Monthly Archives: July 2009
Feedly – Blog Reading in Style!
Software & Programs If you read a number of blogs, perhaps even too many blogs, then Feedly could be the best RSS blog reader for you. Feedly weaves your favorite content into a fun, magazine-like start page. The only downside is that Feedly is built upon Google Reader and Firefox – you need both to play. Feedly displays your Google Reader feeds in a magazine-like format, allowing you to browse over multiple categories, preview post pictures and all your ...
Continue readingAggregate Your Social Profiles With Swimwire
Social Media Swimwire is yet another social aggregator that allows you to import various social networks into your account such as Twitter and YouTube. If you can get over the distracting rotating header (that seems to be on every page) you can then either sign up for free or sign in via Facebook connect. From there you’ll want to edit your profile, details, image, privacy and add all of your supported sites. There are 46 sites that you can import into ...
Continue readingHow to create a simple Gadget for Blogger with the new API (Part 1)
Blogger Last week, I explained Blogger’s new API for Gadgets which enables us to draw upon Blogger feeds in order to create useful and interactive gadgets. In this post, I’ll explain how to create a very simple Gadget which draws upon Blogger feeds to create a simple “subscription” gadget which you can install in your Blogger blog. Unlike regular “widget installers”, anyone who installs this gadget in their blog will ...
Continue readingFeed a Fever, Without Starving Your RSS Reader
Reviews If you’ve ever come back from a vacation or conference and been reluctant to open up your RSS reader due to the sheer number of unread items that certainly awaited, you are already familiar with “second inbox guilt”. It’s caused by having a second unread count, much like your email inbox, that you have to constantly churn and plow through every day. The cure for this disease, however, may well be a fever. Fever is a ...
Continue readingFaulty Subordination, Rambling Sentences, and Faulty Parallelism
Writing If you missed the post on faulty coordination, Sentence Structure and Coordination, be sure to check it out. We discussed that you don’t always need to begin a sentence with the subject, and the problems we can run into with improper coordination. This post is a continuation of that topic covering faulty subordination, rambling sentences and faulty parallelism. There are two types of problems we can encounter when using subordination; we ...
Continue readingAviary Screen Capture
Software & Programs It’s a pretty common task for a blogger to need a screen capture to get a picture of a Web page or grab a logo of a web site that they are writing about. While Windows, Mac and Linux include some basic tools for screen captures, most bloggers will want a screen capture tool with the ability to capture portions of pages and add text or other annotations to the captured images. What’s amazing is that the improvements in screen ...
Continue readingWordPress Adds Commercially Supported GPL Themes
WordPress There has been a lot of discussions lately about WordPress and it’s GPL policy for themes. Thord Daniel Hedengren posted about the latest twist in the GPL debate today. WordPress have added a Commercially Supported GPL Themes directory to the themes area of WordPress. There is currently 9 theme websites displayed in this commercial area : Pro Theme Design, Jestro, iThemes, Press75, StudioPress, Spectacu.la, Themeshift, ThemeHybrid and ...
Continue readingLeveraging Your Twitter Account to Achieve Fame and Fortune?
Blogging Leveraging your Twitter stream can be archived in a number of ways, but avoiding the negative connotation of being spammy or being labeled as a gimmick can be the tricky thing. Some tweet for a cause in order to ensure that their online actions aren’t perceived in bad light. The upside? You’re actually tweeting for a good cause. Now isn’t that a win-win? It’s a lesson driven home by Franny Syufy over at About.com. She ...
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