With most lifestreaming services like Friendfeed, you simply plug in all of your social and online accounts, and any online activity is automatically saved in your account. Webdoc brings a new more hands-on approach of saving photos, text, videos, audio files, apps or even sketches.

To start using Webdoc, you can create a new account or sign in using your Twitter or Facebook credentials.

After signing up for an account you can find out which of your Facebook or Twitter friends are already using the service.

To create your first entry or webdoc, click the start a new webdoc and you will be presented with a dashboard of sorts where you can add the various types of content.

There are a variety of items which you can add to each of your entries, or your webdocs. As far as text is concerned, you can add a text bubble, rich text or html.

Text bubbles are fully customizable with a variety of choices for shape, orientation, color. You also have a variety of choices for the font type and size, color and justification.

You can also add entire paragraphs, with full text formatting and live links.

You can include basic sketches in your Webdocs, with the ability to adjust the brush size and colour.

When it comes to images, there are a variety of ways you can get them onto your Webdoc. You can upload them from your computer, search for images on Google or Flickr or import them from Facebook. You can also take a picture using your webcam, a great feature if you want to take a picture of yourself everyday in the vein of services like Dailybooth.

You can search for videos on YouTube and Vimeo, paste any link from a variety of video services including Hulu, Joost, DailyMotion and Viddler, amongst others. You cannot, however, upload videos from your own computer.

For the time being, audio files can only be added from SoundCloud which may be a little limiting, but since you can upload your own recordings to SoundCloud, there’s no limit to the kind of user-generated audio content you can share.

Lastly you can add Apps, little widgets that provide various types of content. Some of the available widgets include Twitter search and profiles, a countdown timer, a photo slideshow, a poll and more, allowing you to make your entries extremely interactive.

With each entry, you can choose whether to make it a public or private webdoc.

When posted, other users can post comments on your webdoc and add images, text and all other types of content available when creating an entry.

There are certain features that are lacking that, if added, would make Webdoc a real force to be reckoned with amongst lifestreaming services. Firstly, a mobile version of the site or a mobile app would make easy to capture images and more on the go. Secondly, the apps could be better used in a lifestreaming capacity if, for example, you could add your own tweets, Flickr images, and other content you share throughout the web, but limit it to the specific time period of that day.

Even if you aren’t planning to use it as a lifestreaming service, the sheer versatility of Webdoc makes it whatever you want it to be.

There are other flexible ways you can create your own lifestream which we’ve covered in the past, which include using WordPress, Twitter or Flavors.

What do you think of Webdoc? How do you think you’d use the service? And what is your preferred lifestream service? Let us know in the comments.

With a variety of templates to choose from, easy sharing of flipbooks on social networking sites, and viewer statistics, FlipSnack offers an amazing variety of features for free. If you’d prefer to use a desktop app to create a flipbook, check out FlipSuite, a Windows-only app we’ve reviewed in the past, previously known as Flipbook Printer.

To use FlipSnack, you can register for a free account or log in using your Twitter, Facebook, Google, Yahoo or MySpace account.

Flipbooks can be created using a PDF file of up to 500 pages. You can either upload the PDF file directly from your computer, or import if it is already stored online using the direct URL.

Once you’ve uploaded the file, depending on how large the file is, FlipSnack will convert the document into a flipbook.

If you choose to add another PDF file to your flipbook, you can do so while the first file is being converted. If you’re using a free account, a total of 3 PDFs can be added to one flipbook.  Each PDF file uploaded to one flipbook will appear as a separate book or section within the flipbook.

Once you’ve uploaded each of your files, you can edit the information that is automatically filled in – the title and description.

The next step is to customize your flipbook. There are four templates to choose from which you can preview. The Classic template uses the front page of the PDF as the cover and looks like a magazine.

The Hardcover template changes the front image to a leather cover, and you have the choice between 5 colors.

The Coil flip template looks like a spiral notebook, using your PDF cover as the front image.

The Interactive template looks almost identical to the classic template but includes icons for user feedback.

After settling on your template, you can further customize the flipbook by setting a specific width and height for the book, choose the colors and style of the background, and the cover of the Hardcover template. You can also choose to show buttons to make it easy to share the flipbook on Twitter, Facebook, or simply by sharing the link wherever you want.

After your flipbook has been published, you can easily share it, or generate the embed code for a watermarked version of the flipbook. If you want to embed the book without a watermark or download it, it will cost you $19.

In addition to being able to share your flipbook, you can also keep track of view stats from your account, and edit it, if you decide you want to change the title, settings, or even add more PDF files.

When you share the link with other users, they can comment on the flipbook if they are logged into their Facebook accounts.

When reading the flipbook, users can hit the click to read button to go into full screen where your flipbook looks exactly as it did in the preview screen.

FlipSnack is a pretty slick service, with an impressive array of features for free, and SnackTool provides five other similar services for free. You can create gif and flash banners with BannerSnack, create online surveys and polls with QuizSnack, photo slideshows with PhotoSnack, a customized audio player with your own playlist with PodSnack and lastly, a video player and playlist with TubeSnack.

Do you have any recommendations for free services to create online flipbooks? Let us know in the comments.

From card games, to puzzles, to full out adventure games, the Mac App Store is chock full of free Mac games that are worth trying. The six games listed here are ideal time killers, and most of them are kid-friendly. The list includes physics based games, mini adventure games, puzzles and more.

Pocket Dinosaurs 2

Pocket Dinosaurs 2 [App Store link] is one of those addictive games which makes a perfect time killer. The game has one very simple goal – launch as many dinosaurs into a floating spaceship as you can in 60 seconds. The cute graphics and sound effects make it a great game for kids and adults alike. The incentive to keep playing the game as time passes will probably be to exceed your personal high score.

Action Swing

Action Swing [App Store link] is not exactly a head turning game in the graphics department. It’s a simple game, which will offer a nice distraction if you need to take a break from your work or just need something to keep you busy for 5 minutes. Start out the game with 3 lives and see how many levels you can last, getting your little stick figure safely onto the moving base.

Victory March

Not as kid friendly as Pocket Dinosaurs or Action Swing, Victory March [App Store link] is a mini adventure game that will definitely keep you coming back for more. Make your way through the six levels of the game as a Soviet or American soldier, avoiding obstacles and shooting at the enemy before they get you.

A Monster Ate My Homework

A Monster Ate My Homework [App Store link] is another great physics game with 80 free levels. Lob a boll at the ‘monsters’ but make sure you don’t knock over any of your homework stacks, otherwise you’ll have to try again. You can choose to play the game full screen or windowed.

Archibald’s Adventures Lite

Unlike many free or lite versions of mini adventure games, Archibald’s Adventures Lite actually lets you play 40 levels for free, which really gives you a chance to give the harder, or more challenging levels a try. Each level has you trying to navigate Archibald through a maze on his skateboard, all the while watching out for deadly obstacles. With the cute graphics and with the game being relatively easy, Archibald’s Adventures is probably a great game for kids.

Gold Strike

Gold Strike [App Store link] is a great variation on the games in which you remove similar coloured or patterned blocks when there are at least two of them in a row. Since Gold Strike offers 5 different ways to play the game, it’s hard to imagine you’ll get bored with the addictive game very fast. Race against the clock, play a strategic game or try to get past as many levels as possible.

For a few more suggestions for awesome Mac App Store games check out:

The 3 Best Free Games On The Mac App Store

If you don’t have Snow Leopard, and want to find some fun games to play on your Mac, check out:

11 Online Sources For The Best In Mac Freeware
The Best Online Sources For Free Mac Games

What’s your favourite free Mac OS game you play to kill the time? Let us know in the comments.

From any easy way to change sidebar icons to automatically changing your wallpaper image, these apps make it more than easy to get it just the way you want, practically at the click of a button. Also be sure to check out the in-depth review of the popular, cross-platform wallpaper rotation app, Wally.

Refinery

Refinery gives you instant access to tons of tiny little tweaks and changes to your Mac’s appearance.

You can tweak the dock’s appearance or positioning and control window minimization.

You can also easily change your dock by drag and drop icons, dividers, indicators and more to get your dock just the way you want.

You can also download ready made docks to import from Leopard Docks.

With Refinery you can also easily tweak the Desktop icons size, font size, window title style, show hidden files, and more.

Other Finder options include changing the Sidebar icons and Toolbar icons, by dragging and dropping them onto the app.

You can also change the login window background, and system alert icons, also using the drag and drop method.

Any changes that you make can be easily reverted with the click of a button. Refinery is donationware, meaning you can use it for free for as long as you like, but if you find the app handy, you can also show your appreciation with a small donation to the developer.

Wallpaper Wizard Lite

Wallpaper Wizard Lite [App Store link] is available as a free download from the Mac App Store. The free version of the app does come with its limitations – namely you only have access to 100 of the available images. That said, the sets that are available are pretty impressive, divided into the four categories, animals, exotic, cars and nature.

There are several ways you can change your wallpaper using Wallpaper Wizard Lite. There is a mini-wizard where you can randomly shuffle between the available wallpapers, or even automatically change your wallpaper at specific intervals.

Alternatively, you can open up the main window of the program to select the wallpaper yourself.

Upgrading to the paid version gives you the ability to upload your own images, turning Wallpaper Wizard into the ultimate wallpaper manager.

Loginox

Loginox is a great little free app which makes it extremely easy to change the image you see when you’re logging in to your Mac. If you’re bored with the default Leopard Aurora image, you can choose any photo of your liking by dragging onto the Loginox app and hitting Set new login image. If you decide you want to go back to default image, simply select, Reset to default image.

Desktop Calendar

Desktop Calendar isn’t so much a wallpaper manager, as much as it gives you a quick and easy way to place a calendar over your wallpaper. The app is far from feature rich, but it gets the job done.

After downloading and launching the app, it displays a calendar on your desktop.

To move or alter the size of the calendar, hit the Desktop Calendar menu in the status bar and select Enter Layout Mode or use the shortcut Command-M.

Wlppr

Wlppr harnesses the power of Wlppr.com, a wallpaper repository updated on a daily basis. Sitting quietly in your status bar, upon launching, you can set the app to launch at startup and automatically change your wallpaper for you on a daily basis.

Desktopple Basic

While not as robust as the pro version of the app, Desktopple Basic is definitely a useful app if you want a quick and easy way to clear your desktop. Unlike Desktoday, rather than physically move the icons into an folder, Desktopple Basic temporarily hides them much like Camouflage.

One drawback we noticed to using Desktopple is that if you use a gesture shortcut to show the desktop, Desktopple has no effect. Desktopple Basic is donationware, meaning like Refinery, you can show your appreciation with a small donation.

Do you have any tips or tricks on how to tweak your Mac’s desktop appearance for free? Let us know in the comments.

With three free apps, Effects HD, Adobe Photoshop Express and Foto Editor, along with three useful photography apps for the iPad we’ve reviewed in the past, you can edit your photos to your heart’s content, and easily upload them and share them with your friends and followers. From minor adjustments such as contrast and brightness, to adding more elaborate effects and borders, get your photos exactly how you want them before sharing them with the world.

Effects HD

If you have an iPad 2, Effects HD [iTunes link] allows you to take an image with your iPad and get to editing straight away. Effects HD gives iPad users a quick and easy way to edit their photos on their tablet.

Hit the camera icon at the bottom center of the screen to take a photo, or the photo icon at the bottom right hand corner of the screen to open an image saved on your iPad.

Effects HD comes with 12 filters including black and white, sepia, cross-processing and aging effects. While those are the 12 effects available with the free app, you can purchase additional packages with an in-app purchase.

The app comes with 8 frames, and like with the filters, you can get additional styles with an in-app purchase.

While editing your photo, if you find yourself wanting to revert to it’s original state, hit the refresh button at the top left hand corner.

Once you’re done hit the share button at the top right hand corner to save or share your photo.

You can save the photo to your library, copy it or mail it. From there you can also share it directly on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

FotoEditor

FotoEditor [iTunes link], like Effects HD allows you to quickly edit your photos but comes with more effects that you can apply to your photos.

Hit the flower icon to open a photo from your photo album.

You can then apply any of the effects available such as grayscale, negative or sepia.

You can also adjust the brightness/contrast, the RGB balance, gamma correction, and rotate or mirror the image.

Once you’re done, hit the save icon to save the photo to your library.

Of you can share it directly from the app on Facebook, Twitter or Picasa.

If you want to start all over again, hit the restore button to remove all changes you made to your image.

You can also look up your image’s properties, including it’s size and dimensions.

Adobe Photoshop Express

It’s no surprise that Photoshop would have a solid iOS app that gives you some pretty decent photo editing features to take with you on the go. Like with Effects HD, you can take a photo using your iPad 2 camera, or select a photo from your library to edit using Adobe Photoshop Express. [iTunes link]

You can adjust the photo, cropping, rotating, and straightening it.

You can adjust the exposure, saturation, tint, contrast or convert it to a black and white photo.

You can also convert your photo into a sketch, soften the focus or sharpen it.

Photoshop’s effects are surprisingly limited on the iPad with just 7 filters including Vibrant, and Andy Warhol-esque pop filter and Vignette Blur.

In addition to effects, you can also choose between 8 frames.

You can then save the image to your photo library or share it on Facebook or on your online Photoshop account.

How do you edit your photos on your iPad? Let us know in the next comments.

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The flexible appearance combined with an easy-to-use backend, and plugins to add just about any feature you can think of, WordPress offers photographers a great way to put together a portfolio. If you’ve been looking for a theme, and aren’t sure where to start, check out this list of some of the latest, professional looking portfolios available for download for free. Also be sure to check out our previous posts featuring some great free WordPress portfolio themes.

Revolt Theme

Ideal for graphic or web designers, Revolt is a fun and quirky theme which allows you to showcase your best work. If you use the theme on your website, you can also get yourself featured in the community section of the website.

View the demo or download the theme.

Imbalance

Imbalance is a clean, grid-like theme which puts all of the focus on the images. If you want to accompany your photos with some text, it is displayed when you hover the cursor over the images. Imbalance is suitable for anyone looking for a fresh theme to showcase their work.

View the demo or download the theme.

Portfolium

From the same designers as Imbalance comes Portfolium, another clean, grid-like theme, but this time with a darker background. Portfolium is suitable for photographers, designers and artists.

View the Demo or download the theme.

Mansion

Graph Paper Press is a great source for impressive themes for free. Mansion is another grid-based theme, which takes up all of the screen real estate with your photos. Mansion also makes it easier to manage a photoblog with a great backend where you can upload, resize, and crop your images all in one place.

View the demo or download the theme.

Big Square

Big Square is the ideal theme if you want to feature a set of photos in each post. This can be a great tool for featuring series of photos or all the photos from one specific shoot.

View the demo or download the theme.

Fotofolio

From the same designer as Big Square, comes Fotofolio, a great theme for photographers or designers who are using their site as a means of attracting new clients. The theme has a professional landing page, space for a portfolio, blog and testimonials.

View the demo or download the theme.

Pure II

Pure II is a good theme for a photographer or designer who finds blogging just as important. The theme which focuses primarily on the blogging side of things also comes with a custom page template for a portfolio.

View the demo or download the theme.

Praseodymiumic

Praseodymiumic is a free theme with a small slideshow, space for a testimonial and grid-based portfolio all on the homepage. The theme makes it easy to throw together a professional looking site in no time.

View the demo or download the theme.

Video

If you’re looking for a free WordPress portfolio theme to showcase videos, look no further than Templatic’s succinctly named Video. The homepage features a video slideshow, as well as thumbnails of various video categories.

View the demo or download the theme.

Dessign

Design have several impressive free themes for the typography buff, but they are all quite similar, making it even harder to choose which one you might use. The slight variations between each theme include colours, background and various ways of putting the grid-based theme to good use.

Modern is a minimalist black and white, grid-based theme with a sidebar.

View the demo or download the theme.

Contemporary brings in a dash of yellow the theme, along with a graph-paper like background.

View the demo or download the theme.

Studio is less traditional and more quirky in its layout. The black and white theme is great for the innovative and creative designer.

View the demo or download the theme.

Minimal, the last of Dessign’s theme, is also black and white theme which lives up to its name. The theme comes with a custom page template for a portfolio, a blog, and a homepage with incorporates both.

View the demo or download the theme.

Do you have a favourite, free WordPress portfolio theme? Let us know in the comments.

But if you’d rather keep things as secure as possible, there are several free services which make it easy to share all kinds of files on Twitter without having to sign up for a new service or having to grant access to your own computer. While you’re at it, be sure to check out our previous post listing four free sites to share music on Twitter.

Crunch.fm

Crunch.fm is the latest in free web apps that make it easy to share music on Twitter. After authorizing access to your Twitter account, search for the song or artist you want to listen to, and edit the text of your tweet.

The actual tweet is appended with the hashtag, #nowplaying.

Crunch.fm’s search method is a bit odd. If you search for an artist, the site will come back with just one song, so you have to make your search very specific. The site also forces you to follow their Twitter account when you use it.

Swift.fm

After signing up for a free account, Swift.fm allows you to share mp3 files on Twitter by uploading them from your own computer.

After uploading the file from your computer, you can edit the text of the tweet and update your status.

While the text of the tweet is editable, you are forced to append the tweet with a mention of their Twitter account.

When users click on the link, the song will automatically begin playing.

TinySong

TinySong harnesses the power of Grooveshark, allowing users to easily share music on Twitter, without having to sign up for an account. After searching for the song you want to share, you should be able to preview it directly on TinySong but the feature is hit and miss.

Hitting the share button will generate a shortened URL which you can copy to your clipboard.

Hitting the Twitter button automatically populates your tweet for you.

The TinySong link will take users to Grooveshark.

TwitDoc

If you want to share documents with other Twitter users, TwitDoc allows you to upload files to your TwitDoc account, and when uploading, you can chose whether or not to tweet the link straight away.

If you do choose to tweet through TwitDoc, they do not append anything to your tweet.

The document can be then be accessed through Scribd.

Twi.tt

With Twi.tt you can share almost any kind of file through Twitter, whether an audio or video file, a document, or even a poll.

After you’ve authorized the website, select the kind of file you want to share, enter the text to your tweet and send it to your followers. Photos can be uploaded from your computer, shared from a URL or captured using your webcam.

Videos can be uploaded, shared using a URL, or recorded using your webcam.

Documents can be uploaded or shared using a URL.

And lastly, polls can be created using the form on the site.

The poll then be available from a link posted on your Twitter account.

Sharing audio files is a feature that is yet to be activated on Twi.tt.

How do you share files or music with your followers on Twitter? Let us know in the comments.

Since ListGeeks really does label itself as a social site, you won’t find any way to make your lists private. All of your lists and comments are public, shared with all other ListGeek users. If you like the idea of creating lists but are looking for a more elaborate social network site, where your lists are illustrated with photos, be sure to check out Pinterest.

After signing up for a free account, you can get to creating your first list straight away.

Each item on the list can be accompanied by a URL.

Once you’ve completed and saved your list, it will be visible on your profile, and you can also share your list, or other people’s lists for that matter, via Twitter or Facebook. You can also give and receive comments on lists.

You can delve into the social aspect of ListGeeks in either one of two ways. You can either browse the lists that have been posted, by popularity, date or take the staff picks.

Or you can choose to browse other Geeks by most recently active or most active.

You can then choose to follow other users, and a list of their latest lists will be visible in a personalised feed.

You’ll find that there are little numbers accompanying the title of each list. The first number represents the number of people you follow who have done so. The second number represents the number of people on the site who have created their own version of the list.

If you want to create your own version of someone else’s list, when you open it, you will be presented with a space to create your own list using the same time.

You can also scroll through all the available versions of the list by selecting Everyone and then using the arrows above the list to navigate.

Lastly, you can edit your own profile through Settings. You can add a picture, select a color that will always be used for each of your lists, add your name, location, website and a short bio. The color you select for your profile is the color that will be used for all of your lists.

ListGeeks is built on a simple premise and for that reason it works. It doesn’t claim to be more than a site where you can go and create lists. While other sites, like Amazon for example, have this feature built into their services, sometimes all you need is a place to create lists.

ListGeeks can also prove to be quite inspirational if you want it to be. It can be a great way of finding inspiration for your writing, inspiration for things you should try and haven’t done before, or even just a great place to see what makes other people tick.

What site do you use to create collaborative lists? Let us know in the comments.

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Sandglaz and Strike are two very simple, basic productivity web apps, that make it incredibly easy to keep track of your task list, access it from anywhere you have an internet connection, and share it with other people. The advantage to such simple web apps is that it makes it easier to focus on the task at hand, rather than trying to navigate an elaborate system filled with labels, tags and more.

Sandglaz

Sandglaz takes a very straightforward approach to keeping track of the tasks that you have to do, adding a collaborative twist to the concept.

The Sandglaz page or grid is divided into four cells which you can label in any way you choose. The suggested labels that already exist with the first grid are Important/Later, Important/Now, Unimportant/Later and Unimportant/Now.

You can create as many grids as you want, adjust their dimensions, and share them with other users to read or edit. Taking a quick look through the tutorial is the best way to discover all of how Sandglaz’s features and how to use the site.

You can easily edit the content of any task on the list by clicking on it, add new tasks by clicking the empty space at the end of the list, and clear all the text in a task to delete it from the list.

You can drag and drop tasks to reorder them within their grid, as well as reorder the list of grids you have created.

You can edit the label given to cells in the grid, check off tasks when they are completed, and drag tasks to other cells, or even to other grids.

You can also add a due date to the task by clicking the small arrow that shows up to the right of the task when you hover over it.

As far as the settings to each grid go, they’re relatively limited. You can adjust the size of the grid, with anywhere between 1 and 3 rows and 1 and 3 columns. From there you can also change the name of the grid or delete it.

If you want to allow other users to view or contribute to the task list, you can email them an invitation by clicking sharing. You can make other users Owners, Editors or Readers.

Strike

Strike takes the simplicity to a whole other level, giving users an easy-to-use, visually appealing task list, which you can access from anywhere – as long as you have an internet connection.

You don’t have to sign up to use Strike. Simply create your task list, and start adding tasks, and once you’re done you’ll have the satisfaction of crossing them off your virtual list.

Strike keeps it incredibly simple. You can rearrange tasks by dragging them to the desired spot on the list. Or you can remove a task from your list entirely by dragging it off to the left or the right.

Strike’s strength is in its simple UI, and its appearance can be tweaked to suit your preferences. All changes can be made from the small, barely visible menu at the top of the page.

You have three choices of how complete tasks appear on your list. They can be completely removed from the list. Or they can be crossed out.

Or they can be moved to the bottom of the screen.

Other ways in which you can tweak Strike’s appearance is to change the background image or color scheme.

Strike is also collaborative by its very nature since you can share the list with anyone by sending them the link.

Do you have any recommendations for simple ways to keep track of your task list? Let us know in the comments.

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There are certain advantages to using a service like Twitter as your go-to live blog service. Chances are, there’s someone else live blogging along with you, and using Twitter is a great way to keep track of what other people have to say about the same subject. By using hashtags, you instantly have instant access to a flood of tweets. On the flipside, rather than alienate your Twitter users by flooding their stream with live tweets about an event they aren’t necessarily interested in, you can try any one of these services to live blog to your heart’s content.

Wordfaire

Wordfaire is a new service that has the potential to be a one-stop-shop for live blogging, if more features are added. As it stands now, after logging in with your Twitter, Facebook or Google credentials, you are then able to create as many liveblogs as you want.

To create a new liveblog, simply choose your URL, title and timezone.

You can then begin to update the page, with text and images.

The page is automatically refreshed as you create new updates.

Comments are powered by Disqus, and apply to the entire blog, rather than individual updates. Your Wordfaire live blog can also be embedded into your existing blog by copying the code, although free embeds are limited to 1,000 updates, a figure which may change as time goes by.

Wordfaire’s gorgeous, minimalist look is not only great for live blogging, but makes it an interesting and simplified blogging alternative to Tumblr and Posterous.

Live Blogging WordPress Plugin

The aptly named WordPress plugin, Live Blogging, offers bloggers an easy and convenient way to incorporate live blogging into their own sites. After installing and activating the plugin on your WordPress blog, the first step is to create a new post, as you would any other. Once you’ve typed in your introductory text for your live blog post, be sure to add the shortcode [liveblog] at the end of the post.

You will also have to check the option Enable live blogging on this post.

In order to add updates to the blog post, you can then access the Live Blogging panel from the sidebar on the left, by clicking Add new under Live Blog Entries.

Once the window opens up to add the updates, you can select the blog post you just created, and begin to update it.

Live blog posts include a timestamp on the post, and the page automatically refreshes as you update it, so users will not have to refresh it to see your latest updates. Any content that can normally be included in a WordPress blog, from images, to videos to links, can be included in your live blog.

The Live Blogging plugin is incredibly easy to use, and feels like a natural extension of the WordPress setup.

CoveritLive

CoveritLive is probably one of the most elaborate live blogging options which also provides their service for free. While the free account does have its limitations, the features list is still impressive. Basic accounts give you a 5000/month live readership limit.

Before your live blogging event, enter all the settings in your CoveritLive account.

You can then copy and paste the generated code into a blog post, or direct users to your CoveritLive page.

Launch your event straight away, or save it to be launched when you’re ready to start live blogging.

With CoveritLive, you can also include specific Twitter users, lists or hashtags in the live blog, as well as images, invite other participants to take part in the live blog, and post reminders on your site about the event. Once the event is launched, you will then gain access to a panel where you can post updates, moderate comments and polls, see how many audience members you have, and more.

The embedded live blog will look like this:

CoveritLive also has a free iPhone app [iTunes link] that makes it easy to create new events and live blog on the go.

CoveritLive is so feature rich, it makes it the ideal choice for a professional live blogging event. The sheer number of features can be a bit overwhelming, and so a service like Wordfaire would be more suitable for the less technologically inclined.

We would recommend creating a test event to experiment with CoveritLive first, while also giving yourself a chance to see how much the service really has to offer.

ScribbleLive is another great live blogging service that has been reviewed in the past on MakeUseOf, but free accounts are now limited to a one month trial period.

What is your favourite free live blogging service? Let us know in the comments.

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