September 29th, 2008 by Ian O'Donnell
Ok this tip first of can be used for any forum, platform or service which requires a specific format of link. for example forums usually want something like [link=http://www.ianodonnell.com]Home Page[/link] which can be annoying as it takes time compared to just a simple copy paste.
I will use the Microblogging service Jaiku as an example here for this one but as I said it can be used for any service and is very easy to modify, I achieved this through Firefox and an addon called Make Link. you should go get it immediately. Install it from the link provided and once you have, restart Firefox and we are ready to finish up.
In your addon list (*Tools -> Addons) click options on the Make Link addon and click “new”. The format we need for a Jaiku link is [link text](url), so, Put in anything Read the rest of this entry »
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September 28th, 2008 by Ian O'Donnell
I have no idea how many of you do or do-not use Micro-Blogging or Social Networking tools such as Twitter, Jaiku and Facebook to begin with but that is another story for another day. This tip is something I have been trying to do for a long time (Read: Thinking about doing) and this evening I finally put finger to key and got it sorted and was pleasantly surprised at how simple it was.
Ok back to my main point, anyone who is a big micro-blogger and many others besides I am sure, have used tinyURL or a similar service to shorten an ugly URL into a publicly presentable one e.g. the search results for “just an example please”:
http://www.google.ie/search?q=just+an+example+please&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
and after being Read the rest of this entry »
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