October 31, 2008
Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most used social networks on the planet. People are documenting their jobs and lives, 140 characters at a time. It’s become the norm for bloggers to have Twitter accounts, and nearly anyone with an online presence has a Twitter account (find me here!). Despite all that though, I [...]
September 13, 2008
You know the old stereotype I’m sure – a Scotsman is careful with his money. A Scotsman loves a bargain. Well that is especially true with me. I hate to overspend and if you want to make me happy, give me a good deal on something. Especially on books. I love buying books (to the [...]
August 14, 2008
Zigtag is an awesome social networking, web tagging, digg-type site. The name should give most of it away – Zigtag – tagging being their main purpose. It essentially makes available all of the sites that people thought were cool. Zigtag is currently in private BETA, yet the wonderful folks at Zigtag have given MakeUseOf readers [...]
July 22, 2008
If you’re not inclined to download something like SnagIt or IrfanView then Kwout is a very useful online service that allows you to take screenshots of webpages and post them quickly from the comfort of your browser. It is extremely easy to use and there are several ways to “kwout” something. Let’s take a quick [...]
July 21, 2008
The advent of Web 2.0, blogs and various social networking sites has ensured that there is an ever increasing flow of information which is not possible to consume in one go. There are millions of websites on the internet and if you are an internet addict like me, you would easily come across hundreds of [...]
July 6, 2008
This week on the podcast I’m talking to Jerry Kidd, one of Make Use Of’s newest writers, about a great tool to help you sell your home online. I’m also looking at some Make Use Of articles about Bit torrent, bookmarklets, and syncing. Plus, a first look at the latest Twitter clone, identi.ca. I’d love [...]
July 1, 2008
At heart I am a lazy computer user. When I want to do something on the computer, I either use keyboard shortcuts or I use a bookmarklet to achieve it. The last thing I want to do is go clicking around aimlessly for ages and ages……(zzzzz…..) But as the web has evolved, some bookmarklets have [...]
June 14, 2008
Does this bug you as much as it bugs me? http://www.howmuchlongercanmyurlsget.com/before/Igo/totally/insane.htm If you’re blogging or uploading files frequently, passing out lengthy links to your posts can get pretty tedious. That’s where URL truncator services come in, stepping up to provide a shorter link that’s easier to remember and share. There are a ton of options [...]
October 19, 2007
The web has revolutionized the world – but it has also made us lazy. Instead of typing ten letters on a keyboard, we want to type five instead. We want things to magically download all on their own and for our applications to self-update. We long for the type of computer seen in Star Trek [...]
August 21, 2007
I am a huge user of del.icio.us (to the point where I keep virtually no links in my browser bookmarks) and as I bookmark more and more links, the problem arises over how best to organise them all and even more importantly, how to find a specific link again in the future. The whole concept [...]
