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Archive for March, 2007
Highrise
March 20th, 2007 sideblog
37Signals has officially released Highrise - an online contact manager.
30 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail
March 20th, 2007 sideblog
Gmail Craze: 30 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail @ MakeUseOf.com
Designflip 03 Call for Submissions
March 19th, 2007 Design&Art
Design Diary is accepting submissions for the third issue of Designflip. Designflip is a PDF mag that showcases art, design, illustration, & photography. The theme for issue 03 is “Rotten”. I’m looking forward to this one. I’ll probably submit some work as well.
Twitterbar at spatialviews
March 19th, 2007 sideblog
Twitterbar extension for Firefox
Send tweets from your Firefox address bar.
swfIR: swf Image Replacement
March 19th, 2007 sideblog
swfIR: swf Image Replacement It’s like sIFR for images!
“Using the dark arts of JavaScript and Flash, swfIR gives you the ability to apply an assortment of visual effects to any or all images on your website. Through progressive enhancement, it looks through your page and can easily add some new flavor to standard image styling.”
Wordpress Launches Plugin Directory
March 16th, 2007 blogging
Wordpress has finally launched a plugin directory on their site and it rocks! You can comment on and rate plugins, and it’s very easy to navigate.
For users, this means:
- There is now a central place to find and download WordPress plugins.
- You can get a much better idea about plugin quality and compatibility from the site.
- In the future you’ll be able to get notification inside of WordPress about plugins you use that have updates.
For developers, you now have:
- Exposure to the millions of people who visit WordPress.org every month.
- Free SVN hosting for GPL plugin development at wp-plugins.org. (Like always.)
- Automatic download packages and free hosting of those.
- Statistics about how many people are using and downloading your plugins.
- Prominent links to your homepage, and the ability to specify a Paypal donation link from your plugin page.
Free! Icons for your website or application at MaxPower
March 16th, 2007 sideblog
Looking for some free icons? Check out this link: