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Back to Delicious

craig — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:50:19 +0000

Since I made the transition to Chrome from Firefox, I forgot about my old friends at Delicious. I started getting used to having different sets of bookmarks on different machines, and it didn’t bother me too much that I’d have to look up a link again at home (one I might have saved on my work computer). Enter Chrome’s bookmark syncing, a wonderful way to sync your bookmarks among all of your Chrome browsers simply by being logged in with your Google account. There was one problem though, no social aspect.
One of the reasons I really enjoyed using Delicious was that I could find new links and information daily from friends and complete strangers in the Delicious community. Well, now I’m using both. There’s something to be said for the bookmarks toolbar and it’s quick access to frequently used items, and the social aspect of Delicious. I don’t think it’s too much work to install the extension and use both services, and there’s a definite benefit to using both. The key here is to utilize the plug-in for those links you’d tweet or buzz or even email to another person, in order to get the most out of it.

Here are a few links for you to get set up.
At the time of this post, you need the Beta version of Chrome to use extensions.
Chrome Beta
Delicious Extension
Syncing in Chrome

Shortening URL’s

craig — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:42:07 +0000

It’s pretty obvious why you’d need to shorten a URL. You have a long link that you want to send someone, or post to twitter. It’s too long so you shorten it. But who should you be shortening your URL’s with?
I’ve been using bit.ly for a little while now and really like the features it provides. A nice bookmarklet which upong clicking a bookmark in your toolbar, automatically shortens the URL you’re visiting and redirects you to a page the shortened URL is saved and you can post that link to Twitter with any additional comments.
The real bread and butter are the statistics. Bit.ly will let you know if others have shortened the same link, and give you the total traffic sources for all of the redirects, as well as your own. You can see how your link is being spread through the web, where your audience is from and basically use it as your own personal marketing research tool.

Go shorten this URL and share it with someone: http://bit.ly/

Umbrella Today

craig — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:36:00 +0000

As I’m sitting here in the office, looking out at the rain, I found this great website via lifehacker. Umbrella today will tell you if you need an umbrella, not only that, it can be set up to notify you at any hour you set on days you will need an umbrella. Life is easy again.
Visit: Umbrella Today