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Pulse is a simple content management system designed for small websites. It enables you to take an existing site and add content management in just five minutes. Simply define the regions or “blocks” on your website you wish to be editable and pulse takes care of the rest.

• WYSIWYG Editing
• Drag and Drop Install
• Built-in Backup
• No Database
• Image Manager
• Open Source

http://pulsecms.com/

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PDF Split and Merge

PDF Split and Merge is an easy to use tool to merge and split pdf documents. Console and GUI versions are available. The GUI is written in Java Swing and it provides functions to select files and set options. It’s made over the iText library.

TightVNC

TightVNC is an improved version of VNC, great free remote-desktop tool. The improvements include bandwidth-friendly “Tight” encoding, file transfers in the Windows version, enhanced GUI, many bugfixes, and more.

WinSCP

WinSCP is a SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. It uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol.

Notepad++

Notepad++, a source code editor and MS Windows Notepad replacement, has the mission to offer a greener environment. By optimizing its routines, it results in reducing CPU power consumption then reducing the world carbon dioxide emissions.

Launchy

Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, your desktop icons, and your file manager. Launchy indexes and launches your applications, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

7-Zip

7-Zip is a file archiver with the high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM and DEB formats.

PortableApps

PortableApps.com allows you to carry your favorite computer programs and all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you on a portable device (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, CD, etc) and use them on any Windows computer.

AxCrypt

AxCrypt is the leading open source file encryption software for Windows. It integrates seamlessly with Windows to compress, encrypt, decrypt, store, send and work with individual files.

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Sometimes we take wildlife pictures that we see in books and magazines for granted; seldom does it give you the impressions that they were taken easily. The truth is, photographing animals (especially in wildlife) is very involved, such a moment could only be told through some timely amazing shots. For someone who loves animals, photographing them can be both very fulfilling and frustrating at the same time. Excellent animal photography requires experience, knowledge and patience.

Animals can make very eye catching subjects to photograph in wild. Taking wildlife photography in a place where the animals don’t fear humans makes your task a bit difficult. In their natural environment, animals often provide many opportunities for taking dramatic shots. Let’s now take a look at some of these dramatic images of animal photography to see emotions in the wild nature.

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Change address from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk

to:

http://3outube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk

to download the video.

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Present the most appropriate content for your visitor in a popup – customized and timely.

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1.  Give credit where credit is due – If you use an image, a by line give credit to your source.  You can do that by placing a link on your article, or directly mentioning the article where you got it from.  I am sure you would not want others to use your article with out linking back to you as source.  Respect begets respect.

2.  Make your visuals captivating -  I learned this from @Minervity.  Your article will surely come to life if you use images that are appropriate for your subject matter.  Choosing the best visuals will eat up your time, but I can assure you that it will be well worth it.

3.  Take time to write your post title - Some people might take this for granted, but a killer title is also important.  Your title is like a preview to your story.  But be careful as to not also mislead people.  An appropriate title is a must.  Here is a link that can help you. 8 Secrets to Writing A Killer Post Title written by @adamsconsulting

4.  Check your spelling and grammar – I guess I don’t need to elaborate on this point.  But you have to really proof read your article before posting.

5.  Always invite your readers to comment and share their thoughts – Make sure that you invite your readers to share their thoughts on your article.  You see commenting allows a blogger to engage with his/her reader.

6.  Research and check your source materials – Research is important. Credibility is earned.  Make sure that you check and double check facts and info.

7.  Take your time in placing tags on your article – tagging is important, allows your article to be more searchable.  choose the right words or phrases that is related to your article.

8.  Promote your Blog via Social Networking Platforms – There are so many ways to share your articles with the world.  Specially now with Twitter, digg, stumble  and FaceBook.  Good vehicles to use as medium in bringing your information to a wider audience.

9.  Allow people to guest post – Of course, you have to choose a writer that will match your blog’s main theme.  You can both discuss the kind or type of article he can share on your space.  By allowing guest posting, your readers can have varied incites and information. Plus the writer’s readers will also get the chance to check out your site, thus bringing in unique visitors.  If they like your site, then you can be assured of loyal readers who in turn will recommend you to other readers.

10. Give back to your readers – Always better to give than to receive,  true as well in the blog sphere.  There are many ways to show your appreciation, one of the greatest way is to write good content and write consistently.  People follow your blog and read your blog because they find your work interesting.  Don’t write great stuff in the beginning then do a ho-hum at the end.  Or write 5 articles then come back writing after 2 months.  You will only gain respect if they see you give your best in every article you write.

There are a lot of challenges that face a new blogger, experience will be our best teacher.  Never forget to have fun!  You will only be able to sustain something if you love what you do.  If you have any personal tips you want to share, please share them here by commenting.

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When Apple unveils iPhone 4.0 software (still just a rumor) next week, we might be getting multitasking/background running applications, multi-touch support OS-wide, UI changes, and contact and calendar sync options, according to Boy Genuis Report.

The blog posted a collection of iPhone 4.0 features (with a screenshot to validate its source) we’re likely to see at next week’s highly anticipated Apple event, the most intriguing of which is multitasking.

On the multitasking front, Apple’s extremely popular iPhone falls behind the smartphone competition. BlackBerries, Android devices, and Palm’s Pre and Pixi all support multitasking, which enables background running applications.

For smartphone users, the feature is killer because you can have multiple applications running at the same time and simply switch between them without having to exit out. Multitasking means instant updates from applications that are running, but not in use.

Apple has been reluctant to release an update to support multitasking, although it did release push notifications last year as somewhat of a workaround. In light of all of the tablet rumors, however, multitasking does sound more likely this time around (and users can already jailbreak their iPhones to support it). Should iPhone OS 4.0 be the software that powers the elusive tablet, then background-running applications would be critical for that product.

On the mobile front, the Boy Genius source claims that first generation iPhone owners are out of luck, as the 4.0 software update is said to only be available for 3G and 3GS phones.

Here’s what the source purports, per the Boy Genius’ report:

– There will be multi-touch gestures OS-wide. (Would make sense for that as the rumored OS for the tablet is close if not the same as the iPhone.)

- “A few new ways” to run applications in the background — multitasking.

- Many graphical and UI changes to make navigating through the OS easier and more efficient. We haven’t had this broken down, but we can only hope for improved notifications, a refreshed homescreen, etc.

- The update will supposedly be available for only the iPhone 3G and 3GS, but will “put them ahead in the smartphone market because it will make them more like full-fledged computers” than any other phone to date. Everyone is “really excited.”

- The last piece of information is the most vague, but apparently there will be some brand new syncing ability for the contacts and calendar applications.

[img credit: The Shifted Librarian]

Tags: apple, Apple Tablet, iPhone 4.0, multitasking

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The platform supports many media formats like FLV, M4A or MP3 which can also be played via the integrated FlowPlayer.

It can pull media from any source (Youtube, Vimeo, Google Video, etc.) & a site-owner can publish media from the administrative interface or let users create the content via the upload interface.

MediaCore has RSS feed support for iTunes & Feedburner.

It can display the page views, comments or how many viewers “liked” a video to th eend users like Youtube.

And, a powerful admin panel helps controllingall the system from managing media to approving comments & much more.

The application is built with the TurboGears Python Framework and MooTools Javascript Framework.

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133,000,000 – number of blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002
346,000,000 – number of people globally who read blogs (comScore March 2008)
900,000 – average number of blog posts in a 24 hour period
1,750,000 – number of RSS subscribers to TechCrunch, the most popular Technology blog (January 2009)
77% - percentage of active Internet users who read blogs
55% – percentage of the blogosphere that drinks more than 2 cups of coffee per day (source)
81 - number of languages represented in the blogosphere
59% – percentage of bloggers who have been blogging for at least 2 years source

Let us first answer the question,  what is a blog?

A blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.  Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

So many have considered writing or putting up a blog.  Majority have succeeded in maintaining and have grown their readers and subscribers.  If you are one of those considering it, I feel it would be great to consider the following questions:

1.  Do I have time to write at least 1 or 2 posts a week?- Writing posts and updating it at least once or twice a week is important, specially if you already have people following and eagerly awaiting what you write.  Making time is important, don’t start now until you can commit to it.

2.  Am I doing this to share what I know and in turn help others?  Or am I just going to do it to earn money? – Most people think that by just starting your blog now you will end up with tons of money.  If you have that as an intention at the beginning then you are in for a big let down.  If you share great content, information about your field, you help people understand what you are about, then and only then will you be able to have the chance of earning.  The readers of your site can either hire you or they can be advertisers for your site.  Most of the successful bloggers I have met did not have profit as the main focus of their existence.

3.  What format will I use? Can I sustain that format? What content should I share? Plan your blog.  There are so many resources on the web to let you see which type of format you can use.  WordPress, Blogger, etc.  As to the format, it should be something you know you can sustain for a long period of time.  What do I mean here?  Is it drawings, Is it mostly gadget reviews?  Planning will help you make sure you stay on track.

4,  Who will be interested in reading my blog? The topics and the format will come easy once you have also determined who or which audience you want to reach.

To blog or not to blog? I have given my answer a year ago and I am happy I did.  I hope the statistics and the questions can guide you in your decision.

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Hi woorkuppers, this is Stefano. I’m new on woorkup, from now I will start writing posts about Social Media highlighting specific topics (Marketing, Strategies, Monitoring, Trends). So let’s start. This time I’d like to show my personal playlist of the best 2009 Social Media Presentations. I don’t like very long lists so I selected just 10 presentations found on SlideShare. Enjoy!

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

The Science Of ReTweets

Your Social Media Strategy Won’t Save You

Old Media vs. New Media

Real Time Is *Not* Fast Enough: Three Strategies For Companies To Get Ahead

Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)

Do Brands Need Agencies? | Face Forum, Nov 09

Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi

9 Ways Your Business Could Be Using Social Media But Probably Isnt

22 Social Media Trends

Maybe I forgot something great, but I’m glad to know your favorite presentations about these topics.

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As noted in the Ubuntu Forums post announcing the survey, the question isn’t about which apps are included by default in the operating system, but which apps should be worked on to be easily installed from Ubuntu’s official software sources. There are, to be sure, third-party, not-entirely-open apps available in the optional repositories you can enable from Ubuntu’s settings, but by asking whether apps like iTunes, Photoshop, and Spotify should be made easy to emulate and install on your Ubuntu system, the developer community is showing a real focus on expanding Linux use beyond the seasoned geek crowd.

Hit the link to drop your thoughts on which apps should be easily installed in Ubuntu, and tell us here what kind of apps should be available in the open source OS.

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The purpose behind MediaCore was to make a central media library that could pull media from any source, track statistics, enable commenting, and provide a high degree of control over the presentation and administration.

Administrative Workflow is straight forward and is built based around moderating and approving user-submitted media. Media can be added through either the front-end or administrative back-end.

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Demo: http://getmediacore.com/
License: GPL License

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