I'm looking for a simple, cloud based database to keep track of production contacts (Cast and Crew) and location information for a medium sized production company. The database should be able to be used simultaneously from computers worldwide and feature tagging and photo uploading. Also, we should be able to change the basic fields when needed. Do you know of a good service/tool for this use?
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posted by sdsparks
on May 3, 2013 -
4 answers
Before iGoogle disappears, I need to replace my 'Days Since' counter widget. Can you help me find one?
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posted by Gordafarin
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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I use a free Dropbox account for loads of stuff and I think it's a great service, but I currently only use 70% of my allowance and don't want to fork out for pro. However, I recently read the Ts and Cs of free account and see that they can delete my files whenever they like. Eek! I find it pretty unlikely this would happen, but how big a risk do you think it is? Is it worth paying just for the security, or is it so unlikely that I can continue with free service and peace of mind?
posted by KateViolet
on Mar 26, 2013 -
18 answers
I have a mess of ad-hoc backup systems, none of which “just work”. I would like to have a NAS that quietly backs up the cross-platform content I have, and also mirrors it online securely. I should probably budget for about 1-2 TB. I have no problem doing geeky setup stuff, but the less routine stuff I have to remember, the better. System details follow.
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posted by scruss
on Feb 10, 2013 -
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I'm about to start running a community college multimedia lab, aimed at providing kids with the resources to make videos. I'm looking for software that'll make it (relatively) easy to administer. Specific hopes and dreams inside…
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 17, 2013 -
5 answers
Is there a way for me to get the MP3s I bought from Amazon.com before they introduced the cloud player (where you downloaded them once and that was it) to be available via cloud player now?
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posted by dhens
on Jan 14, 2013 -
9 answers
I'm looking for phone apps that will allow me to easily and simply record sound and simultaneously back up the recording offsite (send it to email, save to a cloud server, etc.).
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posted by decathecting
on Jan 11, 2013 -
7 answers
Help me find or make a cloud in a box. By a cloud I mean a "A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground." By a box I mean something that can fit on a desktop. The inspiration came from
this art installation.
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posted by rdurbin
on Dec 31, 2012 -
14 answers
Is there a way to define a group of people on which to grant a permission within Google Apps for Domains?
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posted by pwnguin
on Dec 27, 2012 -
4 answers
Our small office uses a MS Access database daily for non profit work. The database is small enough where I'm not certain it warrants upgrading to SQL. Most of the work done in the database is remote (7 users total) so we are looking to move from a standalone PC w/remote access to the cloud.
I would greatly appreciate any advice with regard to moving the DB to a cloud service provider that supports MS Access. One that is reliable, is relatively easy to admin e.g., backups and lastly, inexpensive.
posted by Sagres
on Dec 3, 2012 -
4 answers
Us: 13 participants in a multi-year group fiction/worldbuilding project with hundreds of named characters, places, and items to keep track of. Our current system (YahooGroups databases, GDocs, and some other resources) works, but I keep thinking there's a better solution out there.
More details within, but we're looking for something that does all of what we're currently doing, plus internal linkage, effective relevance-based searching, internal sorting, tagging or some other method of grouping data in multiple ways, and that is web-based, lightly password protected, accessible on a wide variety of devices, and easy for our other participants to use.
(We'd also take a pony, if you had one.)
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posted by modernhypatia
on Nov 27, 2012 -
10 answers
Looking for a cloud billing system that both tracks amounts to be paid to contractor/staffers who work remotely and which also tracks the combined amounts to be billed to the client (on whose case all the staffers will work).
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posted by KimikoPi
on Nov 26, 2012 -
5 answers
I need an alternative to Google Drive that's going to work well with all my little snowflake snowflakes. And there are a bunch.
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posted by kbanas
on Sep 24, 2012 -
10 answers
Hi
I have programmed on eclipse, a reasonably straightforward program in Python 2.7 that applies image filters to user selected images e.g. by turning them to sepia, black & white, negative, etc. It uses Tkinter for the graphics user interface and the program functions ok. However, I was thinking about how to turn this into a web app. So to transfer this to an Amazon cloud server, I understand that for the client side user interface I would need to convert the program by adding html and javascript to the client side while python handles the server side? Does anyone know of any tutorials or other resources that are particularly good at covering web apps like this using python, html and javascript?
posted by conrad101
on Sep 19, 2012 -
3 answers
I am looking for guidance on migrating an application to the cloud, from both a practical perspective as well as a theoretical perspective for a project.
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posted by conrad101
on Sep 5, 2012 -
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I purchased iTunes match so that'll my songs are both on my hard drive and in the cloud.
When syncing my iPhone with computer using a cable, playlists will copy but only the information. Not the actual tracks. I have to download them with wifi. My questions is 2 part 1) is this normal that the media does not actually transfer? 2) if it isn't how do I fix this so that songs transfer from computer to iPhone?
I'm up to date on all software.
posted by captainscared
on Jul 21, 2012 -
3 answers
I'm possibly ready to stop toting around 75GB of music, and switch to something 'cloudier'. What are the best options for a geek/control freak?
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posted by tmcw
on Jul 20, 2012 -
14 answers
Please help me set up something like a shared
shoebox for keeping useful PowerPoints slides, ideas for visual representations, graphics, etc.
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posted by shotgunbooty
on Jul 5, 2012 -
1 answer
Cloud based Document Management System (DMS): what is the lastest and greatest (Mid 2012)?
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posted by Slackjaw37
on Jun 22, 2012 -
3 answers
What are other cloud services I should consider as an IT admin for a small organization? Should I worry about knocking myself out of a job?
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posted by bellastarr
on Jun 15, 2012 -
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I am trying to co-ordinate large files (some files over 50mb) and folders with a group of people within a virtual library. People should be able to view the entire library of folders at once, and everyone should be able to upload and download the folders. It needs to be free, or very low cost.
posted by nanook
on Jun 12, 2012 -
8 answers
Is there a filing cabinet app that is: secure, online, stable, metasearchable, user-friendly, and cross-platform?
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posted by babbageboole
on Jun 11, 2012 -
6 answers
I'll be teaching a class on "dynamic websites" to some designers. What's the best (and free) way to get them playing around with MySQL?
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posted by jragon
on Jun 10, 2012 -
7 answers
I have about 8,000 photos on my home computer and I'd be bummed to lose them. It's time for me to learn about cloud storage. Halp?
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posted by BlahLaLa
on Jun 4, 2012 -
32 answers
I am looking for some resources for a non-IT person who needs to solve the IT needs of a small but growing consultancy business. Heavy snowfall inside.
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posted by OctopusRex
on May 24, 2012 -
5 answers
Help me do a one-time "cloud" back-up of archived text files and stuff in order to supplement my Time Machine backup. I use a Mac.
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posted by Quisp Lover
on Apr 30, 2012 -
9 answers
Does anyone know a good solution for encrypting a few folders as they get synced into the cloud, while seamlessly keeping them usable locally? Mostly word and PDF docs.
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posted by paultopia
on Apr 25, 2012 -
15 answers
Dear Chaps, I have two products, an Excel spreadsheet and a Filemaker Pro database. The excel spreadsheet is for sale to mortgage brokers. It's the kind of thing designed for a user to enter figures and get all kinds of graphs and information based on the data entered. The other is a contact manager database, again designed as an easy-to-use program for the end user. Does it make sense to turn these products into iPhone/Android/Cloud-based apps, and what would be the next steps in doing so? In other words, what exactly would I be turning them into, and whom would I outsource this job to, if it makes economical sense?
posted by DesmondDoomsday
on Apr 4, 2012 -
4 answers
Please recommend for me a new search tool to replace Google Desktop. Ideally I want something that searches the full text of all files, that covers everything on my hard drive plus Google Docs. I want it to be fast, offer results in context, and have a simple interface that offers 'sort by relevance' and 'sort by date.' I use Ubuntu.
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posted by Susan PG
on Mar 19, 2012 -
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I would like some advice. I would like to send test data at intervals from a client to a cloud server and measure the time taken for it to arrive at the server. At the same time, pinging the cloud server at intervals and measuring the roundtrip latency.
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posted by conrad101
on Feb 23, 2012 -
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I would like to know what is the best approach for measuring a cloud provider's network latency and jitter e.g. Amazon EC2. While a single ping on the command line can achieve a round trip latency snapshot for that one moment, I was looking for something more comprehensive and thorough.
Are there any software tools out there that are particularly recommended and hopefully easy to use for measuring at intervals, network latency & jitter, preferably in Windows?
Is round trip latency or end to end latency the best metric to consider? Ping provides roundtrip although if the packet came back the same route it came, then end to end could be found by dividing by 2.
Latency and jitter increases in proportion to server load. How could I ramp up server load to let's say a specified percentage?
Many thanks!
posted by conrad101
on Feb 14, 2012 -
8 answers
When uploading my files to major cloud services (Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Docs and Google Picasaweb), are they automatically encrypted
before they leave my computer?
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posted by paleyellowwithorange
on Feb 5, 2012 -
9 answers
A non-tech savvy friend needs to store 25 - 50 GB of images on the cloud. What is a simple and cheap way to do it nowadays?
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posted by Folk
on Jan 16, 2012 -
12 answers
WordPad is a bare-bones RTF editor. What app will approximate WordPad on an Android? Bonus points if the editor also syncs itself between Android and Windows.
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posted by foursentences
on Dec 24, 2011 -
1 answer
What is a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate of the size of a searchable, database of all known recorded music?
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posted by yesster
on Dec 9, 2011 -
17 answers
I have thousands of photos in iPhoto, and I want access to all of them on my iPhone, but don't have space for full-res versions.
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posted by Quisp Lover
on Dec 6, 2011 -
12 answers
Which cloud storage should we use to store extended on-the-go travel photos?
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posted by grak88
on Nov 26, 2011 -
11 answers
Basic,
cloud-based inventory management and control system for vendors to update stock levels?
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posted by eggman
on Nov 21, 2011 -
3 answers
So...I abhor the growing popularity of cloud computing. Yes, I know I'm revealing my tinfoil hat here, but I want to know if there are advocacy or consumer groups I can support that oppose the spreading cloud?
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posted by The ____ of Justice
on Nov 14, 2011 -
9 answers
Moving from Microsoft Exchange mail/contacts/calendar to Google Apps Gmail/contacts/calendar. Can you share your stories, please?
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posted by NekulturnY
on Nov 13, 2011 -
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