The latter feature is a pretty big deal, imo.
Working independently on a project or projects with distinct clients who either need or want to give input/feedback on feature development can be greatly alleviated: work up a quick prototype, show off from my local dev machine (never have to touch a server), call/IM my-name.showoff.io, and they get to see it right away, in the same medium they will eventually be using it. This is so much nicer than sending a wireframe or design of a feature.
The long-term benefit is that the my-name.showoff.io URL can be pretty easy to recall & reuse for any number of clients & features.