I am a web designer/ web strategist working for Thompson Rivers University, Open learning Web marketing department. It's fun to work here. I've created this website as my bookmarklets hub. Bookmarklets are links to examples, codes, tools, funny photos and other stuff that is better to have handy. The site was password protected (for me only) but after it was hacked three times I preferred to open it to everybody. Nothing secret here. Enjoy.

Examples, Codes, Free Tools and more ...

Twitter examples

http://twitter.com/SnowBumCanada – photo as a background

http://twitter.com/uofa – great header

Line across work for http://twitter.com/capellau and http://twitter.com/JonesIntlUniv and http://twitter.com/WUSTL

http://twitter.com/teessideuni — too much?

http://twitter.com/uniofyork – nice left pic

http://twitter.com/lancasteruni – nonstandard background

Posted on Mar 19, 2010

TRU streaming video

TRU streaming video is here –> http://barabus.tru.ca/bccol_awards/

Posted on Jan 27, 2010

Facebook applications directory

http://www.facebook.com/apps/directory.php

http://developers.facebook.com/

| posted in Codes, Free Tools

Posted on Jan 27, 2010

Google translate service

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools

Google Translate makes your website instantly available in other languages

Add Google’s website translator to your webpages, and offer instant access to automatic translation of the pages. Adding the website translator is quick and easy. Here’s how to do it:

| posted in Free Tools, My Memos

Posted on Jan 27, 2010

Where to update all your social networks at once

http://ping.fm

Ping.fm is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap!

| posted in Free Tools, My Memos

Posted on Jan 27, 2010

How build your own socila network

Much of the content on this blog involves information on marketing your site through social media and social networking sites. However, maybe you want to create your own networking site to fill an existing void or rather than using some of those that already exist. If you are interested in building a networking site, you could of course have the site built from scratch, or you could use some type of existing platform to handle the back end of the site.

BuddyPress – http://buddypress.org/

For WordPress users, BuddyPress may be an attractive option. With BuddyPress you can turn a WordPress MU installation into a social networking site.

EXAMPLES:
http://flokka.com/about
http://weheartthis.com

BuddyPress is too many features for me but examples are good for ideas

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interesting – http://www.socialgo.com/

Posted on Dec 4, 2009

Optimize wordpress blog for auto-profit

from http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/monetize-your-blog/automated-blog-profits-guide

What you will create as result of following ALL or SOME recommendations in this guide WILL NOT make you an authority blogger. It will earn you income (I have tested each part of the strategy) but how much will depend on your efforts as with any internet venture.

Allow me to explain the Main Idea first:

Create a WordPress blog that will have a Content optimized for Search Engines, posted automatically at some interval and promote itself without getting you banned from social networks. Have that content monetized. Rinse and Repeat the process.

Sounds simple enough? It almost is and while I haven’t seen a single product that accomplishes that task I have found an effective combination of the few that will get VERY CLOSE! And while almost each product makes their own recommendations on blog installation and plugins, I want to share what worked for me: –> read more http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/monetize-your-blog/automated-blog-profits-guide

Read about WordPress Theme Blix with Google AdSense (Now 2.5 Compatible) here – http://www.morearnings.com/2006/08/13/wordpress-theme-blix-with-google-adsense/ or google more

Posted on Dec 3, 2009

The Google Translate Tool

The Google Translate Tool is available from http://translate.google.com/translate_tools. To use it:

1. Choose your website language.
2. Choose to translate to all supported languages or a specific selection.
3. Copy the code provided into your web page.

Like most translation tools, a drop-down list of supported languages is provided on your page in the location where the code was pasted.

However, if your browser is set to a default language other than the one you’re viewing, a translation bar automatically appears at the top of the page. The bar is provided in the visitor’s language and offers a one-click translation process.

The Google translation tool supports over 50 languages. Even Welsh.

Example page is here http://blogs.sitepointstatic.com/examples/tech/translate/index.html

more about Google translate tool – http://translate.google.com/translate_tools

| posted in Free Tools, My Memos

Posted on Nov 26, 2009

The Most Influential Websites in the World

#1. en.wikipedia.org (1)
#2. youtube.com (3)
#3. flickr.com (2)
#4. twitter.com (9)
#5. google.com (4)
#6. myspace.com (6)
#7. facebook.com (-)
#8. imdb.com (5)
#9. nytimes.com (7)
#10. apple.com (8)

There is one new entrant, Facebook at #7. washingtonpost.com moved out of the top 10, dropping from #10 last year to #12 this year.

Twitter is the biggest mover, up 5 places to #4.

Wikipedia is still the most cited website on the Web, for social media users and bloggers. YouTube and Flickr, two oft-used media sharing services, occupy the next two spots.

Last year we noted that there were 10 independent blogs in the top 100, including ReadWriteWeb. There are the same number this year, with a couple of new entrants. Here is the blog list circa November ‘09, again with last year’s rank bracketed:

#23 techcrunch.com (#25)
#26 huffingtonpost.com (#32)
#33 engadget.com (#28)
#37 boingboing.net (#29)
#39 gizmodo (-)
#41 mashable.com (#91)
#53 arstechnica.com (#50)
#60 lifehacker.com (#63)
#78 readwriteweb.com (#97)
#93 smashing magazine (-)

Read more http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_most_influential_websites_in_the_world.php#comment-170572

Posted on Nov 25, 2009

Ping on fm updates your social networks on fly

http://ping.fm

Ping.fm is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap!

| posted in Free Tools, My Memos

Posted on Nov 24, 2009