This sounds like a big topic, but it really isn't.

I'll stall and BS a bit to pad the post a little, but really you can sum the topic up in one sentence...

Save your settings and data into a text file or files that live inside one of the folders you have set up to sync with Mesh.

Now wasn't that better than the local news who have a tendency to say things like "Which local neighborhood should be evacuating right now? Tune in at 11 to find out!"

Of course you have to be careful when you do this. You don't want to use large files or files that are updated at a high frequency. I haven't tried it, but common sense tells me that it would be a certifiably bad idea...

Using the example of Brains-On-A-Stick (my podcast organizer) I save my settings file and data files (with meta-data about the podcasts) into a local directory that is set to sync with Mesh. Automagically any changes are synced with Mesh and then my other computers.

This is NOT the smart way to do this, but it is the way that works now withOUT the developers APIs.

One of the things I like about Mesh is the architecture. Behind the scenes all the syncing is carried out using syndication ala RSS or Atom. More or less all these devices are subscribing to each others' feeds and the Mesh server is their conduit and referee. NO WAY! Microsoft building on open standards? Cool.

Quite a bit of info exists on the web already from MS about Mesh. Here are some links:

Mesh itself

Windows Live Dev Blog

Channel9 video: Ori Amiga: Programming The Mesh

Channel9 Video: Abolade Gbadegesin: Live Mesh Architecture

Generic Press Releases etc.

Scobleizer Take On Mesh

Good stuff out there. Lots of us waiting for a chance to use the actual dev APIs.