Archive for February, 2008

• SXSW Videos – Capturing the scenes of South By!
  viddler has launched this cool way to jot down video notes at SXSW in Austin, TX March 7 – 11 2008 at the Austin Convention Center.
  (tags: ajax austin blog community conference event social sxsw video events springnet *****)

• Ubuntu Howtos – Ubuntu Howtos
  ubuntu howtos
  (tags: ubuntu howto linux springnet *****)

• cheesedip.com
  funniest Celine Dion video I’ve ever seen. In fact, the only Celine Dion video I’ve ever seen. Don’t watch if you’re a fan of Celine Dion.
  (tags: funny daily blog springnet *****)

• JumpBox | Server Software Made Simple | JumpBox Inc.
  The easiest way to deploy server software on your local network.
  (tags: server software admin auto springnet ****)
• EPIC-FU – art+tech+music for geeks
  Zadi Diaz has a hot, hot, hot video series on this page… gotta find out if it’s syndicated!
  (tags: art blog blogging buzz entertainment springnet geek tech music *****)
• Agendacide: Minutes from Somewhere Else » Rock out with your glock out.
  do the best booty-slap dance in the San Francisco Bay Area — where I currently live. Ask me to do it for you sometime.
  (tags: sxsw speaker inspiration springnet ***)

• LinkBlip – Send a link to someone, get an email when they click it.
  # When someone clicks that special URL, you are notified by email with the time they clicked it as well as the city and state they were in.
  (tags: email link cool app springnet ***)
• Huge List of the Best Open-Source Apps – Ubuntu Forums
  great big list of ubuntu apps
  (tags: ubuntu apps springnet ****)
• Storynory: Free Audio Stories For Kids
  Welcome to Storynory where Prince Bertie the Frog brings you an audio story every week. Each one is read specially for him by his friend Natasha. But Bertie likes to share – so you can hear them too, blantent copycat site modeled after http://childrenstor
  (tags: childrenstory ripoff copycast child ebook audio podcast springnet *)
• Amendment-backer dogged Domain deal from the start
  Brian Rodgers is no City Hall mover and shaker.

  But he has nonetheless shaken things up with his crusade to stop the tax subsidies that Austin granted to the high-end Domain shopping center in 2003.

  (tags: austin texas politics domain shopping business springnet *****)

• Gcast. Make your voice heard.
  make a pocast and get it on itunes inside of 10 minutes! awesome
  (tags: podcast cellphone springnet itunes *****)
• Gcast. Make your voice heard.
  get your podcast on itunes in 10 minutes and record it with a cell phone
  (tags: cell cellphone audio blog podcasting springnet *****)
• Newspond – About
  At the heart of Newspond lies a tireless electronic brain. This highly-advanced machine intelligence continually watches over and reads hundreds of different websites, including everything from major news portals, to the tiniest blog, or forum.
  (tags: news digg good springnet *****)
• Newspond
  This may be better than digg at digg’s own game.
  (tags: aggregator news social tech technology daily springnet *****)
• doubleTwist | FAQ
  doubleTwist desktop, is a free application for sharing, enjoying and syncing personal media.
  (tags: music itunes desktop app springnet ***)
• Serendipity Weblog System
  Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain an online diary, weblog or even a complete homepage. While the default package is designed for the casual blogger, Serendipity offers a flexible, expandable and e
  (tags: blogging cms blog app blogger springnet **)
• TwitterWhere?
  While we have awesome tools like TwitterVision and TwitterMap that show you where people are Tweeting from, there isn’t an easy way to subscribe to Tweets coming from a certain area…until now.
  (tags: twitter mashup springnet **)
• Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
  capture images from your desktop, record video of what you do or what you see and share online in email, im, or blogs
  (tags: apps audio video capture record screencast springnet *****)
• ExpressionEngine – Publish Your Universe!
  ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management system that empowers thousands of individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to easily manage their website.
  (tags: webdev app blogging springnet ****)

• t|w|i|t|t|e|r|m|e|t|e|r
  Enter a word to graph its use on twitter’s public feed
  To add more than one plot, separate your words with spaces.
  (tags: twitter buzz mashup springnet **)

• Maura Moynihan — writer, musician, traveler, and daughter of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  At age fifteen, Maura Moynihan moved to New Delhi, India, where her father, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was appointed the US Ambassador. She graduated in 1975 from the American International School, New Delhi, known as “Hindi High.”
  (tags: music,bangkok,newyorkcity,mauramoynihan,moynihan,politics,hillary,clinton,singer,songwriter,writer,novelist,expat)
• Migrate a WordPress site to Drupal | Adding Understanding
  Recently I’ve been helping a few folks migrate websites from WordPress to Drupal. Presently this works for migrating to Drupal 5 so if you want a Drupal 6 site first migrate to Drupal 5 and then upgrade the site to Drupal 6.
  (tags: cms drupal wordpress development springnet ***)
• 51 Creative RSS Buttons » Jeffro2pt0
  Bloggers Journey has an interesting post today which is nothing more than 51 different RSS buttons that you can use on your blog. They range from the typical RSS orange square to the huge RSS orb. Do you find it weird that I don’t have any big orange RS
  (tags: wordpress podcast springnet ***)
• Talking WordPress
  Macworld Wordpress Meetup
  (tags: wordpress podcat springnet ***)

• 10 Email Addresses That Will Be Useful When You No Internet Access
  www@web2mail.com – Send an email with the URL of the web page in the Subject field (e.g. www.cnn.com) and you’ll soon find a copy of that web page in your Inbox. A perfect option when there’s no Internet access in the area or access is restricted (for
  (tags: email emergency flickr springnet **)
• Blaze New Media » » Five Wordpress “CMS Enabling” Plugins
  more cms enabling plugins for wordpress
  (tags: wordpress cms plugin springnet *****)
• Pure Mac: Audio – Software for Macintosh
  great list of all the audio apps for the mac except for ecamm
  (tags: apple mac audio podcasting springnet ****)
• How It Works – KickApps
  As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, we host, manage and deliver all community applications and media. There’s never any software for you or your members to download. You never have to worry about upgrades, application development or managing serve
  (tags: software socialnetworking apps springnet ***)
• Useful WordPress Plugins
  useful wordpress plugins from bloggies finalist
  (tags: wordpress plugins blogging cms sxsw bloggies springnet ***)

• Ecamm Network: Call Recorder for Skype – Automatically Record Skype Calls On Your Mac
  Finally, an easy way to record Skype calls and podcast interviews. Call Recorder is an add-on for Skype which automatically transforms your audio or video calls into QuickTime movies.
  (tags: apple skype podcast podcasting capture audio twit.tv net@nite springnet *****)
• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte
  Rob Lane of Overlay.tv, HotOrNot acquired, Facebook now quittable, the iHole and more.
  (tags: twit.tv facebook ecamm springnet *****)
• Overlay.TV
  add links on to video, you grab a video from youtube etc. and add hypertext to it. works on flash currently works w top 20 video sharing sites
  (tags: video youtube blog wordpress springnet *****)

• Pure Mac: Audio – Software for Macintosh
  whole bunch of audio recording and editing apps for the mac
  (tags: podcasting audio recording mac apple springnet ****)

• Cradlepoint PHS300 Battery-Powered EVDO Router [PHS300-B] – $179.99 : 3Gstore.com, Verizon & Sprint EVDO Modems, Antennas, Amplifiers, Routers
  Cradlepoint PHS300 Battery-Powered EVDO Router
  (tags: evdo wifi router springnet **)
• iDesktop.tv
  iDesktop.tv is an incredibly cool dynamic web 2.0 application, with a terrific modern design, that brings you a better way to search and watch YouTube videos. Not only but you can download YouTube videos!
  (tags: youtube video community desktop springnet ****)
• 20+ Great Resources For Video Tutorials
  Video tutorials seem to have taken over the world thanks to the ease with which they can be posted nowadays. We’ve gathered over 20 sites to help you get started with this exciting recent development in the world of the Internet.
  (tags: bestof lists video tutorials howto springnet ****)
• 4 YouTube Tools you Probably Don’t Know About | MakeUseOf.com
  best applications for dealing with Youtube
  (tags: youtube video conversion springnet ****)
• 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better | OEDb
  If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with the latest technology.
  (tags: ipod apple itunes springnet **)
• Kevin Kelly — The Technium
  The internet is a copy machine. At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it.
  (tags: blog book whole springnet ***)

• Gmail Manager :: Firefox Add-ons
  Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail… Allows you to manage multiple Gmail ac
  (tags: gmail google plugin Firefox springnet ***)
• Network Camera Model IK-WB15A – Toshiba
  The Toshiba IK-WB15A IP Network Camera captures live, high-resolution video that is viewable anywhere in the world through a standard web browser. It is the perfect tool for surveillance, business, entertainment, web site broadcasting and more.
  (tags: webcam lifecast justin.tv ustream.tv webcast netcast springnet ****)
• SXSW Baby!
  unofficial sxsw blog
  (tags: sxsw austin blog tech springnet *****)

• Team WhiteBoarding with Twiddla – Painless Team Collaboration for the Web
  a web 2.0 version of gotomeeting
  (tags: web2.0 gotomeeting collaboration drawing springnet ***)
• How to Protect Your WordPress Site » Small Business Trends | small business experts
  Here, from the voice of experience, is some advice for protecting your WordPress blog from hacking, or recovering quickly in case it happens to you:
  (tags: wordpress security blogging springnet ****)
• How to Change the World
  Guy Kawasaki’s blog.. great stuff
  (tags: blog blogger apple alist daily springnet ****)

• Techthrob.com | Technology | Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices
  parallels now works on linux!
  (tags: virtualization linux ubuntu vmware springnet **)
• Investing Wiki with Research about Companies, Investment Concepts, and more…
  investing simplified… a must site for investors
  (tags: investing simplified business daily cool springnet *****)
• Wired News
  the monumental, great wired “yahoo rejects microsoft”
  (tags: wired blog tech business daily springnet *****)
• GOOD Magazine | Goodmagazine – God, Without the Fuss
  His mother, Dodie Osteen, claims never to have seen him mad. The same goes for his brother Paul, though his senior adviser and chief of communications Donald Iloff Jr. (also Osteen’s brother in law), claims he’s seen him irritated a couple of times.
  (tags: people magazine daily springnet *****)
• Behance :: Overall Concept
  The Behance team studies exceptionally productive people and teams working in the creative fields. We document the methods and resources that productive creative professionals use to push their ideas forward. By invitation only.
  (tags: community design ideas springnet *****)
• Only Human – Technology Stories
  good collection of stories from techies
  (tags: forum web2.0 stories people springnet ****)
• TED: Ideas worth spreading
  world’s greatest thinkers and names
  (tags: activism blog business collaboration community conference cool springnet *****)
• Ecolect – A Sustainable Materials Community
  ecolect the community for sustainable living artilce on prefabrication and modularity
  (tags: modularity prefab container cargo design springnet ****)
• A N I M O T O: the end of slideshows
  analyzes your images and makes a slideshow video
  (tags: art images video springnet *****)
• Linux-Unix cheat sheets – The ultimate collection >> Scott Klarr
  huge collection of linux cheatsheets
  (tags: linux cheatsheet commands awk daily springnet ***** code)
• Songza – The music search engine & internet jukebox. Listen. Now.
  One of the finalists in the 2008 SXSW web awards… to say this is an internet jukebox is apt… pick a song, any song or album, and it just plays. It just plays. Simple. Easy. Revolutionary. Best website I’ve been on in weeks. I’m hooked! Awesome!
  (tags: music jukebox community cool daily springnet *****)
• Explore and learn in the MindBites how-to video marketplace
  how to videos
  (tags: videos community tutorial sxsw springnet ****)
• oaktreeidea.com – a community of hope, innovation and purpose
  Oaktreeidea is not your average social networking website. Oaktreeidea is just that, an idea, an innovation. Where community members can be inspired and accomplish big things. Things with purpose.
  (tags: blog community network socialnetworks springnet ****)
• JinaBolton.com
  Jina’s website has a very sexy css stylesheet
  (tags: blog california css design inspiration photography standards sxsw springnet ***)

• featured drupal sites | latest showcase | drupal sites network
  examples of drupal sites
  (tags: drupal cms community springnet *)
• Dive Into Web 2.0 eBook
  an really well presented book on the web 2.0 world
  (tags: web2.0 ebook springnet ****)
• Dive Into Web 2.0: Contents
  great free web 2.0 ebook html version
  (tags: free web2.0 ebook springnet *****)
• Popular Desktop Apps And Their Online Alternatives – blog index
  Outfitting your computer with the latest software can be expensive. Time and money aren’t things to be wasted. With sky rocketing prices for desktop applications, you need to arm yourself with the right alternatives.
  (tags: office2.0 opensource productivity web2.0 apps springnet *****)
• Splashup
  Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With all the features professionals use and novices want, it’s easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once.
  (tags: web2.0 photography photos photoshop apps springnet *****)
• Free HTML Form Builder – Create Forms, Surveys and Invitations
  web based form builder
  (tags: form forms html wysiwyg springnet ***)
• HelloTxt – Home
  post simultaneously to twitter, jaiku, pownce, plaxo, facebook, tumblr and a bunch more
  (tags: tumblr pownce jaiku messaging twitter facebook plaxo springnet ****)
• Flickr: The MICROSOFT: KEEP YOUR EVlL GRUBBY HANDS OFF OF OUR FLICKR Pool
  funny flickr pix about microsoft
  (tags: microsoft flickr funny springnet **)
• FastCompany.com – Where ideas and people meet | Fast Company
  Fast Company is about to shake things up again. Back in 1995, in our first issue, we announced on our cover: “Computing is…
  (tags: blogs business entrepreneur entrepreneurship scoble springnet *****)

• Membership Management Software and Website Design for Associations and Chambers of Commerce – Weblink International
  web based membership management solution
  (tags: membership software springnet ***)

• Google Maps
  googles come up with the killer election map and it’s full ‘o tweeters
  (tags: google twitter awesome election politics hillary obama clinton electon springnet *****)
• entrepreMusings
  extraordinary woman raised about $15 million of which $3.5 million was from angels or what I would call boutique VC firms (i.e. a group of angels under one investment roof). Keep in mind that was all before the bubble burst back in 2001.
  (tags: entrepeneur angel investment venture austin twitter springnet *****)

Super Tuesday rocked the airwaves last night as  Hillary and Obama were in a near dead heat with Hillary racking up the big California prize.  Texas looms large now for the March 5^th primary with 228 delegates at stake and a scheduled Feb 28^th debate between Obama and Hillary.

It was interesting to see Huckabee and Mitt Romney lighting up big victory cigars and declaring victory while they were losing.

But the big winner last night was Google Maps teamed up with Twittervision.  This app filtered all the twitter posts that related to the election and posted them on a map of the world. 

Check it out.  It kept me in stitches all last night and was tit for tat more informative than CNN, MSNBC, Fox or any of the old media outlets.  New media was the clear winner in last nights Super Tuesday.

 You can also keep track of the election at @Politics (run by the Media Cynic) and at Politweets. There is also a list here of political candidates with Twitter accounts.

Google has also has added an Election news resource. In the meantime you can check the latest polls to see how pollsters like InsiderAdvantage, SurveyUSA, Zogby, Rasmussen and ARG predict the candidates are going to do today.

More coverage of the Google and Twitter mashup at TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Webware, Google LatLong, Lifehacker, SEO and Tech Daily, ReadWriteWeb, CatCubed and Twitter Blog. (via Techmeme)  

source for links is here at bloggersblog

• A Whole Lotta Nothing – Matt Haughey’s Personal Blog
  How to record a good podcast between two mac users on the cheap
  (tags: podcast skype mac audio springnet *)
• Urchin Software from Google
  Urchin Software from Google analyzes traffic for one or more websites and provides easy-to-understand reports on your visitors – where they come from, how they use your site, what converts them into customers, and much more. If
  (tags: google analytics search server statistics admin springnet linux redhat *)
• Kevin Kelly — The Technium
  There are a number of qualities that can’t be copied. Consider “trust.” Trust cannot be copied. You can’t purchase it. Trust must be earned, over time. It cannot be downloaded.
  (tags: blog daily community springnet technology *****)
• Linkwad :: Firefox Add-ons
  Linkwad lets you save and restore tabbed browsing sessions called wads. Wads can be shared and accessed from any computer. You can also share your “wads”.
  (tags: bookmarks tabs extension firefox sharing springnet ***** software useful tools extensions)
• Flickr: Tools to upload and share your photos
  There are loads of ways for you to upload your photos to Flickr, in addition to the web-based upload form. Try out one of these tools to get your photos online quickly and effectively.
  (tags: flickr photos apps springnet ***)
• Facebook | Cisco Systems
  This is a group for anyone around the world, who is pursuing a career with Cisco Systems, or any other company that utilizes products, services, and technologies from Cisco Systems.
  (tags: cisco administration sysadmin springnet *)
• Linux.com :: CLI Magic: Linux troubleshooting tools 101
  When something goes wrong with your Linux-based system, you can try to diagnose it yourself with the many troubleshooting tools bundled with the operating system. Knowing about these tools, and how to effectively use them, can help you overcome many of th
  (tags: linux tools sysad shell springnet *)
• Screencast-O-Matic
  Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!
  (tags: screencast screen recorder video screendump printscreen springnet **)
• Works 9.0 release near; Microsoft mum on whether Google Docs killer in wings
  The latest update to Microsoft Corp.’s Works productivity software is expected to go on sale Wednesday amid renewed speculation that the long-standing, low-end counterpart to Microsoft Office is also being groomed to take on Google Inc. in the online offi
  (tags: works microsoft office2.0 productivity software web2.0 springnet ****)
• FastCompany.tv is Coming Soon
  NEW YORK, January 16, 2008 – Mansueto Digital President Edward Sussman today announced the launch of FastCompany.TV, a new online video network featuring coverage of bleeding edge technology trends, interviews with leading executives and business people,
  (tags: scoble news tv web2.0 technology network springnet *****)
• SpaceTimeâ„¢
  With SpaceTime’sâ„¢ 3D Web Search, you choose your search engine from the drop down menu, type in your search term and enjoy the experience as SpaceTimeâ„¢ displays all your search results at once in our patent pending interface. Enjoy the perks that imme
  (tags: search 3d slideshow awesome scoble springnet *****)
• ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers
  Larry Hryb is one of Microsoft’s most famous bloggers. He works on the Xbox Live team and visited the CES BlogHaus to talk about what he’s seeing.
  (tags: blog daily scoble bioteaming tech ces springnet *****)
• Tom Petty — ( 187 Lyrics + 23 Albums )
  Tom Petty sings at Superbowl 2008 American Girl , Stand my Ground, Free Fallin’
  (tags: tompetty lyrics songs springnet **)

• FIREFOX GOD: 300+ Tools and Resources For Firefox
  As the second biggest browser out there, and the biggest open source one, Firefox has a tool for just about anything you can dream up. In this list, Mashable has collected over 300 of the best.
  (tags: apps firefox plugins springnet ***)

• Coast to Coast AM Members
  Art Bell and George Noory’s subscription Coast to Coast AM “streamlink”… cool name… wonder how they’re doing
  (tags: radio subscription podcast talkshow springnet ***)
• COAST TO COAST AM WITH GEORGE NOORY
  Noory and Bell talk show site for Coast to Coast
  (tags: radio talkshow ufo paranormal springnet ****)
• Musicovery : interactive webRadio
  visually awesome music interface … fascinating
  (tags: music innovative cloud podcast dance webradio springnet *****)
• Eighth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2008 Bloggies
  Honor. Prestige. Wealth. These are some of the things that a Bloggie won’t bring you. But that won’t stop the Web from voting, because this is the annual non-profit competition that determines which blogs are the best of the best.
  (tags: awards bestof blog blogging blogs cool sxsw springnet *****)
• dooce ®
  our panel will be held Sunday, March 9th, if you are in Austin and can spare the mortgage payment it costs to get into the festival. Maggie will be the one speaking coherently, I will be the one trying to distract her by snapping the elastic on her bra.
  (tags: blog blogger blogging blogs cool daily famous springnet sxsw *****)
• Building a Container House
  We’re starting a container sales company and container home builder in Austin Texas so we’re looking for inspirational websites like this one by Bob Vila. http://cargotown.com http://cargosolar.com are our sites but they need content!
  (tags: cargo shipping container green housing springnet *****)
• Contact Form 7 1.7.3 « iDeasilo
  I released Contact Form 7 1.7.3 last week. I added two options for dropdown menu, checkboxes and radio buttons. default: option allows you to set initially selected or checked items. label-first option is for checkboxes and radio buttons; this makes check
  (tags: wordpress contact form springnet *)
• wordTube at alex.rabe
  playlist demo of several media files. wordTube supports streaming video format (Format .flv or .swf), sound files as MP3 and JPG, GIF or PNG grafic files. With wordTube you insert it into your blog with the tag [MEDIA=ID] or as playlist [MYPLAYLIST=ID].
  (tags: wordpress audio flash flv mp3 plugin springnet ***)
• agentgenius.com- national real estate opinion column » G-Spot
  collaborative real estate blog
  (tags: austin texas realestate blog springnet *)
• Marshall Kirkpatrick
  The highlights of the post are the link to this Wired article about the economy of screen scraping (great article) and this screencast about how to use Dapper that I finally recorded.
  (tags: blog scraping blogger twitter springnet **)