Twitter as a Branding Opportunity (10)
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We’ve written before about the importance of building a personal brand for independent web workers, and others have pronounced it a “prerequisite for career success.” If you’re a believer in this idea, and you have a Twitter account, there’s an easy way to help define and promote your own brand: use your Twitter page background. I picked up on this idea from @Pistachio, though it’s been going around. The screenshot is from my own Twitter ...
Divvs: Trust Through Networking (1)
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How do you know whether you can trust someone you’ve run across on the web - say, by finding them on Craigslist? That’s the question Divvs is setting out to answer. Currently in alpha, it takes a relatively simple approach to the problem: the more connected you are across multiple networks, the more trustworthy you are. The result is wrapped up in a single numerical “Divvs Rating.” When you sign up, you’re given the opportunity ...
LessProjects: Tracking for Developers (6)
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The latest online project management site to cross my radar is LessProjects, from the folks behind the LessAccounting small business accounting software. This one will be of interest mostly to software developers, particularly those using an agile process, because it focuses on iterations and spec items rather than simply tasks. LessProjects is visually attractive and features some innovative display - most notably the status display, where you move specs between stages (”Not Started”, “In QA”, ...
Internet-Enabled Autos and the Web Worker (1)
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As reported by the New York Times, it looks like Chrysler is gearing up to offer you cars with the internet built right in. The technology was actually announced in late June, and will hook up cellular web access to a rolling WiFi hotspot. The Times is not keen on this idea, citing studies that show more distractions lead to more accidents. Personally, I think web workers are probably smart enough to not be driving ...
Text Effect Quickie: Moon Shine Text Effect (3)
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In just a few simple steps, you can add a calm, easy-going text effect — great for evening events and crisp banners. What We’re Making This Text Effect Quickie will show you how to easily create a soft glowing moon-like text. Before getting started, you may want to download the font used: Nevis Bold Step 1 - Background Since this text effect looks best on dark colored backgrounds, let’s create one. Using the color #0f1c25 ...
Jott Leaves Free Beta (5)
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We’re all so used to completely free and beta Web 2.0 services that it’s a bit of a shock when one grows up and actually releases a paid version. The latest on this front is Jott, the voice-driven service that interfaces with email, Outlook, Twitter, Remember the Milk, I Want Sandy, and many more. We liked Jott as a free service; the question is whether enough people like it enough to pay for continued service. ...
Beijing 2008 Olympics - In Pictures (1)
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Well, they’re over. With the barbarian hordes headed home and 1.3 billion Chinese looking around asking “what now?” - here are a couple links to some amazing moments captured on film during the course of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The first is a slick collection from the New York Times complete with a bit of audio commentary, the second is a random collection of Olympic images (warning butts and boobies abound) from the Games.
Zoho Adds Sharing (7)
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We’ve covered a great many Zoho services over the years; they continue to have one of the most diverse software-as-a-service offerings. Their latest addition is Zoho Share, which brings both file storage and file sharing into play. If you’ve already got Zoho credentials from another application, you can use them to log in to Zoho Share. When you get there, you’ll find a public file-sharing site, showing you content that other people have uploaded. But ...
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tiffany said:
I think I'm getting sucked further and further into the Zoho universe. Their interfaces tend toward ugly, but the services work.
Pixily Wants to Eat Your Paper (8)
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Ah, the dream of the paperless office. Pixily wants to help you make that dream a reality - by offering online document storage combined with a scanning service. Here’s the deal: in addition to letting you upload, store, and organize (via tags) existing PDF documents, if you pay for a Pixily account they’ll send you prepaid envelopes. Stuff the envelopes full of paper, send them back, and your documents will get scanned and added to ...
Clearing The Cache - Microsoft (2)
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Like many of us, I spend quite a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache I choose a theme, pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here. Some interesting stuff coming out of the Microsoft Office Labs Microsoft unleashes Photosynth, albeit with a bit of a stumble Kevin from jkOnTheRun wants XP on his Acer Aspire One And if ...
SpiderOak: Another Take on Online Backups (1)
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The online backup and storage market gets ever more crowded, but SpiderOak has some features that make it stand out. It’s not the cheapest alternative around, but considering what you get, it may well be worth paying for. They use their own storage algorithm that aggressively deduplicates data, allowing them to save everything you upload, including all versions. They provide nice clients for Mac, Linux, and Windows. And they’re cryptographically secure from the moment your ...
Iterasi Adds Mac Support and More (1)
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We first looked at Iterasi when it was launched at this year’s spring DEMO conference. At the time, we were favorably impressed with this tool for saving live snapshots of web pages in an online account, but we were a bit disappointed with the lack of cross-platform support. Well, we can get over our disappointment: Iterasi now supports both the PC and the Mac (OS X 10.5+), as well as IE7 and Firefox 2 and ...
Zapproved: Streamline Decisions (7)
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Do distributed teams need a better solution for tracking and making decisions? Zapproved thinks so, and they’ve built a tool to be that solution. The idea is relatively simple: when you’ve got a proposal that needs to be signed off on by everyone on your team, you create it in Zapproved’s web interface. The service then sends emails to everyone with great big “Approve”, “Deny”, and “Comment” buttons. An online console lets you track the ...
VisualCV Puts Your Best Foot Forward (2)
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As a web worker, you likely gave up sending out paper resumes long ago. But is the online profile that you show prospective employers anything more than a marked-up copy of that old version? If so, VisualCV wants to help you bring that hoary old document into the web age. After a free registration, you can create your VisualCV, you end up in the company’s browser-based editor. Here you can add and edit typical sections ...
GooSync Adds Support for Multiple Devices (2)
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GooSync, the handy mobile synchronization service that we’ve covered in the past, today announced an upgrade that allows you to add multiple devices to your Premium account. In a nutshell, GooSync facilitates an over the air synchronization of your Google calendars and contacts with up to 4 mobile devices. It is possible for each device to have separate settings to control specifically which calendars or contact categories are synchronized, but they all must connect to ...
Apple’s Image May Be Cracking (4)
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Between the iPhone and MobileMe, we’re starting to see some complaints about Apple quality and support - widely regarded as the cornerstones of the company’s reputation. Twitter is full of complaints about MobileMe, and the company has gone so far as to add another 60 days of free service for suffering subscribers. Some prominent bloggers have also weighed in on the issue of Apple quality recently, with negative views. And yet…despite some high-profile complaints, the ...
Animation, Storyboard, Fine Art by Dave Creek (1)
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Animation, Storyboard, Fine Art by Dave Creek Posted on Motionographer Animation, Storyboard, Fine Art by Dave Creek
Quick Site Pulse Taking with URL-info (4)
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As a web designer and developer, I find myself needing to analyze HTML pages quite often. I have my own stable of client-side tools to do this, but what if you’re not at your own computer? One way to peer into pages is with URL-info, a new site running on Google App Engine. It’s simple to use: just enter a url and click Go, or set the bookmarklet up for your browser. URL-info returns a ...
Tweetake: Backup for Twitter (16)
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The notion of making a backup copy of the ephemera that is Twitter may strike you as odd - until you realize that your lists of friends and followers are actually valuable contacts. Fortunately, Tweetake makes it possible to save everything about your Twitter account - followers, friends, favorites, and your own tweets - to a local CSV file. Just put in your authentication, press the button, and wait for the file to download. If ...
