User: orenh

Make it Web 2.0: Contendr

On: Obama Campaign Seeks LAMP Developers

Making this software open-source isn't going far enough. Why make people install it? Instead, create a Web 2.0 white-label site that lets anyone start a campaign. There's a perfect name for it: Contendr!

Stay up nights PANTING

On: IAU Demotes Pluto to 'Dwarf Planet' Status

The line I learned was "Mary's violet eyes made John stay up nights panting". It's just not as interesting to grade-school students without the panting... (Alternative: "Many very early men ate juice steaks using no plate". The word "ate" stands for the Asteriod belt. Again, not the same without the "P"... Curse you, IAU!)

Saving editing changes separately from the file

On: Graphical File Revision Control for Non-Techies?

Instead of saving an entire copy of the file after every modification, my company has an application called Centico Photo Album that saves only the original version of the file, and then a list (in a database) of all the editing changes that had been made to it. See http://www.centico.com/cpa/. The motivation for this feature is for backup, since it makes it possible to backup the photos only once in their lifetime, and then have all the editing changes saved separately (so you don't have to burn the files to CD-ROM's ever again, for example). However, it's useful for your purposes too since you wouldn't have to save multiple copies of the graphical file anymore. (Well, the application might create additional copies if it has to, but it would manage them automatically.)

Caveats: this is a Windows application, and it's oriented towards home users, so it might not meet all of your requirements.