Stacy's Weekly Mashup: PDFescape, Tractis, Picaboo, Me.dium, Spigit
| Published: | Aug 9, 2007 | |||
| Author: | Stacy Reed | |||
Web 2.0 Sites:
- Picaboo - Discover the fast, easy and fun way to make stunning books with your digital photos.
- PDFescape - Your online PDF reader, editor, form filler, form designer...
- Flvix - Convert and download videos from YouTube, Google Video or directly from .FLV file
- Website Grader - Measures the effectiveness of a website, from a marketing perspective
- Tractis - Creating, managing and executing contracts has never been so easy
- BringLight - Connects donors and charities to create a way for more informed and effective online fundraising
- Udutu - A web-based tool which allows users to create highly interactive online courses
- Global Giving - Connects you to amazing grassroots projects around the world
- Change Advertising Forever - Advertisers seek your creative advertising media talent
- Spigit - Provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network
Freeware Feature of the Week: Me.dium - A window that reveals the hidden world of people and activity behind your browser
Wallpaper of the Week: Heading West - from Interfacelift
The Week in Geek News:
- Laser flips magnetic bit without any help - Physics World
- Shuttleworth: Microsoft Fracturing the Open-Source Community - eWeek
- Lenovo to sell laptops with Linux - Reuters
- Silicon Valley's payrolls on upswing: report - Reuters
- Google News to Allow People in Stories to Add Comments - PC World
- SearchApple Continues To Integrate Google (& AdSense) Into Software - Search Engine Land
- Break.com Launches Customizable Video Players - Mashable
- Google Indexing Cornell University Library for Online Access - Mashable
- Computer Security Expert Testifies that the RIAA Can't Identify Users by IP Address - ZeroPaid
- The Next-Gen iMac Mock-up - Gizmodo
Flickr Image of the Week: 566 by Red
Top Blog Picks:
- About Tucows - Tucows Blog
- The Unofficial Apple Weblog
- State of the Art
- Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet
- The Piece of Paper
Article of the Week: The Essential Guide To PC Memory - PC Magazine
Art Site of the Week:
Creating Complex Spraypaint Stencils by Hand
Video of the Week:
Elliot Noss Shows Off the New Tucows.com on on CP24's Homepage
That concludes another weekly mashup of links! If you know of a great site that's worth sharing, or if you have comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you! Please drop me an email, my address is sreed@tucows.com. I'll be back next week to kick off the weekend with more fantastic links!
About Stacy Reed
Stacy Reed is Tucows' resident software librarian and editor. She has been reviewing PC and mobile software as well as web services for over a decade. Helping developers improve and promote their products is only one of her areas of expertise. Stacy is also an advocate for Open Source, Creative Commons and freeware, taking special interest in educational resources, social media, cloud sharing, and mobile technology.
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