customization options

Mike Willbanks has a new post to his blog about a different sort of technique for deploying PHP - building your own RPMs instead of just using the pre-packaged ones.

This opens up a whole world of customization options.

Many of us remember how fun (not to mention therapeutic) it was to pour our innermost thoughts into a pen-and-paper diary, but how many of us take the time to keep a personal journal today?

As you no doubt take your mobile everywhere you go, a diary app for your iPhone means you can get scribbling whenever you have a spare five minutes, be that waiting in line, on your commute or before bed.

Maarten Balliauw has a new post to his blog today talking about a new feature they're considering adding to the SDK API - the ability scaffold and package up a PHP application for use on the Windows Azure platform.

Twitter has been an incredible boon to online live streaming.

With a single tweet, a broadcaster can inform thousands or even millions of followers that he or she is on live video and draw those potential viewers in.

We think it’s only natural that someone would eventually develop a live streaming website specifically for Twitter.

Retweets have quickly become the best way to share great links on Twitter.

And as we explained in our guide to retweeting, there are many ways to retweet and to track retweets.

The most recognized brand in this area though is Tweetmeme, which is what powers the retweet buttons seen on many websites, including Mashable.

10 Things: "Open source brings a host of benefits to the mobile market, starting with cost savings. But as Jack Wallen explains, the advantages go much further - from better security to more customization options to more prolific application development."