The Good Life (a Vox.com remnant)

RSS: What is it, Where to Find it and How to use it

John Mahoney has produced a nice video that explains RSS in a way that is so easy, a Caveman could understand it.

clipped from www.brightcove.com Practical RSS [Show #1]: An Introduction To RSS... This is the first episode int the series "Practical RSS". It introduces RSS conceptually, discusses tools for accessing it, and walks through a basic use case with it. http://www.thedigita edgeblog.com

OnePipe : RSS Filtering Bookmarklet

Mentioned in a previous "clip" but since I had the page open already on another tab, I wanted to capture it too. Great tool to filter RSS feeds. I have been using Feedrinse, but this deserves a look due to all the attention it has received.

clipped from www.cleverclogs.org OnePipe : the Single-Button Generic Feed Filtering Bookmarklet OnePipe is a browser bookmarklet I created to filter any feed by topic. It's simple to use: install the bookmarklet, navigate to any website whose feed you'd like to filter and click the OnePipe button. You'll be prompted to enter any topic or word after which OnePipe will generate a custom feed that only contains those items that match your keywords. The exciting part about OnePipe is that it can be used over and over again.

SXSW: How to bluff your way in Web 2.0

I am collecting a few SXSW articles, of which this is one.

clipped from www.centernetworks.com SXSW Panel: How to bluff your way in Web 2.0 The next panel is called "How to Bluff your way in Web 2.0" by Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith. Coming out of a mediocre session previously, I was not expecting much. But Andy and Jeremy ROCKED THE HOUSE. One of the best sessions I have ever attended. Yes, it was a bit of poking fun, but it was serious too. Such a great session as the focus was on the content not the speakers. Really enjoyed it. So that's a word to the rest of the presenters/speakers, you have big shoes to fill. The focus on this session was to teach you how to be out in party and business scenes and appear like you are a Web 2.0 master. Here are my notes and pics (I really tried to capture everything and have a bunch of pics.):

SXSW: Why Marketers Need To Work With People Media

I am collecting a few SXSW articles, of which this is one.

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com SXSW: Why Marketers Need To Work With People Media Yesterday I attended a panel which I've been thinking about constantly, ever since the panel ended. The panel was entitled "Why Marketers Need To Work With People Media" and it had a set of rock star panelists (in the SXSW interactive, not music, sense of the word!). The participants were:

How to Get More Blog Traffic With Creative Headlines

Did that headline work? If not, then I probably need to spend some time reading the very popular Copyblogger website. I know there are plenty of tips that can make an impact on my blogging, today!

clipped from www.copyblogger.com clipped from www.copyblogger.com 5 Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb 201 clipped from www.copyblogger.com The 5 Immutable Laws of The 5 Immutable Laws of Persuasive Blogging 65 clipped from www.copyblogger.com 10 Effective Ways to Get More Blog Subscribers 62 clipped from www.copyblogger.com 7 More Sure-Fire Headline Templates That Work 87 clipped from www.copyblogger.com How Great Headlines Score Traffic 89 clipped from www.copyblogger.com 5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang 92 clipped from www.copyblogger.com 10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work 54 clipped from www.copyblogger.com home about author contact

The Web Design Weblog by Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans produces a great daily blog of links, tips and news for web developers. I read it daily, and even though there isn't an RSS feed, I think it is worth the effort to visit the site. (it is one Firefox tab I leave open always). I first became aware of Meryl when she joined the Lockergnome staff, and have always found her contributions to be top quality. This site is no exception.

clipped from www.informit.com Web Design Weblog By Meryl Evans, 0 Replies Just received an announcement from Adobe regarding the release of Photoshop CS3 (Creative Suite 3) in spring 2007. The company is releasing two editions: Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. When I read the announcement, I thought about the many web-based photo editing applications that have come out. Of course, their features aren’t as extensive as Photoshop’s features.

Why I use ClipMarks

I mentioned this on Eric's site, but I thought it was worth a post.

One of my favorite add-ons for IE and Firefox was Onfolio. With it, I could snag and save bits of web pages that were interesting, or that I didn't have time to read (but would later). When Onfolio was purchased by Microsoft, things changed.

Out went the Firefox support, the Academic version was killed and to use Onfolio, you had to install the Microsoft search toolbar. No thanks.

Then I read about Clipmarks somewhere online. It looked cool, so I installed the Firefox extension, got busy, and never bothered to create a login. Then I saw that Clipmarks was able to post to VOX, and I created my account right away.

As you can see, I have been using it A LOT ever since. The best use, for me, is to "Clip" things I find intersting every day (check my Clipmarks page).

Usually, I have nearly 30 tabs open in Firefox. That is TOO MANY and it bogs down my computer. But, I keep them open because there are usualy one or 2 things on a website that I think is important. I keep the page open so I will remember to go back to it. Only I don't. I always THINK I will, but I never do. So, by "clipping" that certain item on a web page, and posting it, I am actually MORE productive.

* My PC runs smoother due to less open tabs
* I have no anxiety about all my un-read tabs that I have something I need to read
* All those items are organized by tag and subject on Clipmarks
* I can blog anything I clip, and share it with you fine folks 

What I like about it, even more than Onfolio, is that I can share what I find interesting. Now, I am not much for participating in Social News networks (thought I read Digg daily I don't contribute - more on that another day). But Clipmarks makes it a breeze. Not only can I blog to Vox, but I can share my "Clips" with the Clipmarks community. Sometimes, people even like the things I add!

So there ya go, that's why I dig Clipmarks. If you clip, add me to your list of Clippers!

Vintage Video: Playing Card Sleight of Hand

I am fond of card tricks, mostly because I could never do them. This is an old movie I found linked via Boing Boing. Fun to watch, and the added bonus of the 50's style narration is great.

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5 way to mix, mash, and rip data

This for sure will come in handy in a future project.

clipped from www.techcrunch.com 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data Call them pipes, teqlos, dapps, modules, mashups or whatever else but fact is that recently we have seen a good number of new services that allow developers and users to build mini-apps and mashups that mix and re-mix data. Here we run through 5 applications that allow you to mix, rip and mash your data, looking at the data input, output, REST support, suggested use, and required skill level: Yahoo Pipes Proto Teqlo Dapper OpenKapow

Guerilla RSS feeds for Daily Show and Colbert

Found this on BoingBoing today. Definitely something to add to Google Reader ... hope it lasts.

clipped from www.boingboing.net Guerilla RSS feeds for Daily Show and Colbert Jeff sez, "When Viacom pulled Daily and Colbert Report clips from YouTube, they began posting them on Viacom-owned iFilm. While iFilm has a comprehensive set of clips from each episode of both shows, they incredulously don't provide RSS feeds. I used Dapper and Feedburner to create the follwoing RSS feeds for both shows. Enjoy!" Link