In the first of a weekly series, Webbuilt4u ’s resident SEO Manager James Brabyn (me) has decided to share the things he comes across on his travels on the internet. And as links make the Internet go round, i think its only fair that I send some link love to people who have written some cracking content.
There are a couple of tools I use to bookmark thing. I use delicious.com, I also Star things for reading later using Google Reader, both on my desktop and when on the move with my Iphone.
Frist up, this thing, that turns Jpegs into flash flip books, this is for a project we are currently developing where the client wants a book effect on the website. The developers claim it is not as simple as the website makes out. But keep your eye on our portfolio and this will turn up on their sooner or later.
This thing from one of my peers, Aaron Wall. Who has written an excellent article on finishing up a web project
Still on the Apple mac subject, this little program makes your mac mail have 3 columns. And this thing called Mail Badger, that makes you have multiple rosettes on your mail app, for different folders and mailboxes. Although I’ll admit it has crashed my mail a couple of times since I installed it.
The geniuses at Google have not only managed to get Video Conferencing through the web browser, but they have made it multi platform. It’s pretty impressive but we’ll stick with Ichat over here at our web designers in Essex.
Whilst on the subject of Google, they have also released a new version of their Iphone application, this one is supposed to recognise your voice when you search, and turn whatever you say into text. In practice it couldn’t really understand my manc/scouse/North Wales accent.
Here’s a nice article from Search Engine Journal regarding Sematic HTML Structure, it’s a bit heavy for the average internet reader. But it’s very relevant to my world.
And on a lighter note, I’m supposed to be sorting out my garage, and I came across this to help me.