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When Should You Use Magazine-Style Themes For Blogs? (93)
on Smashing Magazine (5569) permalinkBy Steven Snell When designing a custom theme or deciding on an already-existing theme, bloggers have a lot of factors to consider and there is no shortage of options, particularly for WordPress users. A growing number of blogs are moving away from traditional blog layouts in favor of magazine-style themes; however, the layout and presentation of content has a major impact on visitors and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Key Differences Magazine themes have a ...Shared by !&# (223) Adrian (72) alex johnson (47) Andy Beard (11) Anthony (114) Ben Rowe (21) Brandon Ball (61) Brandon Eley (6) Brent the Closet Geek (210) Cai Chen (2357) CelloGuerra (3) Charli Wag (57) chris (770) Chris L (125) chriscoyier (144) Christopher (82) craig (261) D&G (40) daidy (1) Danny Korpan (35) Daryl Milne (62) Derek Edmond (232) Digg Boss (827) dobata (1005) Dominic (24) Dominic Foster (415) Doug Stewart (212) edmarriner (15) ehu4ever (381) Elmer Thomas (474) elsterama (266) Erica (82) Erik Hersman (28) Ernst-Jan (44) Esteban (24) Fabio De Bernardi (6) fesja (23) guy (1193) History of Blogging (495) jaholbrook (19) Jeremy Gordinier (7) Joe (286) John Wesley (50) Jon Phillips (450) jose (93) Joseph Rodgers (160) Josh Pigford (4) Justin (35) Karan (91) Kate (390) Kevin Cao (34) Khürt Williams (36) Kyle Fox (13) lance (24) Leena (3099) liamvictor (297) LUCCHINA (413) Marcel (91) Marcus P (23) Marston A, SugarStats (96) Max (38) Max Stanworth (260) Miguel Lopez (245) Mike Schinkel (37) Moe (26) mr_gadget (1906) Mr. BabyMan (893) Mushin (172) Nahnu Bey (46) niepi (16) Nik Cubrilovic (11) Niklas Engdahl (3) Olivier Mourlevat (9) paulo (150) Peter N (38) ProfVegas (957) Ram (518) Rami Taibah (543) Ruben Kenig (14) Sandy (20) Satya (81) Seb (5) Shana Albert (245) Shankar Ganesh (336) steve (16) Steve Nipper (11) StevieB (156) Sun Tzu (1614) Timothy Greig (41) Travis (157) Wayne (254) wille (699) zoz (94)
- fesja said: fantastico!!!
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Imagenes Chistosas y Curiosas de las Olimpiadas de Beijing 2008 (2)
on SuperNetX.Net (3) permalinkSe que ya son muchos post de las olimpiadas, pero este y otros dos serán los últimos , recuerden que esto es cada 4 años. Pues bien, aquí una colección de imágenes chistosas y curiosas de las olimpiadas de Beijing, algunas son de esos momentos impactantes que serán recordados en la historia del deporte olímpico y algunas simplemente tomadas en el momento exacto, quedando sólo a la libre interpretación de nuestras mentes . Michael Phelps: ...Shared by fesja (23) Gandhi (94)Contribute comment
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Google Moves to Mainstream RSS With A Simple Name Change (68)
on ReadWriteWeb (15257) permalinkFor all its supposed simplicity, Really Simple Syndication or RSS has continued to confuse and intimidate millions of people online years after its introduction. What can be done to make RSS more mainstream? Google plans to roll out a small but simple feature that could go a long way. We wouldn't be surprised to see every blog publishing service follow suit. "Follow this blog" is a clear call to action and those words will soon ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (341) Aaron Draczynski (37) Adrian (89) AJ (1003) Andrew Terry (154) atul (552) b-rad (144) Bradford (14) Brianna Laugher (46) CannonGod (776) Chris Ryall (125) Christian (252) Corvida (356) cvander (49) danliebke (222) David (23) David Chartier (49) DC (39) dobata (1005) dreig (52) Drew Olanoff (597) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) ehu4ever (381) Emil Kaiser (29) fesja (23) fordchao (266) Gabriela (29) Garnett (20) GreenAcid (23) guttertec (103) Hagen (146) hankfdh (33) Hisham (328) iAlja (187) Jan-Joost (12) Jason L (61) John (64) Josh (55) Joshua (41) jqueryboy (60) leedsjimbo (37) leekelleher (26) louisgray (655) Marcel (91) metaeuphoria (49) Michael (224) Michael (40) Mike (79) mjays (26) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (58) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (172) partout (74) Paul Helmick (224) Peter (60) Phreak 2.0 (209) rchk (141) rexy (179) Rob (507) rzklkng (688) sarahintampa (459) seans (29) StevieB (156) Syng Shin (310) tforster (30) Tibor (59) Tony S. (20) Waldemar (23) whatevernevermind (175)Explore read six notes
- tforster said: Thought about it a bit more. Why not replace the RSS icon in address bars with a button that says "follow this page". Joe Average User might be more inclined to click on that than a funny orange square.I think I'm going to replace my in page rss icons with a little chiclet that says "follow my blog."
- Joshua said: I've been saying for a while that "follow" is the word, acceptable to gramps because he's always followed the news and acceptable to l33t g33k because sexy twitter brought it back.
- cvander said: ¿Cómo será para los hispanos?"sigue este blog?"Sin duda será un buen impulso al RSS (digo, al follow).
- Emil Kaiser said: Följ den är sökningen?
- rexy said: This to me looks like another of google's antics to increase traffic in the name of improving usability. Come on, give me a break!
- leedsjimbo said: YES!
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Erasmoos, una comunidad para estudiantes internacionales (1)
permalinkRoberto Pérez me informa sobre el lanzamiento de su último proyecto, tras poner en marcha los sitios Buscaexamen y Zappingmaps ahora está desarrollando una red social para estudiantes del programa Erasmus. Se trata de Erasmoos y es el resultado de la inquietud de Roberto Pérez al no encontrar un sitio realmente completo donde poder compartir experiencias con otros estudiantes que van a realizar un periodo de estudio en otro país por medio del programa Erasmus. ...Shared by fesja (23)
- fesja said: en mayo estuve pensando en hacer algo de esto (enfocado algo distinto y mejor montado), pero la diferencia es que él lo ha hecho y yo no :-(
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Woody Allen bromea en su diario de rodaje de 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' (5)
on Blog de cine (92) permalinkWoody Allen ha publicado en The New York Times un diario de rodaje que se supone que escribió mientras realizaba la película ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ en nuestro país. Con su acostumbrado tono sardónico y en momentos con humor absurdo, cuenta en “Dear Spanish diary… Love, Woody Allen” (“Querido diario español… Con cariño, Woody”) lo que le ocurrió y lo que se le ocurrió durante el rodaje. Al contrario que en algunas traducciones que hayáis podido ...Contribute comment
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El problema de Mad Men con twitter (3)
on eTc :: El blog de Marketing en Español (125) permalinkLas cadenas de televisión deben valorar con respecto a sus series más importantes, la idea de tener en su poder las cuentas de twitter (o de otras redes) de sus personajes principales. Sino pongamos el ejemplo de Mad Men, serie de la que ya hemos hablado en el blog en alguna ocasión. Resulta que algunos fans habían abierto en twitter (como podría haber sido en cualquiera de las otras herramientas de Social Media), una cuenta ...Contribute comment
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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal (83)
on TechCrunch (26267) permalinkGoogle Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on the Google Lat-Long blog, she writes: After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to ...Shared by Aaron (52) Adrian (84) AJ (78) Alberto (17) Ali (113) Andrei (40) Andrew Boardman (212) Andrew Trinh (47) Andy (102) aNTwNHs (167) Bhavesh (91) Bob Lee (73) Brad Davis Seal (136) Bridget (49) cmm324 (28) Dan (35) Daniel (26) Dave (91) Dave E. (40) Dave Fleet (76) David Feng (36) Deals (29) dedlam (88) dedrick (37) dffrnt (86) donlbe (60) DVD (24) Edward K (26) Erik C. Thauvin (153) Felipe Hummel (51) fesja (23) Fred (19) GerardM (101) gergi (74) Glenn Batuyong (266) Gorman (30) Greg (55) Haidong (43) Hervé (78) Hokey (38) hyderabadblues (42) ilja (53) iomegadrive (47) James Argyle (37) Jayx (22) Jeff (41) Jeff (27) Jesús Zamorano (25) Jonathan (101) Josh (61) Josi (86) Kluzter (53) lmjabreu (121) Loyolny (61) MAlbano (40) mfelkins (45) Michael Bekiaris (43) MV (89) NeonDemon (238) nikoleto (79) Pablo (33) paulo (150) Pedro (38) Podcast Mike (51) pr1000 (72) puthali (65) rachna (72) Rick Klau (352) Roland Tanglao (316) Rudolf Olah (33) Sam (93) Sandaruwan (62) Satyajeet (41) Scott Cederberg (9) Sergey Kapustin (66) Shaun (54) Sid (124) symesc (30) tarmo888 (24) Vox (138) Wayne (185) Will (41) Win (32)Explore read seven notes
- Aaron said: I wonder if her gps maker has this info, and can also make light of this.
- Haidong said: very good try
- Fred said: Got to love this clever use of tech for training for cycling.
- Jeff said: Cool story -- I love to hear about the unexpected collisions between athletics and technology.
- Jeff said: I just love hearing these stories of people using freely available tools/data in ways no one initially planned.
- Kluzter said: De esto se trata... informeichon informeichon informeichon!
- David Feng said: woah
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Movie Labels To Launch New “Open Market” Play Anywhere Scheme As Last Ditch Effort To Save DRM (19)
on TechCrunch (26267) permalinkMost of the big movie studios and many online movie retailers are preparing to to launch a new initiative tentatively called Open Market, first proposed last year by Sony Pictures, we’ve learned. All of the major studios besides those associated with Walt Disney are already on board and will be part of the announcements made next month. Sony Pictures CTO Mitch Singer’s presentation to industry participants supporting Open Market is available here. Open Market is ...Shared by Brian (13) Cavorter (47) Chanse Arrington (99) Chuck LeDuc (49) CineVegas (149) Damiano (47) Derek (120) fesja (23) guttertec (103) hank (146) IanTW (49) Jason H (50) Jess (64) jonezy (113) Laure (78) Rex (608) Roger Åberg (66) Sigalon (120) Yan (52)
- Chuck LeDuc said: What a side-splitter: they're coming up with a standard for DRM and Apple isn't on board? If only Hollywood could make movies as funny as their business decisions they'd sell a lot more tickets.
- Roger Åberg said: Finns en viktig miss i den sista sliden - varken iTunes eller iPod/iPhone är med och då är det fail.
- Yan said: Good in concept...historically getting this group to agree anything is in the same league as world peace...
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30 Free High-Quality Wordpress Themes (213)
on Smashing Magazine (5569) permalinkFree professional WordPress themes always come in handy. Whether you are looking for some design inspiration or professional coding solutions — in both cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them and you can build customized designs upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time. In this article we present over 30 fresh free high-quality WordPress themes. All themes can be downloaded, customized and used for free — in personal or/and commercial ...Shared by _original (267) a nagano (9) Abraham Velazquez (22) abrudtkuhl (130) Adrian Jimenez (4) akira (53) Alê Moreno (18) Alex (53) Alexander13 (444) alexcamillo (56) Altuğ Orgun (115) Amir (42) Andrea (96) Andrew (73) Andy (41) Angela (16) Annika Lidne (7) Anol (33) Apostlion (39) Araceli (47) Babak (32) Ben Nickell (16) Benjamin (2145) Bjoern (30) blacktulip (61) Bob Hazlett (46) Bradjward (26) Brajeshwar (36) Brandon (81) Bryan (91) BuildMaster (51) Burke Squires (16) buxx (47) Çağatay Öztürk (17) Cataldo Cigliola (6) Cecilia Panerai (11) Cesar (34) Charlie (24) Chris (83) Chris Enns (8) Chris Nixon (92) Chris Shearer (14) Christian (252) Christoph Thelen (15) Christopher (82) Christopher Phillips (5) Cody (105) Courtney (118) Dana Rockel (9) Daniele Di Gregorio (38) danliebke (222) David Rabkin (41) Diego Jock (24) DiMar (70) diwakergupta (25) dobata (1005) Dominik Wind (12) Doug Stewart (212) Doug Walsworth (11) dryan (15) Dustin DeKoekkoek (55) Dylan Thomas (44) Ed Shull (30) Eldon (13) Elina Kamaeva (9) Eliseo Soto (12) Eoin (71) Eric Atkins (55) Eric Blue (30) Erik Forsberg (6) Eugen (29) Evelien (44) fesja (23) fijidaddy (69) finalcut (21) Fourbin (80) Franklin P (139) Frawst (55) G.Dewald (41) Gac (1) Gee Why (11) Ghedin (23) Gian Luca (9) Gianni (75) giu (38) Gregor (35) Heather Cee (60) Jack (75) jaholbrook (19) Jake Strawn (32) Jamie McGibbon (239) Jan (254) Jannik (29) Jason (12) Jay (38) Jay Gerland (16) jay kim (5) Jeremy Botter (64) Jeremy Johnson (62) Jesper (2) Joel (93) joel charlesworth (7) Joh Rogers (38) jordi ruiz (27) Joris (81) Josh (111) judicael (54) JulioHM (299) Justin (35) Karthik Kastury (60) kevan (48) Kevin Federline (545) Khürt Williams (36) knight (11) KOTARO (126) Kristen (627) Kyle Fox (13) lance (68) LdsNana-AskMormon (325) lebachai (44) Leon Ridge-Cooke (62) leonian (87) liamvictor (297) Lindsay (76) Lolo (2) Luciano Passuello (83) Maksim Berjoza (93) Marc Beharry (133) Mark McKay (91) Marston A, SugarStats (96) Marten (39) Martin Saulnier (22) Mathew (21) Max (38) MaXCoDeR (35) miasarmento (321) Michael (23) mike (47) Mike F (2159) Mike P (15) mmhan (34) Moe (26) mr.petruccio (85) Muhammad Saleem (835) Nik Outchcunis (52) nonozone (23) OcellNuri (60) oleg40a (48) Olle Ahnve (8) ouriel (18) Pablo (18) Paolo Barbana (1) Pascual Gonzalez (10) Patrix (129) Paul Spoerry (92) pcnerd37 (10) Peety (467) Peli (57) Peter Bryant (22) pvantees (56) Rhett Allain (39) Rich Sipe (9) Richard (26) Rick (16) Rick Butterfield (58) Robby Colvin (84) RobertBrown (88) Roman Roset (22) Ron ALLAN (105) Royce Hsu (13) rszaloki (121) Ryan (26) Sabreen (40) sadiq kassamali (178) Sam (97) Sandaruwan (62) Sandy (20) Saul (59) Selwin (58) Shawn (129) Simone Villas Boas (32) skp (25) small (77) Stefan (52) Stepan (4) Stephanie Hicks (223) Steve (4) Steven Bradley (46) stevioz (45) Sue (130) sunburntkamel (49) TAKAHASHI Naoto (75) Thomas Cox (2) tj hanton (5) Toby (758) Tom Steel (37) tweez (292) Uzair (656) Valentino (6) vutheara (2) w0lfh0und (570) Wes Brown (54) William Hammock (14) WillinYo (58) Wing Yung (15) Wolfgang (115) yishao (6) zenatuz (85) zhuk (59) Zie (14) zoby (35) மயூ-Mayu (48)Explore read six notes
- Araceli said: Some cool free Wordpress themes including a Twilight Saga WordPress Theme.
- Eric Atkins said: Some great stuff in this collection...
- finalcut said: expect to see one of these themes on my blog soon - I have wanted to refresh it but suck and designs.. some of these are really nice.
- Dustin DeKoekkoek said: Smashing magazine always blows me away with their free wordpress theme roundups, will probably switch to one of these soon
- Simone Villas Boas said: Ousando com WordPress porque... oras...
- Tom Steel said: In this article we present over 30 fresh free high-quality WordPress themes. All themes can be downloaded, customized and used for free — in personal or/and commercial projects. Please read license disclaimers carefully before using the theme in commercial projects — they can change from time to time.
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Presentation Zen: Learning slide design from an IKEA billboard (49)
on Presentation Zen (500) permalinkAbove: A short (1:52) intro about this topic made in Keynote (link to video on bliptv). Can you learn how to make better slides by looking at a few signs around your local IKEA store? This may sound absurd, yet the lessons are all around you, and you can indeed learn a lot from a well-designed billboard, including those used created by IKEA. On page 140 of Nancy Duarte's Slide:ology, Nancy says that good slides ...Shared by Alf Kåre (30) andreas (24) Andrew Nesbitt (20) Anol (33) Anton Johansson (169) April Dunford (17) Aya Kamikawa (19) Chandoo (211) Chris (46) Christian (11) Christopher (170) Daniel (50) DC (39) eco2oh (79) fesja (23) FrankFerter (51) Gareth Murran (51) gocrawford (26) Goldie Katsu (50) Graham English (25) Henrik Torstensson (15) iAlja (187) Ivan Žužak (41) Jake McKee (68) Jean-Baptiste (22) Jeremy (20) Jon of SMA (44) Julius (41) Lech Ambrzykowski (58) Len Damico (8) MAlbano (40) Mark Crossler (1) Masssimo (15) Matthew Bischoff (64) Michael (224) Nancy Sagar (24) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (172) Panos (17) Robb Boyd (8) RomanT (68) S Anand (33) Scott (23) smackaysmith (47) small (77) SPE825 (28) Stefan T (26) Thomas Reimer S (129) Yagermeister (27) Zhasper (111)Explore read five notes
- eco2oh said: Improve your next presentation by looking at billboards.
- Panos said: Great lessons from the master
- Jon of SMA said: Good points for designing presentations. Who would have thought that IKEA would be the model designer?
- Graham English said: Damn good advice.
- small said: Great article... more importantly, how did he cool that cool video effect for the intro?!
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Vincentvw shared as favorite Amazon Confirms Student Version Of Kindle (68)
on TechCrunch (26267) permalinkAmazon confirmed our speculation that they are planning to target colleges and universities with a new version of the Kindle, reports the Seattle PI. Textbooks are a $5.5 billion annual market, and most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks. McGraw-Hill Education, for example, publishes 95% of their books electronically as well as in print. But there is no compelling device to read them on. The new Kindle will likely be a large screen ...Shared by AaronTN (189) Ahmaud Templeton (21) Alex (156) Alex (126) Amihai (179) Andrew Ruess (455) bhc3 (233) Bud Hunt (55) C.K. (315) cdogzilla (39) cisellis (130) Clay (31) Cory (42) Derek (120) Eric Atkins (55) Eunice (40) Evan Sims (121) fesja (23) Forrest (55) Harper (226) HHcHu (18) Hisham (328) iAlja (187) Jaesung (57) James (44) Javed (561) jayman16 (204) Jess (64) joekwon (39) Joey (27) John Swords (13) JUSTIN (121) Justin (48) Justin Yost (266) Keith (14) Michael (175) Michael Molinar (34) Mikey (113) Nat (38) Nate (111) Navarr (21) Nice Fish Films (249) Nick (32) Nitin Badjatia (66) orrk (15) Panda (73) Paul (30) pkj (21) Rex (608) rexy (179) Richard (66) Rudolf Olah (33) Ryan Kellett (76) Sai Gudigundla (47) Sean (56) Sean (55) Sean Blakey (104) Sigalon (120) Stavros (33) stevegio (20) TomColvin (31) truman (35) Vicky (20) Vincent van Wylick (77) viv (217) voidfiles (149) Woosung (166) Zaki (217)Explore read six notes
- Ahmaud Templeton said: The opportunity to buy digital copies of my textbooks would be fantastic. I wouldn't have to lug around those tomes from class to class anymore. Man, would that be nice.
- Vicky said: Great move by Amazon. I hope this will bring down the price of textbooks considerably.
- Eric Atkins said: Yes! Forget about heavy text books. Give me digital paper.
- fesja said: a ver si pruebo un kindle, que tengo curiosidad por ver cómo funciona
- Forrest said: SO COOL - this should be a great catalyst for amazon, and plays to a bunch of themes that are popular across the political divide. Good on Amazon for bringing this solution to market.
- Sean Blakey said: Consistently handling PDFs of lecture slides and papers would be a big improvement.
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Gears móvil añade geolocalización (3)
on Error500 - Tecnología + Internet + Conocimiento (228) permalinkGears es uno de los proyectos qué más interesantes se están poniendo. El API lanzado por Google (de hecho su nombre original era Google Gears) parecía en principio que no iba a ir más allá de dar soporte offline a aplicaciones web, pero cada vez tiene más pinta de uno de los componentes clave de la web del futuro. El último paso ha sido añadir geolocalización al API móvil que de momento ofrece para Windows ...Contribute comment
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Can P4P Solve Bandwidth Bloat? (13)
on GigaOM (3162) permalinkResearchers at The University of Washington and Yale University will present a paper today on a developing Internet protocol that could lessen bandwidth demands from video and other large files. The peer-4-peer protocol is being touted by Pando Networks and a handful of ISPs as a way to solve some of the
