and not available for download yet. You can try ulteo now – http://www.ulteo.com

]]> By: Darren http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25193 Darren Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:10:55 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25193 <blockquote>which also offer very easy sharing features for other folks using the service - something I didn’t find in JungleDisk.</blockquote> Check out the WorkGroup edition, it may solve that problem. @john: I've always understood logmein to be slow and buggy, but it's a step in the right direction. It also still seems to be geared toward accessing files/apps located on private drives, whereas in 5 years, my guess is that nearly everything will live in the cloud. It's just a matter of designing a browser/OS that feeds off all your various cloud services and ties them all together with one login. Re: dropbox, I think for quick multi-user purposes it's great, but for huge archives (mp3s, 30+GB) JungleDisk is nice. They both work pretty well for creating online/offline file systems. I'd like to keep an ear out for which pulls ahead of the other in terms of features.

which also offer very easy sharing features for other folks using the service – something I didn’t find in JungleDisk.

Check out the WorkGroup edition, it may solve that problem.

@john: I’ve always understood logmein to be slow and buggy, but it’s a step in the right direction. It also still seems to be geared toward accessing files/apps located on private drives, whereas in 5 years, my guess is that nearly everything will live in the cloud. It’s just a matter of designing a browser/OS that feeds off all your various cloud services and ties them all together with one login.

Re: dropbox, I think for quick multi-user purposes it’s great, but for huge archives (mp3s, 30+GB) JungleDisk is nice. They both work pretty well for creating online/offline file systems. I’d like to keep an ear out for which pulls ahead of the other in terms of features.

]]> By: John http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25192 John Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:33:32 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25192 Darren, What about: 1. Logmein.com for accessing your desktop software (Mac and PC). The basic version is free! I bet it will even run on a public computer or coffee shop. 2. Dropbox for file storage. There is even an Iphone interface Darren,

What about:

1. Logmein.com for accessing your desktop software (Mac and PC). The basic version is free! I bet it will even run on a public computer or coffee shop.
2. Dropbox for file storage. There is even an Iphone interface

]]> By: Lawrence Krubner http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25180 Lawrence Krubner Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:56:48 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25180 I've been traveling out west, and ran into a need for this. The laptop I brought with me lost its wifi - something broke. So I've been borrowing a friend's computer while I'm out here. It was a huge pain downloading a bunch of Subversion projects to this computer, which I'll only use temporarily, but still, Subversion made the pain much less than what I otherwise might have had to deal with. I'm without access to my favorite text editors while on this machine. All of which is to say, I could imagine some benefits of a more portable system, even for programmers I’ve been traveling out west, and ran into a need for this. The laptop I brought with me lost its wifi – something broke. So I’ve been borrowing a friend’s computer while I’m out here. It was a huge pain downloading a bunch of Subversion projects to this computer, which I’ll only use temporarily, but still, Subversion made the pain much less than what I otherwise might have had to deal with.

I’m without access to my favorite text editors while on this machine.

All of which is to say, I could imagine some benefits of a more portable system, even for programmers

]]> By: Aaron Irizarry http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25175 Aaron Irizarry Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:01:31 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25175 Darren, Cool article. i have been looking into something similar to this for myself, so that I am not stuck to working on whatever machine all my resources are on. Great find I am definitely going to check it out. Darren,
Cool article. i have been looking into something similar to this for myself, so that I am not stuck to working on whatever machine all my resources are on.

Great find I am definitely going to check it out.

]]> By: Kel http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2008/12/02/dreaming-of-the-portable-workspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25171 Kel Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:11 +0000 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/?p=320#comment-25171 I've been using S3 for both client work (site content delivery etc) as well as backups - but without the use of JungleDisk. I like the automated nature of services like <a href="http://www.getdropbox.com" rel="nofollow">Dropbox</a>, which also offer very easy sharing features for other folks using the service - something I didn't find in JungleDisk. Additionally, I haven't found a decent iPhone interface (App or WebApp) to access S3 stuff - anyone? I’ve been using S3 for both client work (site content delivery etc) as well as backups – but without the use of JungleDisk. I like the automated nature of services like Dropbox, which also offer very easy sharing features for other folks using the service – something I didn’t find in JungleDisk. Additionally, I haven’t found a decent iPhone interface (App or WebApp) to access S3 stuff – anyone?

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