A few months ago I came across Cooliris & I saved the link because it looked like something cool that I would want to check out. Well, here it is a 2-3 months later & I’ve finally took the time to install & try it out. I must say, it looks like it does a lot more than it really does but it’s still a great tool to have.
Cooliris is an addon for Firefox 3.0 (Windows XP or Vista) and is 2.4MB. On the homepage it states, “Your favorite sites. Full-screen. 3D.” So, I really thought that Cooliris would be more of a 3D browser type thing like Pogo, but it’s not.
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Have you ever tried to build a content rich community with Joomla or Drupal? They’re both a fairly advanced CMS (Content Management System) that requires at least a little bit of web development knowledge. Yet, Joomla & Drupal can be difficult to use even for experienced web developers. Well, now there’s a new CMS on the block called UcoZ, which has proven to be simple enough even for the newest of newbies.
In their own words:
“UcoZ is a modern free website management system which works according to the principles of Web 2.0 and allows creating of the most complicated projects with extraordinary simplicity and ease. UcoZ System does not need to be downloaded and installed, all you need is to register, and the system is completely at your command.”
I was kind of skeptical when I first tried UcoZ because I was sure that it would be a lot of work to get it going & I wasn’t up for that. To my surprise though, I was wrong; once I got going, I didn’t even want to stop.
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I’ve know about the social aggregator Lifestream.fm for quite a few months now but, I didn’t realize is that not as many people (as I thought) seem to know about it. Lifestream.fm is on the path to becoming a FriendFeed competitor with a much cleaner look.
In their own words:
“Tired of hopping from one social network to the next to keep up with friends, the Lifestream team, are here to help you put it all in one place, so you can stay up-to-date at a glance and in realtime.”
Lifestream.fm first started in April 2008 & they’re currently in closed beta. Lifestream.fm is where you can stream all of your online activities in one place, just like FriendFeed, Socialthing, Iminta, Secondbrain & the rest of the social aggregators on the Web.
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KlipFolio claims to be the world’s smallest personal dashboard & sidebar for Windows. I don’t know about being the smallest but it definitely is one of the coolest Windows dashboard & sidebar I’ve come across so far.
In their own words:
“With KlipFolio you don’t have to give up your desktop to stay on top of what matters to you. And with over 4000 Klips available for download—all small, resizable, customizable and skinnable—you’re sure to find exactly what you need to stay ahead of, well, everyone.”
After seeing just a screenshot on the KlipFolio site, I was eager to download it & give it a try. To my surprise, I’m very impressed & satisfied with this desktop tool (lately I haven’t been too impressed with tools I’ve come across).
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Have you ever wanted to send a private message to someone but didn’t trust sending it by email, IM or even SMS? Well I just came across Privnote & what an interesting concept it is. It’s a web tool that you can use to send private notes.
Privnote is nice because you get a link to the note, and once clicked the note is destroyed. So that means that the note can only be seen once - hopefully by the intended person.
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Have you taken notice to all the new Twitter clones & competitors popping up lately? I can understand the need for a Twitter killer since I really am sick of even hearing about Twitter but, as addicted as most people are I sadly can’t see it happening anytime soon.
Of course, that doesn’t stop people from trying. Here are just a few of the new micro-blogging services trying to cramp Twitter’s style. These have all popped up within the last month.
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