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- Not Satisfied With The Feature List On Twitter? Try Power TwitterToday
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Power Twitter is a Firefox Add-on that greatly extends the feature list of Twitter. No more going to Twitter search to see if someone is talking about you - with Power Twitter you can search right from your Twitter account.
After you install it just log into your Twitter account as usual. You’ll now see a search box for searching Twitter topics, in-line media integration for TwitPics, YouTube videos, and flickr photos, as well as a facebook tab displaying all of your friends status updates. But wait, there’s more! If you hover over a users profile pic you’ll see a pop-up displaying their latest tweets, shortened URLs are summarized so you know what you’re clicking on, and there’s a ReTweet button included on any updates that contain a link. Also included is Twitter search for a specific users Twitter stream.
To see Power Twitter in action, watch the screencast below:
- SiteLauncher Gives You Quick Access To Your Favorite Sites (Screencast)Yesterday
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SiteLauncher is a Firefox Addon that helps you access your favorite sites with just a couple clicks on your keyboard. After it’s installed you can launch the SiteLauncher manager which is already pre-filled with sites like Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, and Digg. You can remove any of the sites you don’t have a need for and add new ones as well.
You can select your own keyboard shortcut to launch SiteLauncher, but by default it uses Ctrl+Space. Once it pops up you just need to hit the key associated with the Website you want to access. That’s all there is to it. You can also set direct hot-key shortcuts if you don’t want to bother launching SiteLauncher, but you’ll need to know the keys associated with the Website you want to access.
To see SiteLauncher in action, watch the screencast below:
- In No Particular Order: My Things For 2009December 31 2008
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1. No more coffee. (Yes, I’m drinking a cup as I write this.)
Now, I’m not saying that I want to give up all caffeine, because I love tea and tea doesn’t give me the crack-head side affects that coffee seems too. Normally, I’m a 2 cup per day, but sometimes 3 or 4, kinda gal. Besides the fact that it’s just not good for me, it’s a crutch that I’d like to be rid of. I got a juicer for Christmas and made some beet/carrot/apple juice the other morning - holy cow! I felt so awesome. I didn’t have any coffee and was productive all day.
2. Work on improving my writing.
I always did fairly well in English when I was in school. In fact, English and Home Ec. were just about the only classes that I really cared about. Science and math may as well have not existed, as I didn’t always make it to those classes. I know I told my parents more than once that those subjects had no business being taught to me because I would never need them. Well looky here, Ma! I’m a writer! Actually, this is where I’m still failing. My grammar is terrible as is my actual writing style. My sister is a fantastic writer and I can’t help but feel that she should be doing what I’m doing and I should be baking cupcakes. Alas, I may not be the best writer, but I do love it. Who doesn’t want to be great at what they love doing?
3. Solve problems on my own.
Sure, I know a lot about web applications and screencast
- Special Thanks To Sarah Lane And Martin Sargent For Having Me On TWiF!December 23 2008
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My good friends Sarah Lane and Martin Sargent were kind enough to have me as their guest on their very special, second episode of This Week in Fun (TWiF). If you’re unfamiliar with TWiF, I urge you to check out the first show here.
Basically, TWiF was a substitute for TWiT, the outrageously popular show by Leo Laporte. Since Leo is away on vacation, he was kind enough to let Sarah take over the helm at the TWiT cottage. I had a great time, but if you know me well, then you’ll probably hear the terror in my voice. Thankfully, since I’m close with both Sarah and Martin, I relaxed after a bit and they let me hang out for the duration of the show.
Thanks for having me on the show guys - you did a great job. Let’s hope these are just the first two of many episodes of TWiF!
- Expand Your Search Results With Firefox Extension JuiceDecember 23 2008
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Juice is a Firefox Extension that delivers relevant videos, photos, and news right to your sidebar. Juice also allows you to store videos and photos in your sidebar to view later.
After you install Juice, just highlight any bit of text that you want to find more content on and drag it and drop it to the right. Almost instantly your sidebar will pop open with related Wikipedia articles, YouTube videos, and news stories. You can watch videos right from the Juice sidebar and save them to view later. You can also drag any images or videos into your sidebar to save for future reference.
To learn more, watch the screencast below:
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