Any Webdesigner or Startup Founder Needs to See This Presentation

Information Architecture Heuristics from Abby Covert

Watching French-dubbed UK/US TV shows in original English

Image by ibeginz via Flickr

English speakers in France who want to watch American shows dubbed in French in original English can do it by pressing the i(information) button in their remote control.

The Lifespan of Storage Media

This Chart helps me remember how much progress we've made in this regard.

© 2012 Code 42 Software, Inc.

Internet History : Youtube's First Ever Video

The young man talking to the camera is one of Youtube's co-founders, German-born Jawed Karim.
Although it's not a great video, it's part of internet history.

Code and Theory : It's simply more than code and theory

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It's not exactly the name I would choose for a design company. But then again Code and Theory aren't just any company. When it comes to websites and design, they are among the very best.
http://www.codeandtheory.com/#

Ka ching ! Adsense : Need Royalty Free Music for Your Youtube Video?

Image by Aaron Anderer via Flickr

Consider the following scenario : you recorded some interesting event with your camcorder or phone. You edited your video and added a nice song to go with it, then you posted it in Youtube and checked the monetization box to earn a few bucks. Then you wait a couple of days for them (the Google folks) to review it and finally you see they didn't approve your monetization request--all this because of the catchy tune you thought would make your video more entertaining. And now you can kiss the adsense money goodbye (at least for this video).

The Unix Philosophy or The Nine Programming Commandments

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Developers know programming languages become obsolete with time. Say you learn to code in one language today, a few years down the road that language might be extinct or really antiquated. Recently a friend of mine who is a developer told me about the Unix Philosophy.

New Amazing Lionel Messi Video Created with Unusual Video Editing Tool

Gotcha! It's not a video editing tool at all. Remember those days back in school making flipbooks while the teacher babbled away?

 And how about Goku vs Superman?

Snapito Full Length Website Screenshots

Need a picture of a website for Pinterest? There's a tool for that : Snapito.com. You have several options: Download, Quick Snap, Delayed Snap, Pin to Pinterest, Pin Full Page, etc.

For similar tools go to Pinstamatic.com.

Wevideo : Way better than MovieMaker



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I've been testing Wevideo and so far so good. This online video editing website offers you two options depending on how experienced you're editing video. I've been using the advanced option, Timeline. I've found that it's far superior to Windows MovieMaker when it comes to video, image and sound editing. The only downside is probably the fact you only have 15 minutes of "export time". After that I imagine you have to switch to their premium version.
You can try other online video editing tools.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-tools-online-video-editing/

Windows 8

Geeks are excited about the arrival of the new baby. NOOOO, not that one!! Congrats to Prince William and his wife though. Actually we're talking about Windows 8. I've been talking to some experts and the verdict is simple : Windows 8 is a lot of trouble and comes with a lot of bugs.

Image by Filip Skakun via Flickr

This operating system was built with an eye on the future : tablets and smartphones. It is a poor fit when used with PC's. Buyers are hoping each new update will improve performance and get rid of the bugs. In the meantime several of my friends and acquaintances have been forced to reinstall Windows 7.

Maybe it is wise to wait a little bit until when a more long term version of Windows 8 appears.

Is Niwie Pixel the most popular Youtube Linux Geek ? : She knows her stuff. And she shows her stuff too.

 Nixie Pixel knows her stuff : computers, software and  games. If you are into Linux and open source stuff, she can be fun to watch. She has a serious number of fans who are not shy to tell how they feel about Linux or her. I think she capitalises her "assets" in order to attract more visitors/followers.

Ask the Oracle Anything You Want : Wolfram Alpha

Is this the future of search engines? A serious competitor to google?
Give it a try.

wolframalpha.com

Play the Spy Game With Agent Snowden! Click on the links and play!!

Photo credit: DonkeyHotey via Flickr.com

http://www.gamesonly.com/fun-games/snowdens-leaks-the-game.html

http://www.where-is-snowden.com/

Linux's best OS : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Mint 15 Olivia

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is a long-term version that was created for extended support. It looks more like an OS x while Mint is a little bit more like Windows.

According to some experts, Mint15 is the outstanding OS of its generation. Then it's a no-brainer, you might say. Except that, Mint15 is based on Ubuntu and it suffers from the nine month support cycle that Ubuntu offers to all its releases(it used to be 18 months before). Ubuntu can be upgraded at the end of the cycle, unfortunately Mint doesn't have an update option. Your only option to upgrade would be a re-installation. So, after nine months Mint won't be getting any more security updates.

Photoshop or Gimp use too much memory? Try Pixlr in its three flavors.

Pixlr.com

Photoshop and Gimp are much more complete, but if you're not a professional photographer, Pixlr should more than fulfill your needs. Best of all, you don't have to install, download anything. It's in the "cloud." A little bit like Picmonkey, but much more complete.

It's three flavors are:
Editor(advanced), Expressed(efficient), Pixlr-o-Matic(playful).
 

Find Free CSS3 and HTML5 Templates

http://www.css3templates.co.uk/

Secure your WordPress Website

Protecting WordPress from the Inside Out from Syed Balkhi

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Virtual PC : Test Software Virtually

DO you need for some reason to use Windows XP (and your system is 7 or Vista)? Or just want to test software without having to install it?

Then, download and install Virtual PC (it's free).
For more information go to : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/default.aspx

SpeedTest.net

SpeedTest.net

Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this interactive broadband speed test.

Leaktest : Test your Firewall

From the same guy who created ShieldsUp, Steve Gibson, Leaktest puts your firewall to the test.
http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

Shields Up : Security System Test

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Shields Up is an online port scanning service created by Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation and hosted at grc.com. The purpose of this utility is to alert the users of any ports that have been opened through their firewalls or through their NAT routers. The utility can scan the most common file sharing ports, as well as all service ports (1-1056), and user defined ports, in sets of 64. The scanning servers have the static IP addresses of 4.79.142.192 to 4.79.142.207.

A few links with info about this service :
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/qatorching-your-firewall-on-purpose/

http://lifehacker.com/5511734/shieldsup-tests-your-firewall-for-vulnerabilities

The Ultimate Tool for Security Testing (for Pros)

Back Track
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
This tool is not really for IT-rookies.

Wikipedia - BackTrack is a distribution based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution aimed at digital forensics and penetration testing use.^[4] It is named after backtracking, a search algorithm. The current version is BackTrack 5 R3.,^[5] now based on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) LTS, which is itself based on Debian.

Can't get rid of the Babylon Search toolbar? Try Adwcleaner by Xplode.

AdwCleaner by Xplode is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. 

Recently I was trying to remove a toolbar called Babylon Search from a friend's computer. I used several known programs, but to no avail. Adwcleaner was impressively efficient and I liked the little bug. I recommend it.

Bleepingcomputer.com in a review about this program says : The types of programs that AdwCleaner targets are typically bundled with free programs that you download from the web.  In many cases when you download and install a program, the install will state that these programs will be installed along with the program you downloaded.  Unless you perform a Custom install, these unwanted programs will automatically be installed on your computer leaving you with extra browser toolbars, adware, and other unwanted programs.  AdwCleaner is designed to search for and remove these types of programs.