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SimpleText.ws is a dead-simple online text editor

SimpleText.wsKeeping notes, todo lists, or just anything you are writing synchronized between computers can be a hassle. Some solutions, like using DropBox, require you to install software on computers that you regularly use. If your needs aren't that heavy, but you'd like a free way to keep your text available wherever you are, check out SimpleText.ws.

SimpleText.ws is an open-source, very light text editing environment that allows you to create and manage documents in a web service, and access them anywhere. It uses Google for authentication, so if you already have a Google account, signing in is as simple as clicking the Sign In link.

The fact that SimpleText.ws is open source means that if you're not comfortable hosting your text on someone else's server, you can grab the server code and host it yourself.

There is also a public API available for SimpleText.ws, which means that developers can write applications that synchronize with it. Currently there is only one, but it's a good one: Hog Bay Software's WriteRoom for iPhone.

How do you keep your text files available no matter what computer you're working on?

Filed under: Security, E-mail, Web services

2 Prong: Easy spam-fighting disposable e-mail addresses

2 ProngI'm a big fan of services that help me keep spam out of my inbox, and I'm an even bigger fan of services that make it dead easy like 2 Prong. Like many, many other services 2 Prong gives you disposable email addresses that you can use when registering for web sites that require a valid email address and clicking on an emailed validation link. What makes 2 Prong special is that it reduces this to a two-step process that's just as easy than using your own email address. All you do is visit 2prong.com and it will give you an email address (it even copies it to your clipboard for you, which may be an annoyance for some users). Then you fill out the registration form on the site you want access to and, by the power of Grayskull Ajax, the activation email will pop up on the 2 Prong page as soon as it's received. You don't even have to register with 2 Prong or give it your real email address, unlike similar services. On top of that, 2 Prong intends to provide continually changing domain names so that sites can't get wise to their game. Very cool, very easy.

[Via Lifehacker]

Filed under: Web services

Skobee: Make plans

SkobeeSkobee is an interesting web service that's supposed to make it easier to get people together. Having this very week utterly failed to organize a gathering when an old friend came to town, this appeals to me immensely. The main concept is "start general and get specific as needed": you add a bunch of people to an invite list with a vague plan ("dinner soon") and as people get your invite they can suggest places and times ("Mexican, early next week") until a consensus is reached ("Hacienda, 8pm Tuesday"). You can switch back and forth between suggestions and see when friends are available, and it even has built-in local search and maps. Skobee also has a cool feature whereby you can CC Skobee on an e-mail to a friend with a few keywords and it'll automatically set up an event on the web site. I'm definitely trying this out the next time I want to arrange a get-together.

[Via TechCrunch]

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