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After Thanksgiving Link Love — 15 Links that Are Better than Left-Overs

November 25, 2006 by Liz

Can’t Have You Sitting Home with Left-Overs

I’ve collected 15 links for you to read or add to your tool kit over the weekend. A wealth of interesting stories, toys, and treasures.

News Stories

Roundup: DiggÃ¢â¬â¢s crisis, Odeo, AmidzadÃ¢â¬â¢s touch, MobioÃ¢â¬â¢s movies, HAVA for Christmas

Best of the Web 2006 Clicke the categories in the sidebar to see each list.

Tools for Developers and Developer Wannabes

the web developer’s handbook Subtiopics in this resource include: creativity tools, css showcases, css galleries and showcases, color tools, color schemes and palettes, color patterns, fashion color selections, color theory, royalty free photos, css daily reading, css in German, web design daily reading, css theory, css layout, css navigation menu, css technique, css software and Firefox extensions, css web tools and services, html web tools and services, accessibility checkers, miscellaneous tools, javascript, ajas, DOM, fonts, typography, RSS, CMS and forum software, blogging, specifications, usability and accessibility, add a link (free), seo tools, seo references, how to get things done, freelancers, web 2.0, 2reads this week.

Online Generators ascii generators, css generators, color generators, domain name generators, email generators. favicon generators. flash generators. form generators. fun & humor generators. graphic & image generators. htaccess generators. metatag generators. misc. generators. password generators. pdf generators. php & MySQL generators. popup generators. robot.txt generators. rss generators.sitemap generators. text generators.tooltip generators. weblog generators.xmnl generators.

Curvy Corners Does what it says.

Best of the Best Web 2.0 Web Sites Includes links to The Complete List of Visual Studio Add-Ins and Tools, The Complete List of Ajax Tools, The Complete List of CSS Tools. The Complete List of Great Free TV Web Sites on the Internet. The Complete List of Software Development Events to Attend in 2007, The Complete List of Software Development Frameworks, Process’s, Methods, or Philosophies

Full Web Building Tutorials – All Free Too many to list.Includes basic HTML examples and color codes.

Buzz, Comments, and Links

Web 2.0: Buzz-Monitoring and Tracking Meausre, observe, analyze link popularity, track comments, get links

Blogger ForumTopics include Newbies, Template Design, Link Eschange, Coding, Getting Noticed

On Jobs

Steven R. Covey on Job Security In this pieces at JibberJabber, Steven Covey discusses the employment cycle, career management, branding and building a real network, and adapting to a new career.

A Job Candidate’s Bill of Rights 10 Traits to Expect from an Interviewing Process.

SEO/Marketing/PR

10 Shortcuts for Successful SEO 10 Steps to follow.

JudyÃ¢â¬â¢s Book: Word of Mouth Website You Need to Know About

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic from SEOmoz Solid advice.

PRWEB Where it is and how it works.

Top Seven Ways How Writing Articles Can Explode Your Business

Creating a Slogan from Scratch Define your niche. Test adaptablility. Check for Matches.

No turkeys in this bunch. That was last Thursday’s deal. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: Flixn

November 12, 2006 by Liz

Webcam and Go!

It works with everything from ebay to Blogger. Click the screen shot to check out Flixn.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: Google Docs as a Blogging Tool

October 26, 2006 by Liz

So Why Not Try?

When I went to write about Thord Hedengren’s article in The Blog Herald, I found he had so convinced me that I had only typed three characters into WordPress before I thought, Why not write this post in Google Docs to see if you agree?

Great Find: Docs & Spreadsheets as a blogging tool
Permalink: http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/24/docs-spreadsheets-as-a-blogging-tool/
Target Audience: anyone who uses word processing or blogging software

Content: I’m only this far, and already I’m saying, “Thank you, Thord.” This is so cool. The screen is brighter. I can see. I’m enjoying the experience like kid with a new toy. I can link to a URL, an email, a bookmark, or another Google Doc or Spreadsheet. You’ll be pleased to know THERE IS EVEN A SPELL CHECKER — it’s fast and painless.

As Google says I can “Create and share your projects online and access them from anywhere.” I can also post right from here to my blog, if I want. There’s even a Preview Screen. My only wish was that it didn’t save automatically, quite so often. Here are some screen shots of what I was looking at making this document. Click to enlarge the images to full size.

Read Thord’s review, believe what he says, and leave him a comment that says I agree.

— ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: SlideShare

October 23, 2006 by Liz

PowerPoint Without the Hassle

Thank you to Ann Michael who sent me the tip on this new little beauty. The Boston Globe called it YouTube for PowerPoint. Take a look here.

Great Find: SlideShare
Permalink: http://slideshare.net/
Target Audience: Anyone who gives presentations
Content: What do you get when you cross the sociability of YouTube with the slide function of PowerPoint and then mix in a large dose of individuality? They’re calling it SlideShare, and it’s pretty exciting. You can build and upload your own slide shows OR you can go there to watch shows that other folks made.

SlideShare lets you upload PowerPoint or Open Office presentation files. Then you can share them through a online interface much like YouTube. The joy is that now PowerPoint documents can be stored on the Internet. No sending, copying, or moving them to a new machine. You can even embed them in your blog. People are already finding creative ways to make use of this new mashup. Here’s what they say at their main site.

How people are using SlideShare?

Teachers are uploading their own slideshows and also asking students to upload their assignments to SlideShare so that parents can see their work.

Conference organizers are uploading presentations from their conferences.

People are uploading photo slideshows to memorialize a wedding or other special event.

If you are bored, check out the humour on SlideShare. There’s tons of it there!

It’s so easy; it seems everyone is using it. I’ve embedded on here.

There are many beautiful ones at the site that the type more effectively. I chose this because it shows how things still look when not perfectly designed. (I’m sure you’ll use type more effectively.)

To learn more about SlideShare and to see many more shows go the main site or visit their blog.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: PDF Online — Free

October 7, 2006 by Liz

Writer Girl, Not Techie Girl

I can’t hide it. I’m a bit of a software maven, but no one in their right mind would ever call me a techie . . . That makes for so many reasons that I value my techie friends so much. One is they know where to find cool widgets, plug-ins, and online tools that I haven’t discovered. TechZ mentioned this one among a whole list of cool links on his blog TechZOnline.net last week.

Great Find: PDF Online

Permalink: http://www.pdfonline.com/

Audience/Topic: Anyone who wants to share ebooks, white papers, or other documents

Content: PDF Online is a free service that offers more than you might have hoped for — a quick and free PDF conversion online service, which means it works from wherever you might be. The process is simple. There is no installation. Submit documents to their server. PDF.Online generates and emails you the finished file.

What’s their rationale for providing a free service?

First of all, it doesn’t cost us anything to run this service. Developed using easyPDF SDK (our proprietary PDF Engine), PDF Online server can process thousands of PDF conversions per day (with 99% success rate) and runs 24×7 with no human operator.

Secondly, it’s our way of saying thank you for helping us improve our easyPDF SDK’s performance and value to a level no one, not even AdobeÃÂ®, can match.

Of course, they also want you to buy their server and desktop applications, their printer driver, and their other products. Still there’s no heavy sales pitch — just presentations.

Take a look. Click the title below. You never know when you need a quick .pdf file.

Now I need that .pdf plug-in. . . .

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: Library Thing

October 1, 2006 by Liz

Catalog Your Books Online

Cat Morley of Designers Who Blog found this one for me. I have a feeling I know a few follks who are going to love it. . . .

Great Find: Library Thing

Permalink: http://www.librarything.com/

Audience/Topic: Everyone who reads

Content: Imagine your own Library of Alexandria, a personal wonder of the world. Then imagine you wouldn’t have to pack and move it each time that you changed where you decided to live. Heaven. Yes?

Library Thing boasts over 3.8 million books on member bookshelves for you to peruse. It can search Amazon, the Library of Congress, and 45 other world libraries. It’s a social network of people with similar libraries to yours. Tag your books as might on Flickr. Import and export titles. Library Thing even has it’s own blog! Click on the title shot below to check this wonderful use of technology to match readers with great books and people who love them.

It’s so much fun to see what’s there!

–ME “Liz” Strauss