New CreOFF site is online

Filed under python, cloud, business, appengine

The new CreOFF site is online. Or maybe not.
And I have no idea on which server it's running right now.

Sounds confusing?
It's because the site is now running on Google's own cloud infrastructure, which means it should be highly available and scalable, and a copy of the site will be started on a server located ...

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Google I/O tickets sell out in 59 minutes

Filed under justforfun, cloud, business, appengine

The 2011 Google I/O edition in San Francisco looks interesting, but apparently you had to register VERY quickly: Google I/O tickets sell out in 59 minutes...

Apparently the registration site had huge problems keeping up with the sudden burst of visits: what happened? Did the registration site run on an IIS with ColdFusion instead of running on Google ...

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Running on Google Apps for Business

Filed under collaboration, googleapps, saas, cloud, business

Most of CreOFF's administration (e-mail, calendar,...) has been migrated to Google Apps for Business, running on Google's cloud infrastructure.

What are the benefits for CreOFF?

It takes an effort (and some risk) to move all your sensitive data and e-mails to a different infrastructure. Still, these features persuaded me:

Team collaboration

Not just an e-mail service, but also ...

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Python is the programming language of 2010

Filed under python

Well, according to TIOBE that is. TIOBE keeps an index of programming languages popularity. The award is given to the programming language that gained most market share in 2010. Python grew 1.81% since January 2010, with Objective-C holding second place.

Have a look at the rankings on TIOBE's programming language index

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Fridgemagnets on the cloud

Filed under python, portfolio, cloud, appengine, django

Back in 2006 I made a Fridge Magnet New Year's e-card that allowed you to send fridge magnet messages to your friends. Now that same application is back... and running on steroids.

I don't know about you, but whenever I see letter magnets on a fridge I have to resist the urge to change the words on display ...

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