| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 03:09 |
|
pdurbin |
I love hearing Gina Trapani talk about the importance of being in control of your data at http://5by5.tv/inbeta/51 |
| 03:09 |
|
pdurbin |
she talks about how she loves how Dropbox allows you to be fully in control of the files on your desktop |
| 03:10 |
|
pdurbin |
but that Dropbox nicely syncs files around to other places for you |
| 03:10 |
|
pdurbin |
this is unlike Google Drive, which has you access files in a browser |
| 03:10 |
|
pdurbin |
that is to say, Dropbox feels like less lock in |
| 03:11 |
|
pdurbin |
if Dropbox goes away, the syncing stops but your files are still right there on your hard drive |
| 03:12 |
|
pdurbin |
also, she talks about how git is very similar |
| 03:12 |
|
pdurbin |
when you do a `git clone` you get a full copy of the repo, including the history. it's all righ there on your hard drive |
| 03:12 |
|
pdurbin |
right* |
| 03:13 |
|
pdurbin |
it reminds me of this: |
| 03:13 |
|
pdurbin |
"Everyone should own and control their data. So when you make a web site on Branchable, we don't lock you in. You can use git to download the entire source code of your web site at any time, and move it elsewhere if you desire." -- http://www.branchable.com/about/freedom/ |
| 03:15 |
|
pdurbin |
Branchable offers ikiwiki hosting, basically: http://ikiwiki.info |
| 03:15 |
|
pdurbin |
and despite the name, ikiwiki can be a wiki or a blog. it's a static site generator, similar to Jekyll |
| 03:16 |
|
pdurbin |
oh, that reminds me that Kevin and Gina don't quite have the right idea of Jekyll vs. Octopress, I think. I'd have to listen to it again though |
| 03:16 |
|
pdurbin |
basically Octopress builds on top of Jekyll |
| 03:17 |
|
pdurbin |
Jekyll is more simple, more raw |
| 03:17 |
|
pdurbin |
Octopress offers niceties such as better design and an RSS feed of posts |
| 03:17 |
|
pdurbin |
anyway, I guess they got it close enough |
| 03:18 |
|
pdurbin |
after hearing them talk about the effort to make a WordPress post, I'm surprised a command line hacker like Gina isn't more excited about Jekyll |
| 03:18 |
|
pdurbin |
it makes me wonder if she has read http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/11/17/blogging-like-a-hacker.html |
