Archive for July, 2007

Ten Web 2.0 Sites You’ve Probably Never Heard Of…

Posted in Uncategorized on July 17th, 2007

  1. Wridea
    Never forget your ideas again. Save them as you have them.
  2. MindMeister
    Collaborative Online Mind Mapping
  3. Dabble DB
    Enter your data once. Share it with a dozen people. View it from a hundred angles.
  4. Pocket
    Store, organize and share your bookmarks and feeds on the web.
  5. Dapper
    Easily provide new means for people to access your content (such as RSS). You can use Dapper to create feeds, widgets, and APIs with your content and links.
  6. SubscribeCast
    SubscribeCast enables you to offer your Video or Audio content via a paid subscription Podcast format using the already established method of RSS syndication.
  7. Turn
    Google’s next advertising competitor.
  8. claimID
    claimID is the free, easy way to manage your online identity with OpenID.
  9. Chatsum
    Chatsum is a FREE add-on for your web browser that lets you chat with all the other Chatsum users that are looking at the same website as you.
  10. Extra Tasty
    Looking for the perfect drink recipe? Have one to share?

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Must Have Firefox Extensions

Posted in Gadgets on July 16th, 2007

Over a developers time, you aquire a taste for the right tools. Some are more useful than others, and some you just can’t live without. Here are my minimum requirements for a suitable Firefox browser capable of developing and debugging todays websites:

  • ColorZilla – The very handy color selector tool that sits in the statusbar.
  • Download Statusbar – Downloading just isn’t the same without this gem.
  • Firebug – If you don’t know what this is you are really missing out. Not just for Javascript developers, this tool can manipulate the dom allowing you to hack websites, if that’s your thing…
  • HTML Validator – This validator is handy for getting your HTML up to spec.
  • IE View Lite – Ever wanted to view a page in IE but couldn’t be bothered copying and pasting te URL?
  • MeasureIt – A cool measuring tool for the browser.
  • Web Developer – Also an essential tool, with many features for programmers.

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