SocialVibe is an interesting new web app that allows anyone with a web page - either on MySpace, Facebook, blog or otherwise - to embed an advertisement. You choose the company they would like to be the sponsor (Jones Soda in my case) and the charity and every time the ad is viewed, you earn points for your charity, which turn into donation money from the sponsors.
Bloggers, and other web site owners, often struggle with monitizing their site. The easiest way is through advertising programs, provided by third party ad …
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know - and what web tools you use to keep in touch.
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Let’s face it, RSS can leave you thinking FFS. Fortunately, you can get those juicy feeds in uninterrupted form sent right to your inbox, either as new content appears on the web or as a single daily digest from the sites you care about from FeedMyInbox.
People may claim that bartering is a thing of the past, but we know better, don’t we? We trade our time for food (dinner parties), our ideas for business cards (networking events), and chocolate for good behaviour (babysitting). In fact, there’s so much unofficial bartering of goods and services that Swapaskill.com has decided to create a place where people from all over the world can swap their skills or goods for those of others. Impressive testimonials include stories from members who swapped French lessons for a new patio, web design …
Uh oh, well that’s embarrassing. Looks like for a while there you couldn’t register for the Techettes site. Oops! We got a couple emails but couldn’t recreate the problem on this end until now but problem solved and you can Register for Techettes to take advantage of some of the backend features including private messaging with other members, groups, a permanent log of your favourite posts and a public profile here on Techettes.
Once you’ve registered with the site, the navigation bar at the top of the screen will …
Getting feedback from users on your website is already a bit of a challenge. Sure, people love to complain (“Why don’t you offer 24 hour customer service? You suck!”) or share ideas (“you should totally add a button that lets me download any song for free!”) but not everyone takes the time to comment and often those that do either don’t accurately describe the issue or don’t give you enough information to solve the problem.
So the next time someone gets in touch to say “the thing on your homepage …
Your handwriting says a lot about you. Whether sloping up in optimism, straight-crossed T’s of organisation or hearts on the i’s (we won’t judge), it’s a window into your personality. Funny how so many pieces of personality seem to get lost when you take them online and there’s only so much you can express with typography. To bring that personal touch back to typing, however, why not visit Font Capture to create a computer font from your own handwriting?
Simply download the font template, print, fill in the letters in …
