Oct 29 2008

LinkedIn and the New Application Platform

LinkedIn Means Business With New Application Platform.

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Well, I have to say it, because it irritates me!

The idea behind all those advertised applications is really good – but implementation – simply awful.

WordPress application is not working at all – either because my blog is self-hosted or – because the Application is so “buggy”.

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Oct 26 2008

Two more blogging tools

I spent the day on finding new tools for blogging – do not get me wrong – diigo.com is splendid – but it is still a bit “buggy”. I will use it anyway, but why not try something else?
So, here are two more interesting tools.
Well, they look interesting and I will give them a try – both tools come as Firefox addons.

  • Zemanta helps you “spice up” your blog posts.
  • Clipmarks simply put – allow you to blog, twit and share your Internet findings in an easy way.

Will see what will stay here with me longer…

clipped from clipmarks.com
Clipmarks - What are you finding on the web?

On Clipmarks.com, you can see clips of text, images or video about all sorts of topics that other people find while surfing the web.
The idea is that through each other, we can learn more, know more and enjoy more than we could possibly do alone. As you find people who post clips that interest you, make them a Guide. Think of your Guides as a team of web editors you choose to consistently deliver you clips of things they find on the web.
Clipmarks anywhere!

You can easily syndicate your clips to FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, and more. You can also read, pop, and comment on clips from your iPhone (m.clipmarks.com), iGoogle, or Netvibes homepage.

clipped from www.zemanta.com
Zemanta blogging screenshot
Zemanta Ltd.

Check out Zemanta.

To test-drive Zemanta, just open up your blogging dashboard and start writing a post. Your new Zemanta sidebar will appear on your post’s edit page. (Please note that Zemanta works best with posts written in English.

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Oct 26 2008

WebSlides – Turning bookmarks and feeds into interactive slide shows…

    You can also post created slide shows on the blog – there is a widget! (isn’t it fantastic?)

    And here is craeted in 5 minutes example:

    It can be bigger:


    Oct 26 2008

    Convert Your Annotations to Blog Posts with 1-click

    Diigo: Page with highlight and sticky note

    Image by JW_00000 via Flickr

    Convert Your Annotations to Blog Posts with 1-click

    tags: 1click, annotations

    • Browsing the web frequently inspires people to write something to their blogs, either simply to quote, or to quote and comment. This process is now made extremely smooth and effortless with Diigo’s annotation features and “Send to Blog” . So now as you browse along, you simply highlight and add sticky notes on anything that interests you, and afterwards, you can easily incorporate your highlights and notes to your blog with one-click “Send to Blog”.

    Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

    I do not have to convince anybody that diigo.com is a splendid tool for collaborative bookmarking – but it is also wonderful application for blogging :)


    Oct 19 2008

    Splendid tutorial on op111.net

    19. How do I use “asides” or “miniposts” in my blog?

    * Add the feature yourself: http://codex.wordpress.org/Adding_Asides

    * Use a theme that has it: Tarski and K2 are two.

    * Use a plugin:

    o MiniPosts2 — Used in op111.net.

    o AsideShop — Haven’t tried it but seems good.

    What are “asides”? — Short posts displayed differently than the rest.

    WordPress: 20 answers – op111.net.

    I told you in the previous post – that the answer how to make Asides working will sooner or later come – so – here it is! :)

    This and answers for many other answers to most common problems of “newcomers” to WordPress you can found on op111.net.


    Oct 17 2008

    Grooveshark Widgets

    Do you want to have such a cool :P widget as me (it is really playing music – click on my widget and try!) on your blog?

    Visit the link below

    Grooveshark Widgets: Show the world how you listen to music online. Your songs, your style.

    You can easily in few seconds build music player with your favorite music – I am the fan of the service for quite a long time now GroovesharkLite – give it a try and judge yourself – as good – perhaps even better! – then lastfm…?

    And if you would like to follow the development – observe this blog:

    DailyVim

    Enjoy!