Technology
Top 10 Firefox Smart Keyword Bookmarks
Firefox Smart Keyword are keywords attached to bookmarks which you can then use to activate them. So for example instead of typing www.google.com in the address bar you could just type “g”. And you can go a step further you can add a variable to the url which can be handy for searches. [...]
CheckYesOrNo.info - Quick yes or no polls
Gordon Brander and I have launched another side project: CheckYesOrNo.info. It’s a super simple site that allows you to ask quick yes or no questions. It’s like those notes you used to get from girls back in Junior High. Jump right in and check it out by answering this question: http://checkyesorno.info/5.
Townsquare.biz - the easiest way to get your business online
Gordon Brander and I are proud to announce the Beta launch of a new web application we’ve been working on for the last couple of months, Townsquare.biz. Townsquare allows businesses to create an online presence quickly and easily. The idea behind it is that there are a lot of small businesses that would like to [...]
Craigslist.org OPML Exporter
When I first started freelancing I was looking for a way to get an RSS feed of all the computer gigs on craigslist.org for every city in the USA. Since most of these postings were telecommunting position it didn’t matter what city they were posted in. But grabbing the feed manually from 300+ cities on [...]
Lorem Ipsum Bookmarklet
My thought was to create a bookmarklet that would insert a block of dummy filler text (Lorem Ipsum) in the input you currently have in focus. This would come in handy when testing form submission. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to do this for quite some time now without any luck. This [...]
Customer Service Done Right by Skitch
I’ve been using plasq’s beta product skitch for quite awhile now and I could write a whole post on how amazing this little application is and it would only be the half of it. But this post isn’t about the awesome product, it’s about the awesome customer service.
My experience is not unique, the most notable [...]
Incoming Information Workflow
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the incoming information streams, whether it’s the latest news headlines or tech buzz. In the past couple of months I’ve been close to pulling the plug all together and disconnecting myself from the many information pipelines. Unfortunately I enjoy it too much and frankly I’m too addicted to it. [...]
Find and Replace Regular Expression
I find myself creating a fair amount of forms for websites. I normally want to grab the $_POST variables and assign them to local variables. I found a relatively easy way to do this using the power of TextMates Regular Expression Search and Replace. Once the form is created I submit it, [...]
Top 15 TextMate Shortcuts
TextMate by Macromates is by far the best code writing/development tool I’ve ever used. Not only is it awesome at face value, but the depth of features and extras make it the ultimate productivity booster when developing. What’s equally amazing is how it accomplishes this with no bloat. If you spend any [...]
New Theme
Did some minor customizations of the most excellent theme ‘The Morning After‘ by The Masterplan. Hope you all like the facelift.
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