FlockStar!

// August 17th, 2008 // Comments Off // Applications, Browsers, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Ibdreamy, Social Network, Update, Useful, web tools

Flock is so bad ass..It seems I find a new feature on Flock everyday that makes me go “WOW that’s cool”.

_ For example I took this screen shot with Flocks built in screenshot tool that allows you to select clips and snap away.

_ It has a built in Blog editor so I can post to my blog using my browser

_A drag and drop web clipboard manager

_Media bar that streams media from sites like Flickr, Digg, Youtube, your Facebook friends

_A sidebar with all your updated feeds and social networking sites

_side bar listing all your accounts and services that you can click on an automatically be logged into

So if you haven’t tried it yet..dammit try it! I still use Firefox and I probably always will but I love me some Flock now and then.. it’s like my secret little drug…well maybe not that dramatic no..but it’s damn good? I love their My world page it shows me all my updates from my social networking sites. It’s nifty. (see screenshot)

Apps and Tools - I can’t live without…

// August 12th, 2008 // 5 Comments » // Admin Tools, Apple, Applications, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Ipod, Live Journal, Microsoft, Mobile, Social Network, Twitter, Update, Useful, Wordpress, web tools, webdesign

There are a few app’s, clients and website’s online that I can not live without This is a list of things that make my life at home and work easier..I’ve done this type of post before but a few have changed.

1. Infranview - image editor, viewer, manager and several other things. This is an amazing program that everyone who uses it loves it. It takes a minute to get used to it but once you do you can’t imagine life with out it. I’ve been using it for 5-6 years..daily. Download Client - Infranview Tutorial
2. Fotki.com - image hosting provider
3. FileZila - FTP client
4. Color Cop - HEX color dropper desktop app (can’t live without)
5. Clipomatic - Clipboard manager (absolutely can’t live without)
6. Shareaholic - Social Networking Firefox plugin Shareaholic makes it possible to share, bookmark and e-mail web pages quickly without leaving your browser. (cool and useful)
7. Semagic Live Journal blogging client - also use as an HTML editor in a hurry.
8. Windows Live Writer - Blogging client - Posts to multiple blogging platforms
9. ABC 3GP Converter (converts .AVI movies to .MP4 file format so I can upload movies to my IPod)
10. Digsby - multiple network chat client I can also post to my Twitter - Checks my Facebook and Myspace updates.
11. Notepad - write HTML and general blank page for notes and such
12. Photoshop - We all know what Photoshop does - (can’t live without)
13. Google Desktop (search for my files, documents, emails and basically anything on my computer)
14. Gmail - My primary email client. Yep I do not use Outlook at home. I use Gmail.
15. Wordpress - I use Wordpress to manage and write my Blog - Love it!!
16. LiveJournal.com - been writing in my journal for 7 years so I guess you can say it is a staple in my online life. Love it. Can’t live without it. Must write in my journal.

Mycoolbutton.com - Web 2.0 and grudge free buttons generator!

Make a link button in a snap. It’s Free, easy and the end result looks really nice. I use this when customers call in and need a custom button made instead of doing it in Photoshop which I could do but this is so much faster. Very cool.