Last night I sent the Puttermans (the co-founders of Cloud Engines – the makers of Pogoplug) a note with a few ideas about features I’d like to see in the product. Included were requests for drop-dead simple integration with a few other products that I use including Sonos, Boxee, and AppleTV. As investors in Pogoplug, I’m an aggressive lead user and unapologetic fan boy – it’s just an incredible product with insane potential (how about them adjectives, eh?)
Dan Putterman sent me back a response that included words like UPnP and Rendezvous along with a link to OpenPogo – a new website aimed at “getting the most out of your Pogoplug.” The super cool thing is that Cloud Engines has nothing to do with this site – it was created by a user / fan / hacker that is building a series of guides for getting the most out of your Pogoplug. For example:
- OpenPogo-Base Installation + Package Manager: You need the package manager installed as a starting point.
- Web server: Lighttpd (and PHP): How about a Web server on your Pogoplug.
- MySQL: Installing MySQL on your Pogoplug!
Extremely cool.