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StreamDesk: Watch Live Streams Right From Your Desktop!
Apr 13th
Do you watch live streams? They seem to be the new big thing online. With services live Ustream and Justin.tv, anyone can broadcast a live show directly from their desk. But how do we watch their streams? Yes, we can watch them on the streaming service’s website and sometimes on the streamer’s website. But what if you want to watch it on your desktop without opening up your web browser? That’s where StreamDesk comes in.
StreamDesk is a dead-simple application for both the Mac and PC which allows you to watch live streams from all the popular streaming services right on More >
How Comments Have Changed Online Media
Mar 31st
As newspapers and magazines get even more expensive and less popular, online news sites are thriving. First of all, online media is typically free to the reader. The reader does not have to pay to read the news. Instead, the advertisers pay the websites to host an ad on the site. Second, online media is usually easier to access than going over to your local bookstore or grocery store to pick up a newspaper or magazine.
Overall, both online and print media have their pros and cons. Today I’m going to be talking about how in my opinion, commenting has changed More >
ShadyURL: Make Your URLs Scary!
Feb 28th
Have you ever wanted ot scare your Twitter followers? ShadyURL.com is a service which lets you do exaztly that. ShadyURL takes your URLs, then turns them into something that will scare the people who look at them. It’s like a URL shortener like Bit.ly or TinyURL, except not at all. ShadyURL makes your links longer, but most importantly, makes them scary.
ShadyURL doesn’t really do anything useful, unless you think making people not want to click on certain links is useful. It is a fun service but is deferentially not a service that you would need to use daily.
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My Thoughts On Google Buzz
Feb 10th
As you may already know, Google has recently launched something called Google Buzz. In this post I will be telling you more about Google Buzz and I will also be sharing my opinions on the service.
How is Google Buzz different?
In my opinion, Buzz is not a copy of Facebook, nor is it a copy of Twittr. Buzz is simply in-between. It is not as complicated as facebook, but is also not as simple as twitter. What makes it different than Twitter is the fact that Buzz lets you comment on other peoples updates and it also lets you upload photos. More >
What is Lockergnome.net?
Jan 13th
If you follow Chris Pirillo on Twitter or watch his live stream, you probably know about his new website, Lockergnome.net. Today I will be telling you what Lockergnome.net is and what I think about it. (more…)
How to unmask A shortened URL
Dec 31st
Have you ever ran across a shortened URL on Twitter or any other social networking site and wanted to see what website it would lead you too if you clicked it? Realurl.org is a website that simply lets you take a short URL and see what website it would take you to if you clicked it. It is useful if you do not trust the person that is giving you a shortened link and want to see where the link is going to take you BEFORE you click it.
Update: Realurl.org seems to be down as of May 31st 2010. Hmm..
More >Project Retweet to ruin Retweets?
Nov 19th
Twitter has recently launched a new feature called Project Retweet. Project Retweet is Twitter’s way of doing Retweets and is different from the way most people know retweets. Their has been another way to Retweet and it has become both popular and useful. So basically what twitter is doing is stepping in and telling everybody to use their way of Retweeting and to ditch the old (and in my opinion, better) way of Retweeting.
I do not like Twitter’s new Project Retweet for two reasons: it is hard to tell who Retweeted the tweet and it is not yet supported by most More >