As from today, you can enjoy the redesign from del.icio.us to delicious.com. It all looks a little smoother (finally) and the main changes are explained in this small YouTube movie:
Too bad they changed the old domain name, I really liked it…
“Here’s Google!!!” – The Googling
The Googling is a series of terrifying YouTube videos by The Vacationeers, warning us about the dangers of Google. It’s funny, but in a way, it really makes you think as well. But judge yourself:
The Googling Part I: Google Maps
The Googling Part II: Google Moon
WordPress 2.6 “Tyner” released
As from today WordPress 2.6 is available, almost 1 month ahead of schedule. This version is called WordPress 2.6 “Tyner” after jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and it contains a few new features that have to make WordPress a more powerful Content Management System (CMS):
Check all new features here.
Googolopoly: Monopoly, the next generation
Social Media Marketing / Optimization
Last week on SEM forum Brussels, I did a presentation on Social Media Marketing (or how to improve your online visibility and linkability). Here it is:
Cool Flickr apps: Tag Galaxy and Flickrvision
I love API‘s. Webapps that use other platforms through an API and generate something new, original, handy or just fun.
Ever since Flickr, the photo sharing site, decided to open its system to other applications, 2 addictive new applications have launched.
- Tag Galaxy (cool):
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How to make your standard WordPress titles more attractive?
Most WordPress themes have the same, SEO-unfriendly, standard titles. Although the times are changing little by little, a lot of blogs still use those unattractive titles. They don’t look good in the SERP‘s and when you add a post to a social bookmarking site, chances are real those strange looking characters (« and ») will be transformed into something unreadable. Time to make a change…
- Login to your WordPress backend and go to Design > Theme Editor.
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Steve Ballmer attacked in Hungary…
… with eggs.
Yesterday May 19th, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, was in Hungary to speak to the Corvinus University students. Suddenly a student started shouting at Ballmer and attacked him with a few eggs.
The incident was filmed from two different angles (I love modern technology…).
Angle 1:
Angle 2:
The internet is changing…
… I guess you all noticed. The impact of the changes we are seeing now is beautifully described in this YouTube movie:
The video was based on a book by Charles Leadbeter, “We-Think” about The Power of Mass-creativity. You can download the first three chapters here. I haven’t read the book yet, but I think I might give it a try…
Is Facebook dangerous? Protect your privacy…
Collecting personal data through the popular networking website Facebook is a piece of cake. At least that’s what the BBC tried to prove. And they succeeded… Using a small program it’s easy to list private data that other users have not decided to share.
Making your personal data only visible to direct friends is not prohibiting the application from getting all your personal information. It’s clear all this information can be misused to close a loan, apply for credit cards and so on.
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