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		<title>How to Discover Internet Radio Stations That Match Your Music Taste</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are estimated to be at least 100,000 Internet Radio Stations streaming worldwide!  So how do you quickly pick out a station that you’ll like?]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s safe to say that Pandora and Last.fm has changed the face of Internet radio completely by doing such a good job of matching song playlists to users that it&#8217;s almost scary :)&#160; Having said that, there’s always going to be a place for traditional Internet Radio stations because of their personality.&#160; After all, many of us still enjoy tuning into a radio station every once in a while even though we’ve got our iPod loaded up. </p>
<p>The issue then lies in discovery, because of the sheer scale of Internet Radio where there are estimated to be at least 100,000 Internet Radio Stations streaming worldwide!&#160; So how do you quickly pick out a station that you’ll probably like?&#160; <a href="http://www.onellama.com/">One Llama</a> is a free service which allows you to discover Internet Radio Stations, by understanding what you like, then recommending relevant stations to you.</p>
<p><img title="onellama" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="369" alt="onellama" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoDiscoverInternetRadioStationsWhichM_91F0/onellama.jpg" width="450" border="0" /></p>
<h3>How One Llama understands your music tastes</h3>
<p>By allowing you to search for artists or tracks, and showing you which stations have played them recently, it makes initial guesses as to what you may like.&#160; If you choose to register for the service (you don’t have to – and registration is free anyway), One Llama will analyze the tracks you listen to online, and constantly refine its recommendations to continuously fine-tune its recommendations to you.&#160; </p>
<h3>How One Llama Makes its recommendations</h3>
<p>Radio One Llama is constantly updating its database so that it &quot;knows&quot; the characteristics of each of over 30,000 stations, including their entire playlists.&#160; It crawls Internet Radio stations and analyzes the data for patterns of similarity by artist, track and genre. They also have an accurate measure of what is being played when and where, and how often - so that users can search by location and popularity.&#160; By matching what they know about the available music, and what you like – One Llama manages to come up with pretty good recommendations. </p>
<h3>The Beef</h3>
<p>Overall, this is a pretty useful service – and always useful to have up your sleeves in case your workplace bans <a href="http://www.pandora.com">Pandora</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a> :) .</p>
<h3>Do you listen to streaming music online?&#160; Tell us in the comments!</h3>
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		<title>How to Test if a Site is Down for Everyone or Just You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder if a particular website was really down, or if it was a bad Internet connection which was keeping you out?]]></description>
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<p>Ever wonder if a particular website was really down, or if it was a bad Internet connection which was keeping you out? </p>
<p><a href="http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/">downforeveryoneorjustme.com</a> is an extremely simple free web service which tells you if the site is down from their end as well.&#160; Just type in the web site&#8217;s name, press, a button - and presto - No more wondering if the rest of the world has the same problem as you :) </p>
<p>---<br />Related Articles at Friedbeef's Tech:<ul><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-test-your-site-on-different-screen-resolutions-browsers-and-systems/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Test Your Site on Different Screen Resolutions, Browsers and Systems">How to Test Your Site on Different Screen Resolutions, Browsers and Systems</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-test-the-strength-of-your-password/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Test The Strength Of Your Password">How to Test The Strength Of Your Password</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/top-5-ways-to-trade-in-your-ipod/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Top 5 Ways to Trade in Your iPod">Top 5 Ways to Trade in Your iPod</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/reclaim-your-internet-identity-with-claimid/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Reclaim Your Internet Identity with ClaimID">Reclaim Your Internet Identity with ClaimID</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/small-business-webware-catalystweb-vs-google-apps-for-domains/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Small Business Webware - CatalystWeb vs Google Apps for Domains">Small Business Webware - CatalystWeb vs Google Apps for Domains</a><p><br></br></ul></p><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>7 Steps to go From an Idea into a Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many people have a great idea but don't make anything out of it.]]></description>
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<p>Too many people have a great idea but don&#8217;t make anything out of it.</p>
<p>Some are afraid of failure, some are afraid of the pressures of success, and some just want to tell people about their ideas, just for the sake of doing so.  Here is a general step-by-step guide to taking an idea and turning it into a business as detailed by Chuck of <a href="http://www.foldees.com">Foldees.com </a>- the greeting card company with a web 2.0 model.</p>
<p>Once you get an Idea…
</p>
<p><strong>1. Talk </strong>- Share your idea with your friends.  Don’t worry about someone stealing your idea.  Feedback will triumph over excessive paranoia.  Take all feedback objectively, but consider them all.</p>
<p><strong>2. Write it down</strong> - Putting things down on paper gets a lot of things out of your head and onto an initial plan.  Don&#8217;t worry about structure, all the analysis just yet.  Put down everything that comes to your head first. Getting this out of the way paves a much easier path to sit down in the future and do up a proper business plan.
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<p><strong>3. Assemble a team</strong> - Pick your people based on motivation, communication, and skills.  The lack of any one of these attributes will result in a higher likelihood of your team not reaching its full potential and morale being affected adversely.  Having an especially cohesive team is essential, as a start-up will take a much longer time to reach a point of big rewards.</p>
<p>
<strong>5. Find a deadline</strong> - Make your own deadlines and set your own lofty targets.  Break things down into small tasks each which its own deadline so that you at least make baby steps towards the final goal.  Failure of this will likely result in procrastination and unnecessary slowdown of the project
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<p><strong>6. Manage the team </strong>– Be decisive.  Insist on reasonable commitments on team members, and don’t be afraid to seek out new blood if they don’t reach expected levels of commitment.</p>
<p>
<strong>7. Rinse and repeat steps 5 and 6 until you get into business</strong> -  Constantly seek out new goals to meet, and manage your team based on those goals on deadlines.
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<p>Simplistic as it sounds, these are practical steps that will move you in the right direction in a timely manner.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumardi/sets/72157610811290912/"><img src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/barcampix.jpg" alt="" title="barcampjb" width="448" height="285" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-537" /></a></p>
<p>
Want to learn more?  If you’re in Malaysia/Singapore, come to <a href="http://www.barcamp.my/blog">BarcampJB</a> Day 2 (7th Dec), if you’re not in the area – find a <a href="http://www.barcamp.org">barcamp</a> in a location near you coming soon!</p>
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		<title>How to Create Instant Summaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No time to read, and just want to get the big picture?
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No time to read, and just want to get the big picture?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greatsummary.com">GreatSummary</a> is a free web service which helps people turn information into understanding by providing a glimpse into the content of a document, without having to understand the entire document.</p>
<p>Just point it to a URL or input some text and GreatSummary will.. well&#8230; come up with a great summary of the text :)<br />
What&#8217;s more is that you also get to pick how long you want the summary to be.</p>
<p>Oh yes - it also comes with a <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5321">nifty firefox extension </a>so you can summarize pages on the fly.</p>
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		<title>3 New Ways To Network and Find People Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Go beyond 'Google-ing' someone and see how else people are searched and found over the Internet.]]></description>
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<p>Nowadays you can find almost any information on any person online.&#160; An employer can learn his potential worker&#8217;s past records and recommendations. You can investigate a person&#8217;s character, friends, find his photos and videos. Alternatively you can look for no one in particular - searching for new connections with similar interests or professional goals. You can even look for a buddy to share a room or trip expenses.&#160; So let&#8217;s go beyond &#8216;Google-ing&#8217; someone and see how else people are searched and found over the Internet.</p>
<h3>1. How to find people based on interest</h3>
<p><img height="260" alt="peoplejar" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowToFindPeopleOnline_D919/peoplejar.jpg" width="450" border="0" /> </p>
<p><a href="http://peoplejar.com/">PeopleJar</a> is a service connects people through the networks of interests. You can search people by any combination of relevant attributes, you can create your own search and save it to let the system update you of new members meeting the search criteria.</p>
<h3>2. How to aggregate results from several social networks</h3>
<p><img height="179" alt="wink" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowToFindPeopleOnline_D919/wink.jpg" width="450" border="0" /> </p>
<p><a href="http://wink.com/">Wink.com</a> is a social media profile aggregator and people search tool. It has now the ability to unite and crawl profiles from most popular social networking sites: MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. The process looks like this: a person signs up with Wink, adds links to his profiles at any (or all) supported social media sites and thus gets into the search index.</p>
<h3>3. How to search people by name using people search engines</h3>
<p><img height="234" alt="zoominfo" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowToFindPeopleOnline_D919/zoominfo.jpg" width="450" border="0" /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.zoominfo.com/">Zoominfo.com</a> focuses on business related information: it will look for the person as an employee of various companies. It has a fairly large database and you most likely to find relevant business related information on the person you are interested in.</p>
<h3>Have you looked for people online?&#160; Tell us your experience in the comments!</h3>
<p><em>This is a guest post by </em><a href="http://annsmarty.com/"><em>Ann Smarty</em></a><em>, who does SEO and Internet Marketing when she&#8217;s not writing for blogs-named-after-food.&#160; Want to write for Friedbeef&#8217;s Tech and share your tips with thousands of people?&#160; <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/contact/">Drop me a line</a>.&#160; We&#8217;re looking for paid regulars, as well as guest appearances.</em>&#160; </p>
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		<title>The Fastest Way To Upload and Share a Photo Online</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/the-fastest-way-to-upload-and-share-a-photo-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a quick way to host images on your blog or share a picture?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16493883@N00/472757299/"><img height="336" alt="piccdrop" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoHostBlogImagesforFree_497/piccdrop.jpg" width="450" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p>Want a quick way to host images on your blog or share a picture?&#160; Piccdrop is a free image hosting site which allows you to upload any image so you can <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking">hotlink</a> to it, and save on bandwidth.&#160; The best part?&#160; It requires no registration, so it&#8217;s perfect for that spur of the moment when you need to put up something in an instant.</p>
<p>Is it safe? <a href="http://www.piccdrop.com/">Piccdrop</a> guarantees that they will continue to keep your images hosted on the site and will still allow direct hotlinking no matter what.&#160; Which means that if it ever gets in any danger of going under, it will only stop allowing users to upload new images, and you don&#8217;t have to worry about broken links or lost images.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been looking for a suitable replacement for <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/allyoucanupload-slips-quietly-into-deadpool/">AllYouCanUpload</a> ever since they stopped taking new uploads earlier this year.&#160; Looks like I&#8217;ve found it.</p>
<h3>What do you use to upload pictures online?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
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		<title>TechBlog Review: GadgetAdvisor.com</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/techblog-review-gadgetadvisorcom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/techblog-review-gadgetadvisorcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New tech site comes to town: Gadget Advisor.com]]></description>
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<p>Gadget Advisor is a new tech blog which is trying to build a sold niche for itself focusing on the product releases and news items that are the most significant, hoping to create a best of the best resource for computer hardware, software, gadgets, and tech news.&#160; That way, it hopes to cut through the chaff for its visitors to make a better reading experience for their readers.&#160; </p>
<p>So you get a feel for what their site is about, you should check these posts out:</p>
<ul>
<li>20+ <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gadgetadvisor.com/computer-software/recommended-firefox-extensions">best Firefox extentions</a> </li>
<li>A <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gadgetadvisor.com/gadgets/logitech-harmony-advanced-universal-remote-control">universal remote</a> to control multiple devices </li>
<li>An evaluation of options to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gadgetadvisor.com/tech-news/evaluating-online-backup-services">backup online</a> </li>
</ul>
<h3>What&#8217;s good</h3>
<p>Some of the articles like the &#8216;Firefox recommendations&#8217; post listed above, provide some useful tips which can really come in handy.&#160; As for the layout, it&#8217;s pleasing to the eye, and it&#8217;s quite easy to navigate.</p>
<h3>What could be improved</h3>
<p>Too much of the site is general tech news.&#160; My take is that if you&#8217;re going to start a tech <strong>news</strong> site, make sure you either have a ton of resources behind you, or you have a truly deep niche, so deep that mainstream tech sites won&#8217;t cover those subjects.&#160;&#160; The reason behind this is that it&#8217;s near impossible to outdo mainstream news sites like Techcrunch or Endagdget in terms of coming up with the latest and greatest tech news.&#160; The value of &#8216;news&#8217;, is largely time driven, and if you&#8217;re one step behind - old (even slightly older) news being blogged has lost a lot of value.</p>
<p>GadgetAdvisor has some great posts,&#160; so if anything I would advise them to concentrate on building up content like that which is much less time-sensitive.&#160; </p>
<p>All in all, it&#8217;s a useful site, do check it out - but I definitely feel it can be improved.&#160; </p>
<h3>Do you agree with my assessment of GadgetAdvisor.com?&#160; Let me know in the comments!</h3>
<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:</strong>&#160;</em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gadgetadvisor.com"><em>GadgetAdvisor.com</em></a><em> has paid me to review their service, and to give an honest opinion.&#160; Please note that all opinions expressed in this post are completely my own, and have not been influenced by the GadgetAdvisor.com in any way.</em></p>
<p>---<br />Related Articles at Friedbeef's Tech:<ul><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-summarize-reviews-quickly/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Summarize Reviews Quickly">How to Summarize Reviews Quickly</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/sneak-preview-testfreaks-the-intelligent-review-aggregator/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Sneak Preview: TestFreaks - The Intelligent Review Aggregator">Sneak Preview: TestFreaks - The Intelligent Review Aggregator</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/pc-worlds-best-100-products-of-2006/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: PC World&#8217;s Best 100 Products of 2006">PC World&#8217;s Best 100 Products of 2006</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/me-reviewing-reviewme/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Me Reviewing ReviewMe">Me Reviewing ReviewMe</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/surf-the-web-more-intelligently-with-stumbleupon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Surf The Web More Intelligently With StumbleUpon">Surf The Web More Intelligently With StumbleUpon</a><p><br></br></ul></p><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to Crop Round Corners on Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-crop-round-corners-on-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-crop-round-corners-on-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Typical cropping has sharp edges and won&#8217;t give your images the artistic cropping it deserves :)
Roundpic is a free web based service which helps give your images nice round corners that look very web 2.0&#8230;
So you can change something like this&#8230;

&#8230; to this! 
 
Happy cropping!
ps. These awesome pictures of &#8216;Star Wars in urban [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="151" alt="roundpic" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoMakePicturesWithRoundCorners_1C26/roundpic.jpg" width="320" border="0" /> </p>
<p>Typical cropping has sharp edges and won&#8217;t give your images the artistic cropping it deserves :)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.roundpic.com/">Roundpic</a> is a free web based service which helps give your images nice round corners that look very web 2.0&#8230;</p>
<p>So you can change something like this&#8230;</p>
<p><img height="198" alt="starwars" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoMakePicturesWithRoundCorners_1C26/starwars.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>
<p>&#8230; to this! </p>
<p><img height="198" alt="1221329417" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoMakePicturesWithRoundCorners_1C26/1221329417.jpg" width="300" border="0" /> </p>
<p>Happy cropping!</p>
<p>ps. These awesome pictures of &#8216;<em>Star Wars in urban environments&#8217;</em> are from Cedric Delsaux.&#160; Get the full <a href="http://www.hemmy.net/2008/04/18/cedric-delsaux-star-wars-urban-photography/">collection of pictures here</a>!</p>
<h3>Do you like rounded corners on your pictures?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
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		<title>Join a Kiva Group - Change Someone&#8217;s Life Forever</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/join-a-kiva-group-change-someones-life-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/join-a-kiva-group-change-someones-life-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Kiva.org, the Internet&#8217;s answer to helping poor people make a better life for themselves, made two significant moves yesterday.&#160; If you don&#8217;t know about Kiva - check out this previous post on how it helps change lives.&#160; 
1. Loan repayment system faster and better
Kiva will now return repayments to lenders as soon as those [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="122" alt="kiva_malaysia" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/JoinaLocalKivaGroupChangeSomeonesLifeFor_143CD/kiva_malaysia.jpg" width="220" border="0" /> </p>
<p>Kiva.org, the Internet&#8217;s answer to helping poor people make a better life for themselves, made two significant moves yesterday.&#160; If you don&#8217;t know about Kiva - check out this <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2007/01/25/give-a-man-a-fish/">previous post</a> on how it helps change lives.&#160; </p>
<h3>1. Loan repayment system faster and better</h3>
<blockquote><p>Kiva will now return repayments to lenders as soon as those repayments are received by Kiva. Because of this change, you&#8217;ll be able to re-lend funds right away instead of waiting until the end of the loan term.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is a huge deal because this liquidity allows lenders to help more people at a faster rate than before.</p>
<h3>2. Join a group - make a difference as a team</h3>
<blockquote><p>One of the most powerful things about Kiva is the community of lenders. You now have the option to connect with other lenders.</p>
<p>Members of Kiva Lending Teams continue lending as individuals, but they have the option to count each loan they make towards the overall impact of one of their teams. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Band together and raise your team&#8217;s profile within Kiva and build a stronger connection between members.&#160; Whether you&#8217;re part of a society, club, company, forum or just part of a local community, banding together for this common good brings us all closer together.&#160; </p>
<p><strong>If you&#8217;re Malaysian, you can join the <a href="http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=community&amp;action=viewTeam&amp;team_id=173">&#8216;Malaysia&#8217;</a> group that I&#8217;ve just set up and help raise Malaysia&#8217;s profile within Kiva.&#160; </strong></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not Malaysian, search for like-minded people or people in your area who are active in Kiva.&#160; You can even start your own group!</p>
<h3>Make a difference today!</h3>
<p>ps. This blog is an <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/charity/">ongoing supporter of Kiva</a> with contributions going to poor entrepreneurs in need every month.&#160; </p>
<p>---<br />Related Articles at Friedbeef's Tech:<ul><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/friedbeefs-tech-gives-back/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Friedbeef&#8217;s Tech Gives Back">Friedbeef&#8217;s Tech Gives Back</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/charity/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Charity">Charity</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/give-a-man-a-fish/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Give a Man a Fish&#8230;">Give a Man a Fish&#8230;</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/top-5-steps-to-redirect-traffic-from-your-old-site-to-a-new-one/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Top 5 Steps to Redirect Traffic from Your Old Site to a New One">Top 5 Steps to Redirect Traffic from Your Old Site to a New One</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/3-questions-answered-about-social-entrepreneurship-on-the-web/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 3 Questions Answered About Social Entrepreneurship on the Web">3 Questions Answered About Social Entrepreneurship on the Web</a><p><br></br></ul></p><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>5 Tools To Revolutionize Your Flickr Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/5-tools-to-revolutionize-your-flickr-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/5-tools-to-revolutionize-your-flickr-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This is a post by one of our new contributors, Sumesh.&#160; Flickr is undoubtedly the most popular image sharing website, and a whole community of passionate users have developed around the awesome web tool. Thousands of photographers, designers and web addicts flock to Flickr every day in the hope of finding something useful and [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>This is a post by one of our new contributors, Sumesh.</em>&#160; <a href="http://flickr.com">Flickr</a> is undoubtedly the most popular image sharing website, and a whole community of passionate users have developed around the awesome web tool. Thousands of photographers, designers and web addicts flock to Flickr every day in the hope of finding something useful and different.&#160; Here are a few tools to enhance your Flickr experience (they include three web applications and two desktop apps): </p>
<h3>1. How to Get a Better Flickr Viewer With Pictobrowser</h3>
<p><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" alt="picsviewer" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/picsviewer.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p> There are many popular 3rd party viewers available for Flickr - Polaroid Gallery, Tiltviewer, dFGallery etc. , but few are as sleek as Pictobrowser, furthermore - it gives you a lot of options in terms of putting up interactive Flickr galleries on your own website, so your visitors can also enjoy the same viewing experience.  Visit <strong><a href="http://pictobrowser.com/">Pictobrowser</a></strong><br />
<h3>2. How to Search Flickr Faster With Compfight</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/compsize.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="215" alt="compfight" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/compsize_thumb.jpg" width="304" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p> Are you still stuck to Flickr&#8217;s slow and bloated <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/">search page</a>? Try Compfight for a change of pace. Compfight is an AJAX-powered (meaning that it searches images and displays them without any extra pageload) Flickr image search engine. It pulls the images via the Flickr API, and you can choose to search for only safe images , Creative Commons licensed images(useful for blog posts) etc. The images are displayed as thumbnails, and dimensions of the image are displayed when you hover your mouse over the image. The image usually links to the Flickr page, and opens in a new tab/window when you click on it. Visit <strong><a href="http://www.compfight.com/">Compfight</a></strong><br />
<h3>3. How to Get More Download Options With GetFlickr</h3>
<p>Ever wondered why you were restricted to downloadng smaller sizes of that beautiful image on Flickr? Most likely, it was because of restricted permissions. GetFlickr is a plain and easy tool to get the URL to the full-sized version of an image. Granted, GetFlickr is in need of a redesign (if it has a design, in the first place), but it is a neat little tool. Visit <strong><a href="http://www.techroam.com/getflickr/">GetFlickr</a></strong> </p>
<h3>4. How to Upload More Efficiently With FoldrMonitr</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/uploader.jpg"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="189" alt="uploader" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/uploader_thumb.jpg" width="303" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p> Are you still stuck with the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/tools/">official Flickr Uploadr</a>? Would you like to automate uploading? Try FoldrMonitr - it watches a folder that you designate, and immediately uploads any images that have been newly added to the folder. Very useful if you need to upload a large number of images, and are too lazy/busy to upload them manually. Visit <strong><a href="http://www.rebeleos.com/FoldrMonitr/">FoldrMonitr</a></strong><br />
<h3>5. How to Find Flickr Images Without a Browser With FlickrFinder</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/flickrfinder.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="175" alt="getflickr" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/673656034ca6_6F68/flickrfinder_thumb.jpg" width="304" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p>[<em>Mac OS X only</em>] Named after Finder on Mac OS X, FlickrFinder is a standalone application to browse Flickr images without the aid of the browser. Visit <strong><a href="http://www.gragsie.com/FlickrFinder/">FlickrFinder</a></strong> here.&#160; There are also other great tools like <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/08/17/flickrstorm-discover-great-photos-ajax-style/">FlickrStorm</a>, which James recently mentioned in a post titled &quot;<a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/08/17/flickrstorm-discover-great-photos-ajax-style/">A Faster Way to Use Flickr Images In Your Wordpress Blog</a>&quot;. </p>
<p><em>Sumesh writes software and web reviews, design resources and solves your computer problems on <a href="http://techzilo.com">TechZilo</a> , and will be contributing ongoing to this blog.&#160; If you&#8217;re interested in a regular paid position or guest writing, do <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/contact/">contact me</a>.&#160; </em></p>
<h3>What other Flickr tools do you use?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
<p>---<br />Related Articles at Friedbeef's Tech:<ul><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-discover-beautiful-photos-everyday-pageflakes-flickr-mashup/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How To Discover Beautiful Photos Everyday (Pageflakes + Flickr Mashup)">How To Discover Beautiful Photos Everyday (Pageflakes + Flickr Mashup)</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/top-5-firefox-extensions-for-images/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Top 5 Firefox Extensions for Images">Top 5 Firefox Extensions for Images</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/manager-tools-wins-podcast-awards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Manager Tools Wins Podcast Awards!">Manager Tools Wins Podcast Awards!</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/3-delicious-tools-that-will-make-your-mouth-water/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 3 del.icio.us Tools That Will Make Your Mouth Water">3 del.icio.us Tools That Will Make Your Mouth Water</a><p><br></br><p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-recover-damaged-files/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Recover Damaged Files">How to Recover Damaged Files</a><p><br></br></ul></p><br />]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Faster Way to Use Flickr Images In Your Wordpress Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/a-faster-way-to-use-flickr-images-in-your-wordpress-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/a-faster-way-to-use-flickr-images-in-your-wordpress-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
A lot of the great pics you see on this blog actually come from Flickr, and there are usually several steps involved in the process of actually getting the picture up on the site.&#160; This is how I usually do it:

First, I&#8217;ll use FlickrStorm, which is my preferred search engine to find the picture I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/AFasterWaytoUseFlickrImagesInYourWordpre_6ACE/flickrLOGO.jpg"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="115" alt="flickrLOGO" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/AFasterWaytoUseFlickrImagesInYourWordpre_6ACE/flickrLOGO_thumb.jpg" width="227" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>A lot of the great pics you see on this blog actually come from <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a>, and there are usually several steps involved in the process of actually getting the picture up on the site.&#160; This is how I usually do it:</p>
<ol>
<li>First, I&#8217;ll use <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/08/17/flickrstorm-discover-great-photos-ajax-style/">FlickrStorm,</a> which is my preferred search engine to find the picture I want</li>
<li>Then I&#8217;ll click-through to the actual photo on Flickr, save the image, and get the image attribution details (yes I know- I forget this step sometimes)</li>
<li>Then insert it on my site, and create a link with the attribution details</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://www.photopreneur.com/iflickr/">iFlickr</a> is a free Wordpress plugin that streamlines this process nicely.&#160; Brought to you by the folks at <a href="http://blogs.photopreneur.com/">Photopreneur</a>, in a nutshell - it allows you to easily find free creative commons images on flickr directly from the Wordpress &#8216;write post&#8217; section itself and insert them into your blog post while automatically putting the attribution link underneath.&#160; No going to multiple sites and performing multiple tasks.&#160; </p>
<p>Other features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Customizable Attribution Text </li>
<li>Custom CSS class on Attribution &amp; Image </li>
<li>Downloads the image to your server </li>
<li>Custom naming of image filename and alt text </li>
</ul>
<p>There are a few limitations to this plugin so be aware of them before you download it.&#160; If your hosting does not support direct image uploads from Wordpress &#8216;write post&#8217; section, it will not work.&#160; Also, a little more documentation would have gone a long way as I was feeling a bit lost during the setup&#160; (After the setup - it was a breeze to use).&#160; </p>
<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> Photopreneur has paid me to test and review their service - and to give an honest opinion. Please note that all opinions expressed in this post are completely my own, and have not been influenced by Photopreneur in any way.</em></p>
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		<title>How to Find Any Sound Instantly</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-find-any-sound-instantly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 
In need of a good sound effect?&#160; FindSounds is a free service that allows you to&#8230; well&#8230; find sounds :)
What it does is it crawls the web and indexes sound files, then as a user you can filter by file format, quality, and file size.&#160; 
The result is a search engine with probably the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#160;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25853031@N00/225211305"><img height="234" alt="sound2" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoFindAnySoundInstantly_AEB5/sound2.jpg" width="350" border="0" /> </a></p>
<p>In need of a good sound effect?&#160; <a href="http://www.findsounds.com"><em>FindSounds</em></a> is a free service that allows you to&#8230; well&#8230; find sounds :)</p>
<p>What it does is it crawls the web and indexes sound files, then as a user you can filter by file format, quality, and file size.&#160; </p>
<p>The result is a search engine with probably the largest collection of sound effects you could possibly imagine, all of which can be previewed and downloaded easily.&#160; </p>
<p><img height="70" alt="sound" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoFindAnySoundInstantly_AEB5/sound.jpg" width="240" border="0" /> </p>
<p>No speech or music here though,&#160; but it&#8217;s perfect for Windows sound themes, or phone message/ring tones (If your phones can use WAV files as ring-tones).</p>
<h3>What sound audio tools do you use?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
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		<title>How to Instantly Improve Images Online</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-instantly-improve-images-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-instantly-improve-images-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[images]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
When it comes to organizing pictures, I only ever use Google&#8217;s Picasa photo organizer.&#160; 
Now, one of my favorite features from Picasa is something called &#8216;I&#8217;m feeling lucky&#8217; where it enhances dark and bright colors in a photo and adjusts both color and contrast to optimal levels in one click.&#160; No fiddling around - just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17731548@N00/389707566"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="349" alt="edit" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoInstantlyImproveImages_AB7D/edit.jpg" width="350" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>When it comes to organizing pictures, I only ever use Google&#8217;s <a href="http://picasa.google.com/"><em>Picasa photo organizer</em></a><em>.&#160; </em></p>
<p>Now, one of my favorite features from Picasa is something called <em>&#8216;I&#8217;m feeling lucky&#8217; </em>where it enhances dark and bright colors in a photo and adjusts both color and contrast to optimal levels in one click.&#160; No fiddling around - just instant editing.&#160; </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.improveyourimages.com/">ImproveYourImages.com</a></em> is a great piece of free web technology which allows you to get access that feature without having to install anything.</p>
<p>You just upload your image&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>&#8230;and it automatically adjusts the color saturation, temperature and lighting of your photo</li>
<li>&#8230;and lines it up side by side with the original for a quick comparison. </li>
<li>&#8230;where you can download your new and improved picture on the spot!</li>
</ul>
<p><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="228" alt="pictures" src="http://www.friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoInstantlyImproveImages_AB7D/pictures.jpg" width="350" border="0" /></p>
<p>Perfect for quick edits - where you don&#8217;t have or want to fire up Picasa to make simple tweaks.</p>
<h3>What other images tools do you use?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
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		<title>How Sit at Your Desk and Take up Astronomy</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-sit-at-your-desk-and-take-up-astronomy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Previously only available as part of Google Earth, you are now free to browse through outer space directly from your browser with Google Sky!&#160; 
Google Sky includes a number of different ways to explore the universe.&#160; Select the thumbnail images at the bottom of the display to bring up the planets, the constellations, highlights [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="174" alt="googlesky" src="http://friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowSitatYourDeskandTakeupAstronomy_12B14/googlesky.jpg" width="350" /> </p>
<p>Previously only available as part of Google Earth, you are now free to browse through outer space directly from your browser with <a href="http://www.google.com/sky/">Google Sky</a>!&#160; </p>
<blockquote><p>Google Sky includes a number of different ways to explore the universe.&#160; Select the thumbnail images at the bottom of the display to bring up the planets, the constellations, highlights from the Hubble Space Telescope, famous stars, galaxies and nebulae.&#160; Other features available through Google Sky include: </p>
<ul>
<li><b>Infrared </b>- An infrared view of the sky from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). Change the transparency of this layer by moving the slide bar to blend the optical and infrared. </li>
<li><b>Microwave </b>- A view of the microwave sky from NASA&#8217;s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which shows the universe as it was 380,000 years after the big bang. </li>
<li><b>Historical </b>- The sky as drawn by Giovanni Maria Cassini (printed in 1792) showing the constellations in their classical form from the collections of David Rumsey</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p>Two things I really like about this free service is that it offers </p>
<ol>
<li>Hi-res photos of some of the most best-looking galaxies out there so you can take good close-up views</li>
<li>Quick one-click access to important and beautiful astronomical entities, because if you&#8217;re an astronomy newbie like me - you probably wouldn&#8217;t know where to start looking</li>
<li>A search box, so you can jump directly to your outer space location of choice</li>
</ol>
<p>Anyhow, looks like Google is indexing on all fronts&#8230; First the web, then <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/04/27/google-mapping-kuala-lumpur-in-flashearth/">the earth</a>, <a href="http://moon.google.com/">the moon</a>, planet <a href="http://www.google.com/mars/">mars</a>&#8230;.and now the rest of the known universe :)</p>
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		<title>How to Centralize ALL Your Online Communication</title>
		<link>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-centralize-all-your-online-communication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-centralize-all-your-online-communication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yeang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Keeping in constant contact with your friends online has never been easier.&#160; We&#8217;ve now got a growing list of instant messaging, email, and online social networks that help us stay in touch.&#160; 
The trouble is, the more points of contact we have, the more time it takes to manage our online presence.
digsby is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="163" alt="digsby2" src="http://friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoCentralizeALLYourOnlineCommunicatio_857/digsby2.jpg" width="350" /> </p>
<p>Keeping in constant contact with your friends online has never been easier.&#160; We&#8217;ve now got a growing list of instant messaging, email, and online social networks that help us stay in touch.&#160; </p>
<p>The trouble is, the more points of contact we have, the more time it takes to manage our online presence.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digsby.com"><em>digsby</em></a> is a free ambitious service which allows you to track everything in one place.&#160; I&#8217;ve now got my Facebook, Gmail, and MSN running off <em>digsby</em> and I get updates from all sources without having to visit individual sites.&#160; Think of it as <a href="http://www.friedbeef.com/2005/12/31/visit-all-your-favourite-websites-in-a-fraction-of-the-time-rss/">RSS feeds</a> for your online presence.</p>
<p>There are too many features to get into detail on this post, but here are some of my favorites:</p>
<ul>
<li>One combined buddy list for all your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber Accounts. </li>
<li>Manage multiple conversations with tabbed conversation windows. You can drag tabs out into their own windows for important conversations.</li>
<li>Gives you a snapshot of your unread messages with just one click </li>
<li>Perform actions such as &quot;Mark as Read&quot; or &quot;Report Spam&quot; , and send email right from digsby</li>
<li>Receive alerts of events such as new friend requests, messages, group invites, newsfeed etc. from Facebook</li>
<li>Complete synchronization between computers and installations. </li>
<li>You can place a widget on your blog, website, or social network profile so you can chat with visitors right from digsby. </li>
<li>Manage multiple simultaneous file transfers from one simple transfer manager</li>
</ul>
<p>and the <a href="http://www.digsby.com/features.php">list of features</a> goes on and on&#8230; (as I said - it&#8217;s an ambitious project)</p>
<p><img height="255" alt="digsby1" src="http://friedbeef.com/wp-content/images/Weblog/HowtoCentralizeALLYourOnlineCommunicatio_857/digsby1.jpg" width="350" /> </p>
<p>On my wish-list is Twitter integration as well as a web based interface as well.&#160; Hope this is in development down the road :)&#160; In any case it&#8217;s still a fabulous way to centralize all my online communication!</p>
<p>Note: <em>digsby</em> is still in private beta, so you need an invite code to be able to use it.&#160; Fortunately digsby was kind enough to provide readers of this blog with 500 invites!&#160; Just use the invite code <em>friedbeef </em>and you&#8217;ll be able to download <em>digsby</em> and get full access!</p>
<h3>Would you use <em>digsby</em> as your main communication tool?&#160; Let us know in the comments!</h3>
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