So if you feel so inclined feel free to check out the ads on my blog. Maybe after a few months I'll make $1.00 HAHAHAHA
THANKS!!!
Okay I signed up for twitter awhile back but just never really got it? But yesterday I read an article in Fortune Magazine that kind of explained it for me so I’ve gone ahead and got active with it.
Here is another great video by Common Craft : Explanations in Plain English illustrating the how and why of Twitter. Oh and if you want to follow me on twitter my username is elizabethlmccoy
Happy Twittering everyone!!!
Well if you read my previous post on WLW (Windows Live Writer) you’ll see that I’m very much enjoying it. Read the comments and you’ll see a link to download a newer version called the Tech Preview Version. Thanks to Joe Cheng for pointing me in the right direction for this version.
In my post on my latest DIY Project you’ll see that the photos have been masked with rounded corners. How cool is that??? WLW did for me!!! HOW COOL is that!!!!
I’ve only been using this software for a little over 24 hours and it certainly has made my blogging so much more enjoyable!!!
Be sure to check out Joe Cheng blog for more helpful tips on WLW.
And here is the link to download the Tech Preview Version
Oh lookie here helpful videos on how to use WLW!!!
http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D85741BB5E0BE8AA!1490.entry
I intend to check these out let me know if you find anything else I might find useful.
WLW Windows Live Writer...I have been an avid Scribefire supporter for over a year and really thought they could do no wrong.
That is until I started looking for an add-in or something that would automatically link phrases/words I use frequently to the websites that I normally link them to.
I wasn't looking to add advertisements just something to make hyperlinking easier. So I googled but could not find anything.
I asked a web developer friend, Denny if he was aware of anything out there, and luckily he had time to put together this QuickLinks application on his website. Yippie thanks Denny!
I start reading my google reader and come across a blog post talking about Windows Live Writer and how much she loves this application. She mentions how it auto links but doesn't think it is that great of a feature...I WAS SO EXCITED to read that and started researching. Yippie really close to what I was looking for!!!
It was a hard decision though, I am not a fan of any Microsoft Live products. And I'm a huge google follower (you might say addict). I love this post about the difficult decision to CHOOSE microsoft over another product.
- I've only been using it for a little bit and (gulp) I'm in love!
- It works great with blogger.
- Lets me put in my categories and set a publish date.
- I've already started setting up my link glossary.
- Easily blogged with an embedded video.
I highly recommend Windows Live Writer!!!
I will certainly miss the portability of ScribeFire. I have that on all my computers and I love how quick and easy it is to use in firefox. I'm pretty sure I will still use ScribeFire for blogging on my laptops and will use the QuickLinks application to do my linking.
Let me know if you download WLW and if you love it as much as I do!!!
I've downloaded and upgraded to FireFox 3 a few days ago. I'm really loving it!!! I have a couple add-ons that aren't compatible with the new version but I'm okay with that the main ones I use work great!!! It was a blog post from the Google Operating System blog that really put me over the edge. I especially was interested in the reduction of memory leaks and
* you can add web applications as handlers for protocols like mailto.
That means you can open all the mail links in Gmail without installing
an extension if you follow these instructions. Hopefully, in the next
version of Firefox you'll be able to also open other kinds of links in
web applications (for example, open PDF files in PDFMeNot). ~ excerpt
from the Google Operating System blog
Of course I haven't set everything up yet but just from the start I'm loving the auto-fill in the address bar!!! That totally rocks!!!
Here is a list of the add-ons I use on most of my computers:
FoxMarks
FireFTP
DownThem All
ScribeFire
Download Embedded (not working in FF3)
Tmobile Minutes Used (not working in FF3)
Plaxo Search Tool Bar
DSP Store Tool Bar
DSP Site Tool Bar
So have you upgraded to FF3 yet???? What add-ons do you have????
it is a great place to watch some of your favorite old and recent tv shows. FOR FREE!!!!! oh yeah and they have full length movies too!!
check them out and watch a tv show or two!! I'll leave you with a clip from a fav tv show of mine
===COMMENT MANAGERS===
Here is one I LOVE called Disqus.
It is a comment manager it turns your comments on a post into a
threaded gropuing. It also allows you to manage all your comments (on
multiple blogs, too) from one control panel. I love that it also
integrates with Plaxo (www.plaxo.com)
where I feed my blogs into. If someone leaves a comment on my blog post
within plaxo it will show up on my blog for others outside of plaxo to
read.
http://disqus.com/
===PUBLISHERS===
I also use Scribefire (for Firefox) and love love love publishing to all my blogs through scribefire.
http://www.scribefire.com/
When posting photos at home I will sometimes use Picasa (free photo manager) you can easily edit your photos then publish them to your blogger blogs.
http://picasa.google.com/blogger/
Anyone else have any tools they want to share.
