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Saving Links for Later

Feb/14 in Personal, Resources

A few weeks back on Firefox Facts I shared with all my technique for saving links to read later. The general idea is to create a “temp” folder in my browser – keep it on my bookmarks bar and then drag URLs into it as I need to. I think I have found a system that beats that hands down.

Instapaper - Save Links for Later

I have been using Instapaper for the past few days and I love it. No goofy Web 2.0 useless and mind-numbing features I don’t want or need. I just hit one bookmarklet that says, “read later” and it is saved for me. Later on when I have time to read just login to Instapaper.com and you are good to go from anywhere.

If you have any questions out the service, the FAQ is pretty in depth and also I want to toss a big thanks to the creator too.

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Wallpaper Deal from Vladstudio.com

Feb/13 in Desktop, Resources

Right now Vladstudio.com is having a special Valentine’s Day deal. You can just $19.99 (usual price is $29.99) to get a lifetime membership to the site. I have always been a big fan of this site – but didn’t use it much since the free stuff is rather limited.

VladStudio Wallpaper Screenshot

With a paid membership though you get higher quality wallpaper and the usual watermark is removed. I am a big believer in supporting people who bring you excellent content for almost nothing and with a deal like this, how could you turn it down?

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Feed Suggestions from T to Z

Jan/29 in Hot Web Topics, Resources

This is my last list of suggestions of web sites you should be subscribed to.

The list is now complete, well – at least for the current date and time. I am always subscribing to new content so I am sure more suggestions for web sites you should check out are coming in the near future.

The Wrong Advices – Lots of tech news, blogging and WordPress stuff to be had here. Great alternative view and look at a lot of this stuff if your tired of the same old crap from your A list collection of bloggers.

Worthy Example Link? Blogging is harder than you think

thepinkc – Ellie’s work here is totally fabulous, and I would have to say she might be one of the best under appreciated feeds in my entire list of web sites I subscribe to. Lots of tech, advice and optimization stuff here to enjoy.

Worthy Example Link? Get organized with Tidy Start Menu

Unclutterer – Who likes to be cluttered? I know I don’t. I take great pride in my organizational skill but it would be nowhere without sites like Unclutterer which are as inspiring as you can get to get out there and clean the garage, closet or maybe even just your desk.

Worth Example Link? Unclutter Your Online Passwords

Weblog Tools Collection – Once I started becoming such a big fan of WordPress this is one site I had to start coming back to again and again because they had more blogging goodies than most. From themes to plugins and even advice tons of fun to be had.

Worthy Example Link? Other Side Of Permalinks

Thanks goes out to these 4 excellent top of the line web sites and everybody else I have suggested out there since last month. Without you these lists would have been a lot of empty links.

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Free Spell Checking for Your Web Content

Jan/22 in Resources, Web Development Tutorials

URL Spell Check might sound like a crazy idea – like many of the web sites out there that “only” do spell checking for you. Hear me out though because this could become a very powerful tool in the war against bad grammar.

Spellcheck any Webpage

All you do is type in the URL of your choice into the box on their web site, and it does a pretty good job and telling you which ones it thinks might be misspelled. Only problem is that it kind of chokes when it comes to pronouns.

In my opinion they could jump over that hurdle by giving me the pronoun it thinks is misspelled and then give me a link beside it to go check on Dictionary.com. We all screw up from time to time so this tool does make it a little easier to catch our spelling mistakes before we have embarrassed ourselves with our viewrs, VIEWeirs, viewers.

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Feed Suggestions from P to S

Jan/21 in Hot Web Topics, Resources

Time to hit up my feed subscription list to find some more goodies for you to enjoy. Today we are going to cover my subscriptions from P to S.

PimpMyDesk.org – One of my side hobbies (I guess that is what you could call it) is looking at and using some interesting an alternative wallapapers and icons out there to change up my computer’s look and feel.

Worthy Example Post? SnowRemixo -Wallpaper pack

ProBlogger.net – Another entry into the “duh!” list of feeds, I don’t know any writer (blogger or not) that couldn’t get something from reading ProBlogger.net. Definitely a daily read and highlight of my day for sure.

Worthy Example Post? How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs

Service Untitled – When it comes to customer relations, nobody knows better than Douglas Hanna. Ever since having him on my podcast back on episode 107 I have been reading his blog religiously.

Worthy Example Post? DreamHost Fiasco

Soft Tech Reviews – Another tech/news blog, Soft Tech Reviews is one that I stumbled upon by accident via somebody leaving a comment here. The content was captivating, the writing was superb so it made it’s way to my feed subscription list.

Worthy Example Post? Create Your Own Wallpaper

Only one more left – next week I’ll be doing T to Z then my feed suggestion series will be complete. I hope you have all enjoyed my suggestions and if you have any others to give please feel free to drop in a comment and let me know.

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Feed Suggestions from L to O?

Jan/15 in Hot Web Topics, Resources

We are coming in on the home stretch as far as my must read RSS and web site suggestion list goes. I am sure this will all get linked together once it has all been written, but till then check out some of these favorite resources of mine.

Life of an Internet Entrepreneur – Pinny Cohen’s blog is one that I can suggest to anybody and everybody. A true entrepreneur in every since of the word, watch a lot of what Pinny has done inspired me early on to keep doing what I am doing.

Worthy Example Post: Online Organization Tools for Freelancers

Lifehacker – Who doesn’t subscribe to Lifehacker might be a better (and somewhat shorter list) to suggest. They have been helping me “get things done” for a long time now.

Worthy Example Post: Better Gmail 2

Lorelle on WordPress – Lorelle’s well written posts and help via the blog here is one of the reasons I really decided to turn to WordPress to do everything. Still have yet to figure out how to get WordPress to write my posts for me, but I am sure Lorelle might be working on that one too.

Worthy Example Post: What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content

Mashable! – I started subscribing to Mashable as an alternative to Tech Crunch, but over the years it has bee much more than a replacement. It stands alone when it comes to delivering news and tips about the new social Web.

Worthy Example Post: Pandora Now Available Anywhere With GlobalPandora

Mozilla Developer News – One of the best internal Firefox blogs and news feeds out there today. If you want to keep up to date with the latest Mozilla is working on, this is the site for you.

Worthy Example Post: Firefox 3 Beta 2 now available for download

Mozilla Links – Mozilla Links does a good job at catching all the goodies that fall from the cracks over at the Mozilla camp. It is one of my favorite resource feeds for when I am working on material for my other site, FirefoxFacts.com.

Worthy Example Post: Firefox 3 Beta 2 review

Official Google Reader Blog – Ever since giving up on a slew of other feed readers out there, I have yet to find a reason to turn away from Google Reader. Reading their blog means I too can keep up with what they are doing as far as the development end goes.

Worthy Example Post: Managing your shared items

Who knows, you might love them yourself and want to share them with others. Just remember who told you about them in the first place, and feel free to share me some link love anytime you please.

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Hot in Web Dev for this Week

Dec/29 in Resources

I’ve done weekly link lists on Firefox Facts for some time now, so I thought I’d give it a shot here as well – but with more web dev and hosting related talk.

Have an interesting link to share or pass my way? Leave a comment or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll be more than happy to share it with the masses.

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TagJag – Evolution of Gada.be

Jun/26 in Resources

So far, I am really excited about what I am reading about the new TagJag. Personally, I kind of liked the name Gada.be a little better, but to each his own. I already use Gada.be as much if not more than I use Google for research, so if Chris can make the experience even better, then I am all in.

* For those three or four folks out there who say, “Well I’m not touching this because Chris Pirillo is behind it” or “I don’t want to feed Chris’s ego” – you folks are the same idiots that will refuse to eat corn because it is yellow. The same idiots that hate the America because of who our president is. Go crawl back under your rock.

I’m not sure how it is going to play out, but the ad revenue looks interesting as well. Sign me up, I’ll be the first to give it a shot.

+ TagJag on Mashable.com

+ TagJag on TechCrunch.com

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Mitch’s Firefox Screenshot

Jun/15 in Personal, Resources

Well looks like I was first on the list for the new Firefox Screencap Project via Kate’s Ramblings and Wanderings. I think my Firefox usage is pretty unique and different. So go check out what my Firefox browser layout is, what extensions and themes I am using and then go submit your own for the list.

Mitch's Firefox Layout

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