Author: Jeff Barr

I just found out about a few more cool S3 wrappers: S3Ajax – An Ajax Wrapper for S3 S33r – S3 + Rails S3Dav – a WebDAV server for S3 — Jeff; Modified 2/9/2021 – In an effort to ensure a great experience, expired links in this post have been updated or removed from the […]

The entries are in, the judges have spent endless hours installing and scrutinizing them, and the winners have been chosen. Based on our stated criteria (creativity, AWS service integration, commercial appeal, and fit and polish), we are proud to announce that the following developers have won: Lucy Krasilshik – My 10 Wishes – $5000 Amazon […]

Here are a few cool things that I’ve seen recently: Amazon Product Viewer Storage3 – PHP 5 Class for S3 Access Amazon Catalog Tree MySic Shopping Advisor Create Your Own Amazon Store — Jeff;

I’m a long-time Firefox fan and user, and I love to see how developers express their creativity by making interesting and useful extensions. Last week I read the new (and free) Firefox Facts ebook and discovered some cool extensions that I hadn’t previously known about. As I read the book, I realized that several of […]

Here are a few things that caught my eye while checking my Technorati watch lists: William Turkel: Mechanical Turk Does Public History Paul Bausch: Mechanical Turk Broadcasting 2.0: Podcast Transscripts and the Mechanical Turk — Jeff; Modified 11/03/2020 – In an effort to ensure a great experience, expired links in this post have been updated […]

Mike Arrington interviewed Amazon’s Adam Selipsky (VP of Web Services) and Dave Barth (Product Manager) about Amazon S3 on the TalkCrunch podcast. The interview is currently represented in the site’s RSS feed, but it is not visible on the site itself. — Jeff;

Watch This Next is a new Ajax-style, ECS-powered site. Using simple drag and drop gestures, you can categorize DVDs into those that you love, hate, or haven’t seen. Based on this information, the site makes recommendations to you. The sites can use the DVD catalogs from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.jp . Update: Post greatly improved […]

I’m planning a trip to the Europe in May, and I’ll be bringing along a couple of my colleagues. I am already scheduled to speak at several conferences: IQPC SOA Conference, London. XTech 2006, Amsterdam. WWW 2006, Edinburgh. As part of this trip we are also planning to have some 1-on-1 meetings and dinners with […]