Orangeinkshttp://www.orangeinks.comO-InksenThu, 09 Jul 2009 23:00:46 PDThttp://wordpress.org/?v=2.8hourly1http://feeds.feedburner.com/orangeinks?format=skinhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/www.orangeinks.comhttp://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifFeedburnerorangeinkshttp://feedburner.google.comChirBit: Micro Podcasting Toolhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/0lYiVwN1yHI/TechnologyChirbitMicro Podcastmp3PodcastingRecord AudioShare AudioUpload AudioWavAgentOrangeThu, 09 Jul 2009 23:00:46 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2904chirbitChirbit is a simple audio sharing tool that gives you the Twitter feel. The only difference is that instead of sharing snippets of text to your followers, you get to share audio files and recordings. Chirbit enables you to record, upload, listen, and share sound bites easily.

How long can a chirbit be?

You can record as long as you like. There is no 12 second limit. Then why is it called a Micro-Podcasting site? Maybe because it gives you the Twitter feeling when using it.

Chirbit can be used for Micropodcasts, Confessions, Jokes, Sound Effects, Apologies, Quotes, Music, Branching Fiction, etc. What is branching fiction? It is like a literary Exquisite corpse or like a choose your own adventure created by you and your friends. One person starts the story with a seed sentence and the next user continues it with the next sentence.

To start using Chirbit, all you need is a microphone for recording or an audio file (MP3, Wav) to upload. Of course, you’ll need to sign up for an account first. Don’t worry, the service is totally free and you can join the micro-podcasting community anytime. Chirbit also allows you to post your podcasts on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and RSS Feeds.

*You can also use iPhone Voice Memos to post to Chirbit. This feature is still on private beta. If you want to try it, contact the Chirbit team to gain access to the feature.

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]]>Chirbit is a simple audio sharing tool that gives you the Twitter feel. The only difference is that instead of sharing snippets of text to your followers, you get to share audio files and recordings. Chirbit enables you to record, upload, listen, and share sound bites easily. How long can a chirbit be? You can record as [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/technology/chirbit-micro-podcasting-tool/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/technology/chirbit-micro-podcasting-tool/ViewLike.US: Look at Websites in Different Resolutionshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/T1zaCNL4BSE/Tips N TricksResolution FormatResolution ViewerScreen ResolutionViewLike.UsAgentOrangeWed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:40 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2893viewlikeusViewLike.Us is a new web application that you can use to view your website or any website for that matter in different resolution formats. It supports the most popular screen resolution format there is. The website uses PHP and AJAX so there’s no need for you to download anything or install a browser plugin to use the service.

The service is free and will require no login or registration. To start using ViewLike.Us, just type in the URL of the website you want to view and click the resolution you want.

Supported Resolution Formats:

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iPhone

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This is great for developers if they are testing a website to work under different screen resolutions. Instead of manually changing the resolution on your computer, checking it using ViewLike.Us would be a more convenient. This is great for checking out fluid type web layouts that adjusts itself according to the screen resolution of the end-user. Even though it’s not your everyday app, it’s still worth bookmarking. You’ll never know when it may come in handy.

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]]>ViewLike.Us is a new web application that you can use to view your website or any website for that matter in different resolution formats. It supports the most popular screen resolution format there is. The website uses PHP and AJAX so there’s no need for you to download anything or install a browser plugin to [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/tips-n-tricks/viewlike-us-look-at-websites-in-different-resolutions/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/tips-n-tricks/viewlike-us-look-at-websites-in-different-resolutions/eChirpy: 500 Character Limit Mini-Blog Sitehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/shu18XaZ6U4/Blog TipsTechnology500 Character LimiteChirpyMini BlogMore than 140 CharacterstwitterAgentOrangeTue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:21 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2888echirpyIs Twitter’s 140 character limit not enough for you? Head over to eChirpy and you can get the luxury of posting 500 character long updates. It’s a mini blogging site that puts itself somewhere between a regular blog and a micro blogging service.

A SEARCHABLE miniBlog site, eChirpy is your companion to social media forums. If you want more than 140 characters, have a mini-posting, have a job or offer to shout out, or just don’t want a full blog, eChirpy is for you!

The service lets you update through your personal email. Your email will be turned into a mini blog entry on your eChirpy profile. The subject line of your email will be automatically sent out as a tweet on your Twitter account, along with a URL which will direct your Twitter followers to your 500 character miniBlog on eChirpy.

You can use their simple email addresses to send your Chirps to your profile and the five searchable categories.

Business: business@echirpy.com

News: news@echirpy.com

Careers: careers@echirpy.com

Just For Fun: fun@echirpy.com

Sports & entertainment: sports@echirpy.com or entertainment@echirpy.com

eChirpy is for people who doesn’t want a full blog but want to post more than 140 characters. If you’ve been using third party web apps that lets you post more than Twitter’s character limit and want to make mini blog posts without chopping your Tweets, then this might just do it for you. Oh, and it’s free.

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]]>Is Twitter’s 140 character limit not enough for you? Head over to eChirpy and you can get the luxury of posting 500 character long updates. It’s a mini blogging site that puts itself somewhere between a regular blog and a micro blogging service. A SEARCHABLE miniBlog site, eChirpy is your companion to social media forums. If [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/echirpy-500-character-limit-mini-blog-site/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/echirpy-500-character-limit-mini-blog-site/DestroyBox: Thousands of Free Flash Games for Youhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/ZWzJmGX0O5E/GamesDestroyBoxFlash GamesFree GamesGame SiteAgentOrangeMon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:05 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2883destroyboxHere’s a new website that casual gamers would definitely find to their liking. DestroyBox offers thousands of free flash games for you to enjoy. The games found on DestroyBox are carefully categorized so that you can easily find the game that best suits you. Links of related and random games can also be found on each game page.

Not only that DestroyBox allows you to play those cool short games for free, you can also track your favorite games by logging-in using a Google/Yahoo/OpenID account. Once you’ve logged in, just press the favorite button. This way, you can go back and play the games that you’ve enjoy most without searching the entire site over again. Searching DestroyBox for a game that you’ve previously played could take some time for the site is constantly updated and could mean more trouble for you if you’ve forgotten the title of the game. Marking a game as your favorite is probably the best way for you to easily finding it again so that you can play and share it with your friends.

This is another recommended site to visit if you are looking for short games that will bring you loads of fun. Whether you like violent puzzle games, shooting, mind games, adventure, sports or board games, you’ll surely find a game for you in DestroyBox.

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]]>Here’s a new website that casual gamers would definitely find to their liking. DestroyBox offers thousands of free flash games for you to enjoy. The games found on DestroyBox are carefully categorized so that you can easily find the game that best suits you. Links of related and random games can also be found on [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/games/destroybox-thousands-of-free-flash-games-for-you/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/games/destroybox-thousands-of-free-flash-games-for-you/KissTunes: Produce Simple Tunes using Your Computer’s Keyboardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/BcL2vbQQAIw/Cool SitesKeyboard TunesKissTunesPlay TunesRecord TunesAgentOrangeSun, 05 Jul 2009 23:00:04 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2876kisstunesKissTunes is a web application that allows you to record a tune on a browser using your computer’s keyboard. Recording is done online and in real-time. This could be a fun way for you to send an online message. Instead of sending emails and photos, you can send a tune made by you.

In order to activate the website, you will first need to press a button on KissTunes with your mouse. Once it is activated, you can use your keyboard to play your tune. The keyboard keys are designated with simple notes and displayed on the website as your guide. As soon as you start playing, you’ll notice that the keys on KissTunes syncs with your computer keyboard. This makes it easy for the user to check the tones being played when using the keyboard. KissTunes also allows you to download your recording as a .kiss file, which you can re-open and play at KissTunes.com. Your conversation with your friends also gets saved with the .kiss file, and the file gets updated with new comments every time you load it up.

After recording, you can save it, share it, and let your friends post their comments about your tune. Your tune will have its own URL which you can bookmark and share with everybody. The next time that you want to send something aside from video links and web pages, check out KissTunes and send them something that you made yourself.

What you can’t say with words you can express with KissTunes. A line from your friend’s favorite song might be enough to say “sorry” or “thank you.” Or perhaps a “Happy Birthday” tune for your mom’s 60th birthday. How about a super cheesy song for someone you love (or hate).

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]]>KissTunes is a web application that allows you to record a tune on a browser using your computer’s keyboard. Recording is done online and in real-time. This could be a fun way for you to send an online message. Instead of sending emails and photos, you can send a tune made by you. In order to [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/cool-sites/kisstunes-produce-simple-tunes-using-your-computer%e2%80%99s-keyboard/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/cool-sites/kisstunes-produce-simple-tunes-using-your-computer%e2%80%99s-keyboard/Photoshop: Create Steampunk Designhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/93X-DL-92rk/DesignPhotoshopSteampunkSteampunk DesignSteampunk IllustrationAgentOrangeSat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:47 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2874Are you a SteamPunk fan? Then you’ll enjoy this Photoshop tutorial. It’ll teach you to create a Steampunk Illustration using Photoshop. It shows the different tricks that you can use when creating this type of design.

There are many tricks to this end and we shall be looking at light sources, shadows, and image grading.

Check out the written version of the tutorial at PSDTuts.

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]]>Are you a SteamPunk fan? Then you’ll enjoy this Photoshop tutorial. It’ll teach you to create a Steampunk Illustration using Photoshop. It shows the different tricks that you can use when creating this type of design. There are many tricks to this end and we shall be looking at light sources, shadows, and image grading. Check [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/design/photoshop-create-steampunk-design/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/design/photoshop-create-steampunk-design/RSSInclude: Simple Customizable RSS Box Templates for your Websitehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/p2JIEiwA6ds/Blog TipsDesignCustomize RSS BoxEmbed RSS BoxMerge RSS FeedsRSS Box TemplatesRSS IncludeAgentOrangeFri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:43 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2869rssincludeRSSInclude is a web tool that you can use to quickly and easily publish RSS feed content. Say you have a website or a favorite site with RSS feeds and want to publish it in a customized RSS box to be displayed on another website, you can easily do so without breaking a sweat by creating an RSS Box in RSSInclude.

What is a RSS Box?

It is a piece of HTML/Javascript that can be used to display content of RSS feeds on your website. The box will contain the feeds or different feeds from several sites no matter which template you select.

For starters, just select an RSS box template that you wish to use.

Simple Vertical List

The classic one. Show a feed in a vertical list. This type of RSSbox fits bests for news feeds. Long descriptions still look pretty. You can style dimensions, font-sizes, colors and background-colors.

Simple Tabloid

Want to include a stylish Tabloid in your website or blog? With this free version you can create a 2×2-Tabloid with a fixed width of 480px within a few minutes.

Twitter

This template is optimized for Twitter feeds. You can add one (or more) Twitter feeds and set box dimensions, colors, timezone, date format, handling of the username and much more. Just try it.

The service is free for single feeds. If you want to merge different feeds together in a single box, you can easily get the premium account and have more freedom with the customization and design of your RSS Box.

*A simple workaround to using RSS Include with merged feeds for free would be to use a third party feed merger and publish the merged feeds using RSS Include’s RSS Box.

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]]>RSSInclude is a web tool that you can use to quickly and easily publish RSS feed content. Say you have a website or a favorite site with RSS feeds and want to publish it in a customized RSS box to be displayed on another website, you can easily do so without breaking a sweat by [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/design/rssinclude-simple-customizable-rss-box-templates-for-your-website/feed/1http://www.orangeinks.com/design/rssinclude-simple-customizable-rss-box-templates-for-your-website/Pixton: Click and Drag Online Comic Creatorhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/SEtob0GCwCM/Cool SitesDesignComic CreatorInteractive Comic CreatorOnline ComicsPixtonWeb ComicsAgentOrangeThu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:37 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2864pixtonPixton is another place where you can create web comics. The creator makes it easy of anybody to produce their very own comic strips. This can be done by click-and-drag. You can move characters into any pose making it easy and entertaining to produce. You can also edit your character’s expressions, clothes, hair color, accessories and much more.

Using Pixton, you can create a Quickie Comic by choosing a template, selecting your characters, and typing your text to the text bubbles. The regular comic allows you to start from scratch and be more creative with your comic design and layout. The large format is made for t-shirts and posters where you can create one giant scene. You can also bring your comics and avatars to life by animating them. Set keyframes and let Pixton do the rest of the work for you. The animation is rendered to video so that you can easily upload them.

This social comic creator allows you to remix your friend’s creations. This simply means that you can create your own version of the comic or produce an entirely different ending using the same storyline. Making variations of a particular comic strip just adds more fun in it. A great part of using Pixton is its interactivity and the personalization of the comic characters making them your own, well, sort of.

Next time you‘re in the mood for creating your own web comic or simple want to share a short story through comics, try Pixton. There are a lot of neat things that you can do with it.

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]]>Pixton is another place where you can create web comics. The creator makes it easy of anybody to produce their very own comic strips. This can be done by click-and-drag. You can move characters into any pose making it easy and entertaining to produce. You can also edit your character’s expressions, clothes, hair color, accessories [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/design/pixton-click-and-drag-online-comic-creator/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/design/pixton-click-and-drag-online-comic-creator/TumblrMap: A Sitemap Generator for Tumblrhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/IwittM0-GJY/Blog TipsSiteMap GeneratorSitmapTumblrTumblr SitemapTumblrMapAgentOrangeWed, 01 Jul 2009 23:00:26 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2860tumblrmapTumblrMap is a sitemap generator that allows Tumblr users to enjoy the benefits of having a sitemap on their blogs.

What is a sitemap?

A sitemap is the term used to describe a list of pages of a website that also act as a navigation aid by providing an overview of a site’s/blog’s content in a single page. This allows search engine crawlers/bots and users to easily find pages on a website. Site maps can improve SEO (search engine optimization) of a site by making sure that all the pages are available for search engines. Google, MSN, Yahoo and Ask support the sitemaps protocol.

What TumblrMap does

TumblrMap automatically generates a sitemap containing all the articles published on your Tumbr blog. Users will now have the ability to submit a sitemap to Google directly from TumblrMap’s interface. Once everything is set, all you need to do is take it easy and wait for Google to crawl your site. All of this can be accomplished in just a couple of minutes.

Steps to take to generate your Tumblr Sitemap

• 1. Verify your tumblr credentials

• 2. Select one of your tumblr blogs

• 3. Preview your sitemap

• 4. Put a meta tag on your tumblr blog

• 5. Get indicized!

That’s all there is to it. Now, you can enjoy more viewership/readership for your articles on Tumblr. This will surely help your Tumblr blog get more search engine traffic through your new sitemap.

*Wordpress hosted blogs has its own plugin for generating sitemaps.

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]]>TumblrMap is a sitemap generator that allows Tumblr users to enjoy the benefits of having a sitemap on their blogs. What is a sitemap? A sitemap is the term used to describe a list of pages of a website that also act as a navigation aid by providing an overview of a site’s/blog’s content in a single [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/tumblrmap-a-sitemap-generator-for-tumblr/feed/0http://www.orangeinks.com/blog-tips/tumblrmap-a-sitemap-generator-for-tumblr/Pictaculous: Generate a Color Palette Using an Imagehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/orangeinks/~3/B1CcoywXCUA/DesignAdobe Swatch GeneratorGenerate Color PalettePhotoshop Swatch FilePictaculousAgentOrangeTue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:01 PDThttp://www.orangeinks.com/?p=2854pictaculousPictaculous is a unique color palette generator that can be used for different design projects. If you are doing a design that focuses on a particular image, you can use Pictaculous to give you palette recommendations for your color combinations to match a particular image. The service uses ColourLovers and Adobe Kuler to give you the best color combination recommendation available.

To get your color palette, just upload a photo or an image that you want to build a design around with. You can upload pre-existing logos, photos and other images that you are using with your design (PNG, JPG, GIF). The palette generator can also be used to find out the color codes used in an image. You can even use it to extract the color combination used on an existing website. Just take a screenshot of the website, upload it on Pictaculous and see the color codes appear on the palette of the image source along with the color combination suggestions generated by the application.

Whether you are designing a website, brochure or anything that requires you to properly blend colors together around a particular image, Pictaculous will certainly be a great assistance in helping you choose the right colors to use in your next design.

*This application also works with your iPhone.

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]]>Pictaculous is a unique color palette generator that can be used for different design projects. If you are doing a design that focuses on a particular image, you can use Pictaculous to give you palette recommendations for your color combinations to match a particular image. The service uses ColourLovers and Adobe Kuler to give you [...]http://www.orangeinks.com/design/pictaculous-generate-a-color-palette-using-an-image/feed/1http://www.orangeinks.com/design/pictaculous-generate-a-color-palette-using-an-image/