Should I use Amazon Web Services (AWS)? If you don’t have already have an AWS account, now is the time to get one. New AWS accounts are eligible for one free year of running a micro EC2 instance. Specifically, it allows you to run one micro instance for 750 hours a month for 12 months. [...]
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If you really want to know your way around a Linux box, this is the book to get. It gently exposes you to the environment in very digestible nuggets. Starting with “What is a Shell” and typing your first simple commands all the way to writing shell scripts utilizing IF statements, CASE statements and Loops, [...]
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Here’s another tool for your Social Media Toolbox: Tweriod. As it’s tag line states, it helps you start tweeting when your followers are listening. It’s simple to use and simple to implement. From the home screen all you need to do is sign in with your existing Twitteraccount. Once you are signed in, the service [...]
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I’ve been using Buffer for a few weeks now and while it’s not the be-all end-all solution, it’s great at what it does. And, for me, what it does is provide consistent flow in both my Twitter and Facebook Fan Page streams. Once you set up your account and connect it to your twitter account [...]
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As someone who tries just about anything and everything technical… at least once… I have a lot of online storage floating around cyber space… with a lot of duplication. Enter Otixo! Otixo allows you to have a single interface to a lot of your online storage (depending on how much stuff you have tried). From their website: Use Otixo to [...]
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