via lifehacker.com
The ability to center a windows is something that I’m really anal about and Windows 7 missed it with Aero snap. I’m glad Window Manager adds that functionality…
Window Manager Sizes and Moves Windows into Grid Formation
Everybody hates Facebook but they aren’t leaving
As Facebook
prepares to celebrate reaching 500 million members later this week (it added the last 100 million in only five months), ForeSee Results
You CAN Teach an Old Spice New Tricks!
Those are the words that turned the once-stale Old Spice brand into something refreshing and new. The folks at Proctor and Gamble, who make Old Spice, took it a step further last week when they launched an Old Spice Guy response campaign, creating dozens of personalized responses to the tweets, emails and Facebook posts from his many fans, including George Stephanopolous
Marshall Kirkpatrick
Your campaign has to be one, if not both of the following: funny and immediate.
Extremely hilarious things go viral, we know this. We haven’t collectively watched cat in a fishbowl over ONE MILLION TIMES because it’s socially relevant.
Funny is not enough, though.
via nten.org
Basics of Photo Cropping That You Should Understand
via makeuseof.com
I use Picnik for most of my simple photo editing and it does support the ‘rule of 3rds’ as discussed in the article. Also works in conjunction with Picasa and the Picasa web app which I highly recommend as well…
Keep Killing Your Blogs
I read a post a little while back from Mathew Ingram about people killing their blogs and starting email newsletters. While I think email newsletters and email marketing are alive and well (and I highly recommend them), I can’t see the value in killing a blog. A blog is a media property. It’s free organic search. It’s a way to communicate one to many, but then get extension (yes, people can forward your email, but how clunky). It’s a bit more object permanence, insofar as it’s out here on the web, even if you get it sent to your inbox, too.
Blogs are media. Cameron Rawson has TechLeash. He’s got a platform in northern UK that sets him out as a guy interested in tech and the future. If it’s just an email list, it’s much harder for him to be discovered. He has to be passed around like a secret.
Blogs are multi-faceted. Steve Garfield can teach you how to Get Seen, or he can send you Off on a Tangent. We can do many things with blogs.
Blogs are sales engines (if you want them to be). I’ve written about my worry reduction buttons before. Though you can market via email (and many people – including me – do), you can market even more with Google
via chrisbrogan.com
Not to mention the fact that done right with a tool like MailChimp, a blog can automatically feed your newsletter so you don’t need to make a choice between a blog or newsletter — they can be a tightly integrated part of your internet marketing…
One client to rule them all
I’m the first one to declare the desktop dead. I move from computer to computer, happily launching a few key tabs from a Google Site that I’ve created with my regular bookmarks. So whether I’m on a new netbook that some company sent me to test or I’m in a client’s office, I can quickly access my mail, ZDNet blog platforms, social networks, or whatever. It works pretty well and given that I tend to be a computer hopper, it suits my needs 90% of the time.
There are a few programs that call me back to a desktop, though. Photoshop, of course. SPSS and SAS. TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop. Office 2010. The latter is only occasional as Google Docs handles most of what I need and fits my computer hopping lifestyle. There are times, though, when I need to create a document from hell, crunch some serious numbers, or create a slide show that really wows and amazes (although SlideRocket
This is me, though. There are an awful lot of people who hang their professional hats on Outlook and whose professional lives are as wrapped up in Outlook as mine is in Google Apps.
via zdnet.com
Comment, call or use the contact form to discuss how Google Apps applies to your business…
Facebook Pages vs. Facebook Groups
via blueglass.com
This one is even better than my own post written last December — I’d encourage you to read both! Follow the ‘via’ link to go to the source…
How to get a gravatar…
via en.gravatar.com
What is a gravatar? “On Gravatar, users can register an account based on their email address, and upload an avatar to be associated with the account. Gravatar plugins are available for popular blogging software; when the user posts a comment on such a blog that requires an e-mail address, the blogging software checks whether that e-mail address has an associated avatar at Gravatar. If so, the Gravatar is shown along with the comment. Gravatar support is provided natively in WordPress as of v2.5 [1] and Redmine web based project management application beginning with version 0.8 (2008-12-07) [2]. Support for Gravatars is also provided via a third party module in the Drupal web content management system [3].” Bottom line, your gravatar is a personal icon that is automatically displayed when you comment on websites. It’s easy to set up and it makes you look like a pro…
Foursquare vs. Gowalla vs. MyTown: Which Is Better for Business?
Though all of these platforms offer great potential opportunity for businesses, only Foursquare is large enough and commercial enough currently for businesses to consider using it as part of their digital strategy. Though they are emerging and growing rapidly, Gowalla’s scale and MyTown’s lack of a clear business focus keep them from being must-use applications like Facebook
Location is one of the hottest spaces around right now, however, so don’t be surprised if all of these players eventually command a large enough audience to have a significant business impact. The early location battles are over and Foursquare is the leader; however, the larger war for location dominance is far from finished.
Hey, Northeast Wisconsin! Want to grab your share of the summer FIB business? Check into Foursquare…
Bright, shiny objects! 
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