Technology
Personal Online Code of Conduct
In my last post I mentioned that I was currently drafting a new Personal Online Code of Conduct. My goal is to move away from the need to be constantly connected and also to make sure the time I am connected is time well spent creating value, not just consuming and adding to the online [...]
The “Bog” That Is Constant Connectivity
Virginia Heffernan recently wrote an article for the NY Times titled Let Them Eat Tweets in which she discusses this recent phenomenon of constant connectivity. It seems the masses (myself included) are infatuated with the idea of being constantly connected to people, some of which they don’t even know offline. It’s an interesting topic and [...]
BlueSwarm.com is live!
Finally, we’ve soft launched BlueSwarm.com. We’ve been working on this project for a few months now and we’re proud to finally have something that the general public can play with. This is still a relatively early beta, but it’s functional! So what is it? BlueSwarm allows you to track your brand through online social media [...]
FriendFeedback.com – Quickly get anonymous feedback from friends
I’m proud to announce the launch of FriendFeedback.com. A simple application that lets you quickly and easily get anonymous feedback from your friends. The idea is that if you want some feedback on something from your friends, they may not always be willing to give you an honest opinion to your face. [...]
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 [...]
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