Sharing photos on Twitter with TwitPic
Twitter allows you to share 140 characters at a time, but there is no way to upload photos using Twitter.
TwitPic is a great complementary service that one can you to fill this void. TwitPic was started in early 2008 by @noaheverett and has gain a lot of popularity as the de-facto photo sharing service on [...]
Is your username available on social networks?
Do you like to use the same username on social networks? Is your username available on those networks?
UserName Check is a website that does exactly what it sounds like. You enter a username and it will check its availability on over 75+ websites!
FaceYourManga: Avatars made easy
FaceYourManga is a website that enables you to create elegant looking avatars of yourself that you can use on social networking websites.
This is what I look like:
You can look at my actual photograph on the About page.
Here is a screen shot from the website. Its quite easy to create such avatars.
Have fun!
Widgets from Clearspring
The Launchpad On-page widget from Clearspring is a visually appealing widget that allows your blog posts to go viral by adding ‘Share’ buttons on the page. Its quite similar to ‘Share This’, but looks cooler!
lab209 will be coming out in a new avatar in the coming weeks, and I plan to integrate these widgets on [...]
ping.fm is a parked domain now??
Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.
Ping.fm was launched in March 2008 and went into Open Beta in September.
Strangely, the website is redirecting to a GoDaddy parked domain page today.
What’s going on?
Digsby = IM + Social Networking + Email
Digsby is a multi-protocol instant messaging which also supports e-mail notifications and alerts from MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
It uses Webkit for rendering, and has a slick interface. It requires registration and this can be done via the Installer or on the Digsby website. The User Interface is quite slick and appealing.
Digsby is available on [...]
Twellow: An Impressive Twitter Directory
There is no shortage of Twitter Applications. I reviewed a Twitter Directory called Just Tweet It, and am now following it up with a quick review of Twellow. Twellow is one of the more established Twitter directories with an impressive collection of profiles and categorizations.
Twellow has over 500,000 Twitter profiles neatly categorized. If you don’t [...]
Create your own social network with Elgg
Are you looking at launching a social network and don’t have the bandwidth or resources to create one from scratch. Use the power of open source technology! Elgg allows you to create your own social network, quickly and easily.
The end-user features already developed into Elgg includes:
