Ever tried emailing a Keynote presentation? Uploading it? FTP? The progress counter just stays there, counting, but nothing ever gets uploaded. The problem lies within Apple‘s .key file format. Keynote files are actually folders (or Packages, as Apple likes to call them) containing all the different files used in the presentation. Right-click on any Keynote…
Kluster, a website where entrepreneurs will be able to promote their ideas, receive input from users, vote on the best improvements and then share the profits is set to go live on Monday. A Google search for Kluster reveals nothing more than their website (and a bunch of links to a long forgotten music band),…
I recently upgraded my browser to Firefox 3.0B2 and, while importing my previous bookmarks, inadvertently deleted the Places folder. Firefox 3 offers new Smart Folders that automatically track stuff like your Most Visited Pages, Recently Starred Pages, Recently Used Tags, etc. These folders require a special syntax to create them, but I was unable to…
Following Technosailor‘s lead, and using his code, I’ve setup the MiamiTwits Twitter group for people in the Miami, FL area (and anyone else, really) who wish to subscribe. All you need is: a twitter account (of course) follow @MiamiTwits send a direct message to the group (e.g., d MiamiTwits Hello Miami!) and it will be…
Flickr is now offering statistics about the photos you keep on their website: However, you have to tell them you want stats for your photos. So go to any of your images, click the “Photo stats” links (shown on the image above) and let Flickr know you want stats. They should begin to appear in a…
Gmail‘s free storage has just gone up to around 4GB. I’m not quite sure when this occurred, but this morning my storage gauge indicated 70% full, which was considerably less than normal. I double checked, and it turns out Google added about 1GB of additional space to my Gmail account. What about your Gmail account?…
If you’re a social network junkie, following twitter, facebook, flickr, youtube… If you’re constantly sending urls, photos and videos to your online friends… If you like having multiple tabs open at the same time with your favorite websites… If you blog… If you use del.icio.us or ma.gnolia to save your favorite urls… Basically, if you…
Twitter just unveiled a new feature that allows you to track any word when it comes up in a public Twitter conversation. You could, for instance, instruct Twitter to let you know every time your name comes up in a conversation, or your hometown, favorite band, or latest trend you’re tracking. Currently, tracking only works…
A friend recently asked me about ways his clients could use the power of social networks. As I was explaining to him the nuances of socnets as marketing tools, it occurred to me that Twitter could be used as a powerful marketing weapon. Imagine being able to immediately reach your clients with breaking news at…
Now that you’ve got yourself a digital camera, what can you do with all those wonderful photos? Here’s a list to get you started: Organize and share them: These services allow you to upload your photos, share them with friends and family, tag them, make slideshows and send them out for printing: Flickr – Owned…