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Twitterkeys Work Great in Plurk and Other Social Communities
Have you heard about Twitterkeys? It’s a site that puts together a list of special characters that you can just copy and paste and put into a Twitter post.
Where as they are marketing to Twitter, these symbols work great for Plurk, ReJaw, Facebook, email or whatever you want to use them with.
Twitterkeys offers lots of different symbols from hearts to stars and even a snowman. I think there are about 200 symbols to choose from.
Check them out as it may come in handy.
Plurk, SocialThing and Facebook Sidebars Minor Update
The Plurk, SocialThing and Facebook Firefox sidebar extensions got a minor update today. I just bumped the max version to work the the latest security release of Firefox 3.
Are there any other site’s you’d like to see load in Firefox’s sidebar?
SocialAddict – 11 Social Sites, 1 Adobe Air Application
After my recent success with Plurkit, I decided to take the idea to the next level and add in more social sites. The outcome is SocialAddict which has 11 social sites within one Adobe Air application.
What SocialAddict does is loads the mobile or iPhone version of each site for easy access. Again, I didn’t tie into any APIs or do massive re-construction. These are all previously available applications that have been tied together to make it quick and easy to go from one to the next.
Within SocialAddict you’ll find:
- BrightKite
- FriendFeed To Go
MidnightFox Theme and Facebook Sidebar Extension Downloads Fixed
If you tried to download the iPhone Facebook sidebar extension or the latest MidnightFox theme beta, you may have noticed the button didn’t properly install the files. Instead it threw some odd error. This is an issue that effects mostly Windows users.
I’ve since been made aware of the issue and included a link to download the theme and extension file directly. Once downloaded, just open your addon’s window in Firefox, drag and drop them in and they should install.
Sorry about the confusion and thanks to those who brought it to my attention.
iPhone Facebook Sidebar for Firefox
In the past, I’ve talked about how to open Facebook in the sidebar of Firefox. Now, I’ve taken that idea one step farther and created a Firefox extension.
The iPhone Facebook Sidebar extension opens Facebook’s iPhone page and allows you to keep tabs on your friends, update your status, message people and accept friend requests.
Features include:
- Seeing friend’s updates.
- Updating our status.
- Viewing Friends
- Writing on friends wall.
- Viewing inbox.
- Sending messages.
- Other miscellaneous Facebook fun.
- Works on Mac and Windows. Possibly Linux too.
Create a simple, feature rich, Facebook Dashboard widget in 4 steps.
Are you constantly checking or updating your Facebook profile? Do you like to be up to date on all your friends? Are you having difficulty finding a nice Facebook Dashboard widget? Stop looking and create one now!
It’s really simple. All you need is Safari 3 and a Mac. Here’s how to do it.
- Go to iphone.facebook.com in Safari 3.
- Make your browser window as small as you can horizontally and as short as you’d like vertically. Make adjustments based on your personal likes.
Fluid vs Prism for Desktop Web Applications
When I wrote about Mozilla’s Prism project a while ago, I was very excited for the possibility of bring web applications to the desktop. Since then, a new project called Fluid has popped up. It’s the same ideas as Prism, however is Mac only.
Fluid is a small application that is used to create stand alone applications for web apps. Think of going into your applications folder and seeing Facebook or MySpace. In the end, they are individual web browsers that are created specifically for one website.
Use iPhone Applications in Firefox’s Sidebar
With the release of the iPhone, many software companies are releasing iPhone versions of their applications. Even though you might not have an iPhone, there is still a chance that you can use them with Firefox’s sidebar.
Firefox’s sidebar is and odd place to load a web page, however if you manage your bookmarks, there will be an option to load any bookmark in your sidebar. The good news is that some iPhone applications can load and work in Firefox’s sidebar!
Feed My Cow. Catch me on Pownce. Skitch it Up.
For any of you readers that might also have Facebook account, please go feed or pet my cow. Hamburglar, that’s his name, is lonely and would love some attention.
If you’d rather connect via Pownce, I’m now no that too. I’ll use it about as much as I do Twitter, and that’s not a whole lot.
I’ve also been checking out Skitch, the new little graphics program that’s suppose to be amazing. So far, it looks very cool, acts great, but has been troublesum to actually use. Maybe I haven’t put enough time into learning it, or maybe I’m just stuck in my Fireworks ways, but Skitch just doesn’t seem quite as cool as I though it would. As I use it more though, I’ll probably like it more.
Now Twittering & Tumbling
I’m now on Twitter and Tumblr and checking them out. I actually signed up for Twitter a long time ago, but never used it. It’s like IM only to a wider audience or so I understand. I don’t really see the point. However, I do have cool Firefox extension that makes Twittering soooo easy. Now I’m really checking it out and giving it a full test drive before giving up. 
I’m also on Tumblr and quite enjoying that. It’s like a scrapbook where you can save sites, images, links and videos. Part blog part social bookmarking. Easy to use and I’m enjoying that. Every time I come across something cool in my feeds, I Tumble it for later.
