Entries from May 2009

Twishitter – Twittering While on the Can

I’ve spent quite a bit of time calling out bathroom handwashing fakers.
There’s something about a lack of personal hygiene that gets me angry. And now there’s a new trend that is on the rise.
Texting while sitting on the toilet.

Facebook Rolls Out Friend Lists in Chat

Here goes Facebook again rolling out a new feature that I’m afraid some of you may not like. Although according to the Facebook blog, many have asked for this feature to better organize connections and to control which of your Facebook friends see you online. We’re talking about Friend List in Facebook Chat.

Find “Green” Paper Products on Your iPhone

With my wife off her feet recovering from surgery, I’ve been assigned the insufferable chore of taking care of the family food shopping…
and it’s been an eye-opening experience!
Gosh things have gotten expensive. The one item in particular that I flagged as a “do we really need that” purchase were paper towels. There’s always [...]

Stream Career Advice With JobRadio.fm

It is a tough market for job seekers right now. Job Radio dot FM can help. The Web site, owned and operated by job board vet Chris Russell, streams jobcasts daily, dishing career advice talk radio 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
(Full disclosure – My career advice podcast, the Working Podcast, [...]

Use Content From Other Websites – Legally

Ever since we had to write our first papers in high school, proper attribution has always been a royal pain in the butt. Whether it was getting scolded for improper footnote format or screwing up a bibliography, giving other people credit for their work – and not claiming it as your own – is [...]

Facebook Brings Back Some Old Features

Responding to users’ comment and outcry regarding some old features that were not carried out in the home page design, Facebook  has activated two filtering options that would let you view status updates and profile changes made by your Facebook friends.

Digg Connects to Facebook

Facebook and Digg users would certainly love this announcement from the Digg blog – Digg just launched Facebook Connect. This feature allows all Facebook users who are also active Digg users to login and do their Digging and commenting activities instantly, just by linking their Facebook and Digg accounts. The process is basically the same [...]

Get 10 Twitter Followers in 20 Seconds

Since most of us do not have the “popularity” of Ashton Kutcher or Oprah Winfrey,the masses struggle to amass an embarrassing number of Twitter followers.
A new free service, Twit Pro Quo, hopes to level the playing field. When you log in you will be issued 10 new people to follow. In return, you [...]

Create Charts and Graphs Online With Easy Web-Based Tool

For years I have noticed a serious void on the Web. Yes despite this gaping hole, I never made any effort to fill it.
That hole WAS the ability to make simple charts online. Thanks to Chartle.net the void is no more. In fact, this Web-based tool is so slick and so simple [...]

Six Twitter Applications That Let You Tweet on Your Desktop

If you’re an avid Twitter user, chances are you’re using one of these Twitter Desktop Applications that basically allow you to receive and post Tweets from your desktop. Meaning, you don’t have to visit your Twitter.com page from time to time to find out  what’s new about your Twitter friends. If you haven’t used a [...]

Vacation Options in a Bad Economy

The concept gained popularity on Craigslist, came even further into the public eye with the movie “The Holiday” (Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black and of course let’s not forget Jude Law), and now has websites dedicated to it: house swapping. “Hometel” is their term for it. Hotel + Home = Hometel. In other words, [...]

Win $10,000 With iParents Photo Contest

iParents.com, an established social network, has teamed up with Facebook to gain exposure for photo sharing and prints. Currently they are running a contest for the best child photo (voted on by the social network) with over 3,000 prizes. The grand prize is $10,000 for the best photograph and the overall prize value totals $100,000; [...]