I was an Indiegogo backer of the ReadyCase which I recommend (although, my first-run case needed a little modification to work with my Belkin dock, YMMV). One of the biggest attractions is that it comes with a USB stick - something I never seem to have on me when I need it. Now, as long as I have my phone on me (i.e. always), I have my USB stick.
As an early adopter, I got a 16gb version (the max now is 8gb). I split my drive into two partitions: 1 for the Mavericks installer (aka “Mavericks”) and a second partition for “important” files (aka “Data”). It was super simple to set this up using Disk Utility
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I am thinking of potentially adjusting this into 3 partitions, though: Installer, Secret files (encrypted) and Scratch (for temporary transfers, etc).
It wasn’t too tricky before, but Mavericks includes a nice little utility for creating “install media”. Once you’ve downlowded the Mavericks installer from the app store, just run:
/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Mavericks --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app
So far, my “Important Files” drive includes my ssh private key and a few other handy backups. However, I’m working hard so that more and more of my configuration is automated via my chef-workstation setup. Between that and all of my “in the cloud” data, I can pretty easily bootstrap a new machine in an emergency.
I am prepared.
]]>As shown in the video, I think the best use for this new feature is in conjunction with iPhone sites. In the video, Tod shows creating an app for http://i.brightkite.com/. I've been using this to check-in on BrightKite. It's nice, unobtrusive and easy in lieu of BrightKite's own, native desktop apps.
My other favorite (pictured) is http://i.rememberthemilk.com/. Remember the Milk's iPhone app has a nice feature that the "Today" tasks list also shows overdue tasks (which I haven't figured out how to do in the standard web app).
More and more of my webapp usage is moving to fluid these days. I can't say enough good things about this app. And google gears support is coming!!
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