Podshow Plus Pre-Registration Now Open

Podshow Plus is getting close to being released, pre-registration has opened up at podshow.com. According Adam Curry of the Daily Source Code podcast, Podshow Plus will be going live very soon. To pre-register visit http://signup.podshow.com. I'm looking forward to it's release. I have a copy of Castblaster and this will be integrated with Podshow Plus which will make releasing my podcasts easier. I think I'm going to move my music show (located at www.podcastfix.com) to Podshow Plus. Integration with the Podsafe Music Network will make everything seamless. I'm hoping for better music charts on the new and improved Podsafe Music Network so I can get a better idea of what is popular on the network.

Google Checkout Released

Google has released a new service called Google Checkout. It will be competing with Paypal. It is an ecommerce solution that makes sense. It tightly integrates Adwords with an ecommerce solution. I like the fact that for every $1 you spend on Adwords advertising you have $10 of free transaction processing. So basically transaction processing becomes free as long as you use Adwords. I will be adding Google Buy Now buttons to the websites I manage. I must give Kudos to Google for coming up with a way to do ecommerce better than Paypal. For more information about Google Checkout visit http://checkout.google.com.

Ruby on Rails is the wave of the future for web

If you haven't already checked out Ruby on Rails you need to. I think it is a very streamlined way to develop web applications. I think it makes dotnet look like spaghetti code. If you are new to Ruby on Rails check out the following websites: www.37signals.com or http://rubyonrails.com/. The Basecamp web application is a great tool for project management.

Fun Rubik's Cube website

I found a cool Rubik's Cube website. It allows you to play with a virtual cube. Link: http://www.randelshofer.ch/rubik/

Cool Event website

Check out this website: www.eventful.com. You can have visitors demand performers play a gig in a specific city. This helps performers keep track of what city has the biggest demand for them to have an event.

Hello World!

My name is Dan Cote, you might know me as the drummer of the rock band The Reverse Engineers. I welcome you to my new new blog. I plan on sharing with the world some information I've gathered on my journeys through the internet. I'll be discussing wide ranging topics...UFO's, Podcasting, Music, Drums, Web development. Basically anything I'm interested in. Enjoy!