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Blackbird Pie – embed tweets in a post super easily
Using Blackbird Pie, you can insert tweets into a post on any blog. It’s effortless and a lot nicer than the old-fashioned way which consisted of screenshots and embedded images. If for no other reason, the SEO impact could be rad, because the text is now on YOUR blog, not just Twitter. I thought that [...]
Also posted in Experience, Favorite New Things | Tagged blackbird pie, embed, plugin, seo, snippet, tweet, twitter, widget, wordpress | Comments closed
6 Ossm Moleskine Hacks via @TreeHugger
Photo via seanmcgrath It’s easy to hit gadget overload, which is why there’s still a hearty demand for moleskine notebooks, those top-notch quality pads that are in practically every bookstore and art shop worth their salt. For anyone who has a secret (or not so secret) obsession with moleskines, you’ll know that while the famous [...]
Photojojo examples of the full spectrum of Hipstamatic awesome
Hipstamatic is probably the most amazing photo app for the iPhone. Per their site, “The Hipstamatic for iPhone is an application that brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the past.” It truly delivers, with the range of lenses, films and flashes you can use, it’s a little [...]
I’m looking for free software to export a user’s screen to video as they perform tasks
I'm helping to build a "model office" for AAA, so that we can test new tools and processes in a fully simulated office environment with the goal of preventing failures before deployment to our representatives. Beyond direct observation and recording of the test subjects, we'd like to be able record what's happening on their desktop [...]
How do you turn on Safari developer tools?
Safari has a great set of developer tools built into it, but they are turned off by default. Here's the trick to turning them on. Open Terminal Paste this at the command line: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1 DONE, enjoy.
I see @claynewton over in Napa – geotagging your tweets and how it can help your small business
Yesterday I received this tweet: I clicked on it and couldn't bring myself to install Silverlight on my Mac. Boooo. This morning, however, I realized I could install it in Parallels and that would be fine (which is a bit of a rationalization, but whatever.) What I found was pretty amazing. Bing Twitter Maps. I [...]
Also posted in Commerce and Services, Experience, Favorite New Things, Social Media for Small Business | Tagged bing, geotagging, location, maps, search, small business, twitter | Comments closed
Plushie toy modeler
Since I saw the Plushie Interactive Design System for Plush Toys website over a year ago I have had many discussions about with artists and designers who I think would benefit from using such an amazing tool. This is a lazyman's 3D modeler designed specifically with the intention of generating 2D patterns. It let's you [...]
Also posted in Craft, Favorite New Things, This tastybit | Tagged 2D patterns, 3D pattern tool, plush, plush design, plushie, plushy, soft design, soft modeling, toy design, toy modeling | Comments closed
Bookmarklets increase your browser power without plugins – what I use
First, if you don't know what a bookmarklet is, it looks like a standard bookmark, but uses a chunk of javascript code to make the browser do something with a lot more capacity than simply redirecting you to a new webpage. As an example, try clicking this: Share on Facebook If you're logged into Facebook, you get [...]
Also posted in Experience | Tagged bookmark, bookmarklet, browser, how to, howto, share, use | Comments closed
Apple tablet?
Gizmodo has a post with a secret source discussing the Apple table which people have been speculating about ad naseum. I just want the damn thing already. Apple tablet rendering from Gizmodo Who knows if this is for real or not, but there are a couple of comments in the post that I find incredibly [...]
Also posted in Commerce and Services, Current Affairs, Favorite New Things, This tastybit | Comments closed
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