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Check Your Username Availability on Tons of Websites with Namechk

January 24, 2010 By 10 Comments
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Many of us enjoy sticking with our usernames. We sign up with the same username on multiple websites, and this is especially true with social networking/bookmarking sites as it allows your name to become a presence in the community. Only thing is, there's so many people online that the chances of our username being take is, well, pretty decent. I'm excited to say I found a pretty neat app the other day, namechk. Never fret about your username anymore! With namechk all you need to do is type … [Read more...]

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Plurk Rivals Twitter as the Next Popular Microblogging Platform

January 16, 2010 By 15 Comments
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Twitter - you either love it or hate it. The application has exploded onto the web, where not only everybody seems to need one, but even larger corporations have set up Twitter accounts. Tweeting is the next big thing! tons of people are getting into this new trend, while naysayers stand behind and wave their fingers in disgust. Though Twitter may have it's downfalls (and there's plenty to pick at), there is hope beyond the horizon! For those of you who haven't heard of Plurk, you should … [Read more...]

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The Web’s Cutest URL Shortening Service Moourl.com

November 8, 2009 By 6 Comments
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I know I know, I'm a guy and the word "cute" shouldn't be in my vocabulary. Well if I ever needed to use the word cute to describe anything, it would have to be moourl.com. It's a URL shortening service with an actually bearable design to it. Beautiful vectors and color scheme, I love the site! It offers some of the most basic features you would expect - forwarding to a new page, creating custom URL's, etc. It doesn't seem to have any tracking stats or clicks from what I can tell, which is … [Read more...]

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Behind the Scenes at Posterous.com: Filesharing Made Easy

October 14, 2009 By 4 Comments
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Sharing files over the internet used to be a devilish task. Finding the right application, storage space, or transporation method for files used to be very difficult only 5 years ago. Now with file upload sites and forums/bulletin boards to share files, sending your friend a song or posting up a funny picture has never been easier. Posterous is going to change file sharing for the better. All you need to do is e-mail them the files you want, and you instantly get your own space on Posterous … [Read more...]

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Express your 3D Avatars with Frenzoo

July 11, 2009 By 1 Comment
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Creating your own avatar online has become a popular trend. Everybody wants to have their own personal expression to make them stand out from the crowd. There is a different type of communication over the internet, and you need something to make yourself stand out next to everyone else. Most people have unique username's on websites, but avatars are a great way to stand out with style. With Frenzoo, you can create your own 3D avatars right through your web browser. All you need is a little … [Read more...]

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Link Your Social Networking Profiles Together with SocialFollow

July 6, 2009 By 8 Comments
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Social Follow is a cool new web application that combines all of your other social networking and social bookmarking profiles. I'm sure we all have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, and many other profiles around the net. With SocialFollow, you are able to combine all of these profiles into one handy button. These are great for posting to your blog, sharing in your forum sigs, or posting it anywhere around the web! Joining SocialFollow is completely free, and it's a really neat … [Read more...]

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Interview with Adobe’s Primary Developer of Rich Internet Applications Mark Anders

July 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
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Mark Anders is a senior principal scientist at Adobe Systems, and one of his core responsibilities is to make Flash the platform for building the next generation of rich internet applications. Prior to Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia, Anders started and led the Flex Builder Team, but he is probably best known for his work at Microsoft, where during a decade-long career he led the creation of ASP.NET. Anders recently addressed the "Flash on the beach" conference for Flash designers and … [Read more...]

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