[Oh My Zsh] Would you like to check for updates?
Type Y to update oh-my-zsh: Y
/bin/sh: /tools/upgrade.sh: No such file or directory

I never really cared about it, thinking I’d eventually upgrade the whole thing. Except that today when I did try to upgrade I received this message:

You already have Oh My Zsh installed. You'll need to remove ~/.oh-my-zsh if you want to install

A quick internet search for updating zshell led me to the answer deep within the oh-my-zsh git page.

The quick solution is to add export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh to your ~/.zshrc file. Save and then source ~/.zshrc. Answer Y to update and everything should work perfectly.

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Google Drive is finally out and looking like a viable alternative to crowd favorite Dropbox. Although we’re sure to see a swift response from Dropbox, let’s look at the current storage plans offered by both:

1. Open a Dropbox account

Just by creating a free Dropbox account youâ€ll get 2GB of free disk space plus an additional 250MB if you use my (or someone elseâ€s) referral link.

Total so far: 2.25GB

2. Use your .edu email address to double your referral bonuses

If you have a .edu email address, simply provide it to Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/edu and your referral bonuses will double to 500GB, giving you a chance to earn 16GB of free space.

Doing this will also retroactively double your free space from any referrals done previous to linking your .edu email address.

3. Use your referral code to get extra free space

Once youâ€ve created your Dropbox account and linked your .edu email address youâ€re ready to start inviting your friends, acquaintances and random folks to join the fun.

Find your referral code and give it your friends, add it to your signature, or even use it on an AdWords campaign. Anyone who signs up with your code will also get an additional 250MB of free space.

Total so far: 18.25GB

4. Complete the Dropbox questionnaire for an additional 890MB

Simply connect your Twitter and Facebook accounts to Dropbox, follow @Dropbox on Twitter, tweet about it and answer one question for an additional 640MB of free space (128MB for each action, so you donâ€t need to them all if you donâ€t feel like it).

Then finish the seven steps of the getting started guide to earn an additional 250MB of free space.

Total so far: 19.14GB

5. Test the Dropbox Camera Upload Beta for an additional 3GB

If youâ€re feeling a little adventurous, give the Dropbox Camera Upload Beta a try and earn up to 3GB of additional free space.

This used to give you 5GB of free space but as the Beta has evolved and become more stable, new testers now earn just 3GB of free space.

The Dropbox Camera Upload Beta will automatically grab photos and videos from any camera/SD card/phone you connect to your computer and add them to a Dropbox folder. For every 500MB of photos you add, Dropbox will add 500MB of free space to your account (up to a total of 3GB).

Total so far: 22.14GB

So, there you go: just over 22GB of free online storage space in Dropbox, available on all your computers, phones and tablets as well as anywhere you have an internet connection.

What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment with your Dropbox referral link

Censorship requests will be tracked and made public via Chilling Effects.

Twitterâ€s rationale for this move is that otherwise, countries would simply outlaw or bring down Twitter within their territories, whereas with this new policy only the offending tweets will be removed (and only within the offended countries).

Transparently reporting every censorship request would theoretically place Twitter outside the fallout zone and put the blame squarely in the offending parties.

But put yourself in Joe Totalitarianâ€s shoes for a second. Would you want your censorship requests filed and openly available for all the world to see?

While Germany might not mind going on the record censoring pro-Nazi tweets, totalitarian regimes would much rather go nuclear on Twitter under the lame-but-all-inclusive excuse of “people were using Twitter to plot against the legitimate government” than asking Twitter to selectively censor all tweets with the word “democracy” in them.

Twitterâ€s move may open the door for more transparency in modern democracies; what it will do for those countries were freedom of speech really needs a helping hand remains to be seen.

[also available on my Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/114204703228150089266/posts/7eK8WSWhpQe]

1. If you only want a quick word definition, prepend your Google search with define:

For instance, https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=define:animal will give you a quick dictionary definition, followed by normal search results.

Use define:search-term to get a quick dictionary definition

2. If you want a more complete definition (encyclopedic, almost), you need to enable Google’s dictionary mode using one of these methods:

a. Use the following URL to access Google:

http://www.google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1

and enter the word you’re looking for into the search box.

You can also add your search term directly to the URL, thus:

http://www.google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1&q=animal

adding &q=search-term to your URL.

b. Add the following search engine to Google Chrome (there are similar ways to add it to Firefox):

Open the Chrome Preferences | Manage Search Engines page at: chrome://settings/searchEngines

(or right click inside the Google search box and select Add as Search Engine…)

and use the following values:

Name: Google Dictionary

Keyword: d

URL: http://www.google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1&q=%s

Add a custom search engine to your browser to quickly get dictionary definitions

Now, whenever you want to search for a word, simply type d in your address bar, press tab and enter the word you’re looking for.

Google is chuck full of information, if you know how to ask.

3. If you’re using Chrome, you may also install the Google Dictionary extension, available from the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, you can simply double-click any word on a web page and you’ll get a pop-up with the definition.

Double-click any word to get its definition.
Or click the toolbar for any other word.

So there you go, three cool ways to expand your vocabulary. What about you? Do you have any tips on using Google? Leave your comment below and share this article with your friends.

 

Over on Google+, Robert Scoble asked his followers about what apps their kids were using… I’ve compiled the list with descriptions, screen shots and direct links to the iTunes store for your convenience – and added a few of my favorites. Check the original article for comments and reasons for each title.

76 iPad apps for kids, as recommended by Robert Scoble’s Google+ readers

Adobe Ideas

Adobe® Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go.

Alchemy

Do you ever want to be the God? Create trees, beasts, new humankind just by mysterious finger touch? Now, you have got the great opportunity to that.

Alice for the iPad

“The cleverest iPad book yet … For the first time in my life I am blown away by an interactive book design.” – Gizmodo.com

AlphaBaby

A favorite app from the Mac is now available on the iPhone and iPod Touch! AlphaBaby is a fun app aimed at younger kids.

Angry Birds

The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds†eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs†fortified castles. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Each of the 270 levels requires logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.

Ansel and Clair’s Adventure in Africa

Winner of 2011 Media of the Year Award – Creative Child Magazine

Bartleby’s Book of Buttons

Help Bartleby in his journey to find new buttons for his collection! Flip switches, press buttons, slide sliders, rotate the ipad, turn in a circle, and carefully read along in this “digital pop-up book” adventure. Designed for parent-led reading for the young child and as a stand-alone story for the older child. This book is a short bed-time story that engages the child in following instructions through reinforced interaction and tactile response – just like a pop-up book!

Bejeweled

The world’s #1 puzzle game is one of the top paid apps of all time. Match multiple gems for dazzling, high-carat fun. And face-off with your friends on Facebook in the electrifying Bejeweled® Blitz! Join the millions of daily players on Facebook and compete with your friends in the weekly Bejeweled ® Blitz tournament.

Bugsy Pre-K

Say hello to Bugsy the blue hamster! Heâ€s a smart little hamster that loves toys. Join him in a learning adventure as he searches for toys in his magical toy chest.

Captain America

Sentinel of Liberty features stunning HD graphics optimized for Retina Displays! Play as the Super Soldier Captain America in this epic action game. As WWII rages, Red Skull is leading HYDRA as they build super weapons that will turn the tide of the war. To make matters worse, Falsworth, Dum Dum Dugan and Bucky have been captured. Go behind enemy lines to rescue them and put an end to the sinister plot. Use your unbreakable shield to battle, block, and maneuver your way on what seems like a suicide mission.

Cars & Animals Puzzle for Toddler

Very easy to use, big colorful buttons, appropriate for children

Collision Effect

Enjoy thoughtful, fast paced fun in this gorgeous and unique cosmic puzzler. Collision Effect is the perfect blend of action and puzzle, guide your cosmic orbs–called Zybbles, toward one another but donâ€t let them touch!

Comicbook!

ComicBook! is the FULL featured comic book creation app!

Cookie Doodle

If you enjoy making cookies but hate the mess, this is the app for you. We provide the dough, a rolling pin, cookie cutters, your choice of frostings, sprinkles, and candies all in one easy to use package.

Cut the Rope

Om Nom is jumping for joy with his new Toy Box! Now you can choose to feed him candy, donuts or cupcakes. And Om Nom has been making a special treat for you, too! He has drawn and colored cute pictures for you to share with your friends, but he has been so busy catching candy he can’t remember where he left them! Will you be the first to find them all and get them back to his gallery?

Dino Rush

An egg has just hatched in prehistoric time and a small dinosaur has emerged… and he’s hungry! Help Dundy the dinosaur make his way through tropical wildneress!

Dino Dodger

In Dino Dodger you tilt to control your player as you drive your way through an onslaught of dinosaurs. Your goal is to collect as many eggs as possible while avoiding all the dinosaurs.

Dinosaur Handbook

This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and those known only from fossils) and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered dinosaurs. Many listed dinosaurs have since been reclassified as everything from birds to crocodilians to petrified wood. This application Includes 1300+ Items including corresponding images and write ups which include Description, Location, History and Stories behind the find and Much More.

Dinosaur King

This exciting app is fit for children who like dinosaurs, offering mini-games and the thrilling pictorial where any of the contained dinosaur images can be moved freely.

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs!

From the creators of the hit ABC Dinosaurs (#2 Education App in March 2010) comes Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs! Kids will love the book app for its brightly-colored dinosaurs, rhyming verse and upbeat music.

Dino Zoo

Dino Zoo is a virtual dino world with highest graphics quality (HD or Retina) on your device. You can have different habitats, dino species, decors and build your dream dino zoo.

Dr. Seuss Books (Oceanhouse Media)

From Aunt Annie riding an Alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Dr. Seuss teaches young readers the ABC’s through hilarious words and pictures, guaranteed to entertain any young child.

Elmo’s Monster Maker

Elmo wants you to make a monster friend! Itâ€s easy! Choose a monster body and touch its face to give it eyes, nose and a hat—there are lots and lots and lots to choose from. When youâ€re done, Elmo will dance and play with your monster! This is going to be so much fun!

Falling Stars

Try to catch the falling stars and avoid the skulls. Fun and addictive. Submit your score and compete against the rest of the world.

Farmville

Plow, plant and harvest on the go 24/7! FarmVille, the most popular game on the web, is now available on your iPhone and iPad.

Fat Face

FatFace adds instant pounds, fat, and double chins without any of the real calories! Enjoy hours of laughter and be the “life of the party” as you show everyone what they would look like with some extra weight!

Feed Me Oil

Featured as iPhone Game of the Week on iTunes and the number-one paid app in the US, as well as many other countries. Thanks to all of our amazing fans for the incredible support!

Fruit Ninja

The worldwide smash hit iPhone game Fruit Ninja has now arrived for the iPad, featuring glorious HD graphics and incredible unique content not to be found on any other platform!

Garage Band

GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad.

Talking Gina the Giraffe

Say anything to Gina and she will speak your words back to you the way only she knows how. Take good care of her and she will be the best friend you ever had! Make sure not to neglect her or treat her badly or she wonâ€t be as cheery. Not to worry though, you can be sure to keep her happy by playing 32 levels of Patty Cake, an addictive hand clapping game that will improve your reflexes, your hand-eye coordination and your friendship with Gina! Sheâ€ll thank you for it!

Glow Doodle

Glow Doodle – the funny way to create drawing with light glow effect. Draw on your iPhone or iPod touch with Glow Doodle, then press the “GLOW” button and watch your doodle turning into fantastic light glow effect. You can even save your light glow doodle to photo albums and share.

Infinity Blade

For untold ages, the God King has ruled with an iron fist – his power is incalculable; his followers, legion. Now you must journey to the Dark Citadel to battle his Titans, one by one, until you face the tyrant himself. As it has been for all in your bloodline, this is your birthright – to free your people from an endless legacy of darkness. The immortal can be vanquished – but only if heart, mind, and steel are one.

Isaac Newton’s Gravity

Got Gravity? Challenge yourself with the amazing physics puzzles in Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD! Arrange your objects to hit the trigger and win! Make as many attempts as you want, but cleverness and creativity are key. Need help with one of the 100 brain teasing levels? Isaac Newton himself is there to provide you with hints. Download additional levels or create fantastic new levels to challenge your friends! Sharpen your wits with Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD!

Kidztory

Just like the other popular Kidztory animated story apps, “The Little Red Hen” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, “The Tortoise And The Hare” is beautifully illustrated and ready to amuse every child, and gently share a lesson they will remember forever.

Little Explorers

“The Little Explorers” is a toddlers†club who travel to different parts of the globe in search of animals – learning about their behavior, country of origin and local language along the way. They are written for pre-readers, with a specific view of capturing the imagination of young children through adventure and rhyme.

Little Reader

Little Reader is an exciting interactive game that helps your child rapidly learn how to recognize and read words all with just the touch of their finger. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in moving their first words around the page. Ideal for ages 0 to 6.

Little Things

All the family can enjoy Little Things, the innovative seek and find game. Search colorful collages built from thousands of little things. Randomized searches ensure a different game each time you play.

Magic Piano

From concert pianists to curious cats, Magic Piano has captured the imagination of the world. Experience the #1 music app in over 80 countries and add your songs to the 5 million already played. Create your own music or enjoy the appâ€s 45 free classic and popular tunes. No practice or patience required!

Miss Spider’s Tea Party

Watch, read, listen, and play as this beloved, classic picture book magically comes to life. With multi-touch animation, painting, puzzles, and games, the Miss Spiderâ€s Tea Party App reinvents the reading experience for the whole family.

Monkey Math

Monkey Math School Sunshine allows your child to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Your child will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6.

Monkey Preschool Lunchbox

The #1 preschool game in the app store. Learn and have fun by helping monkeys pack lunch! Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is a collection of six exciting educational games for your preschooler (ages 2 to 5).

Montessorium Intro to Letters

Created by a team of Montessori educators and parents, Intro to Letters is a unique and aesthetically-pleasing way to introduce your child to the world of language. There is a reason why Montessori is the most successful form of early childhood education on the planet. It works!

Montessorium Intro to Math

Created by a team of Montessori educators and parents, Intro to Math is a fun and interactive first step into the world of mathematics. It is easy to use, intuitive and, most importantly, educational! The Montessori philosophy of education is a one hundred year old proven methodology, now available to you as a universal application for the iPad & iPhone. We recommend that your child uses this app when they show an interest in math.

Nanosaur 2

Nanosaur 2 will blow your mind as you blow things up! Pilot a flying dinosaur from the future who is equipped with massive firepower! Your goal is to find and retrieve the missing dinosaur eggs, and to do that you’ll have to blow up a whole lotta stuff! You’ll battle other Nanosaurs and their defense systems, and collect powerups which give you a large array of weaponry ranging from heat seeking missiles to cluster bombs. It’s a dinosaur flight simulator!

Netflix – Sesame Street & Veggietales

Get Netflix on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix.

Paint Sparkles

Grant your kids a colorful “welcome” to their first steps in the world of colors. Combining simplicity and fun, Paint Sparkles Draw introduces children to the names of all basic colors while developing their sense of vision and creativity. Finger painting was never so easy to master.

PBS Kids

Watch videos from your favorite PBS KIDS television series anytime, anywhere (in the USA). “PBS KIDS Video for iPad” features more than 1,000 videos from over a dozen top PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! television series, including Curious George, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, SUPER WHY!, Sesame Street and Wild Kratts.

Puzzle Penguins HD

It’s an all-out Penguin panic! The glacier you call home has broken apart, and all of the baby penguins in your village are drifting away. Take control of the only hydrophobic penguin in the world and lead him to be the hero he always wanted to be!

Pictureka

FIND IT FAST, FIND IT FIRST! Spot and tap objects hidden within pictures crammed with crazy cartoons – just like the original board game! Delve into the ALL-NEW Adventure Mode. Pass ‘N Play with family and friends. More fun than ever with the bigger display and HD-graphic quality of the iPadâ„¢, get drawn into the popular picture-pointing puzzler thatâ€s as easy to play as it is challenging!

Plants vs. Zombies

A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home. Defend it with an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants that will slow down, confuse and mulchify all 26 types of zombies before they reach your door.

Rocket Math

While your rocket is floating weightlessly in space, the real fun begins! Play one of the 56 different math missions. Each mission has touchable objects floating in space, including stars, coins, clocks, 3D shapes and even pizzas! Earn a bronze, silver or gold medal and also try to beat your high score. Missions range in difficulty from even/odd numbers all the way to square roots, so kids and their parents will enjoy hours of fun while learning math.

Roller Coaster!

Roller Coaster! is a gallery of the most unique and awesome roller coasters. And yes, these images are in HD! Your desktop can be customized to fit your personal interest by saving these stunning images as wallpaper. Leave the app running and it will cycle through the entire collection for your enjoyment. You’ll have hours of fun flipping through these awesome, high quality images with the ability to personalize your desktop experience!

Sally’s Salon

Join Sally in this fabulous fight to beautify little old ladies, punk rockers and impatient celebrities with the hair styles they crave. From humble shopping mall beginnings to super star status in Hollywood, you’ll help her wash, dye, cut, style and much more. Use your earnings to hire helpful employees, purchase salon upgrades, and keep clients happy with soothing accessories. Can you make the cut in this fashionably fun game?

My First Shapes

Dynamic game play adjust difficulty (the number of objects per page) automatically to keep kids both challenged and entertained vs. getting bored

First Words

When your child touches a picture, the animated screen will zoom in on the selected item and reveal the word. Your child will then hear the word spoken.

Counting Bear

Counting Bear is an exciting educational game that helps your child rapidly learn how to count by sight, sound, and touch. The interface is so easy to use that even a 6 month old baby will delight in using this app. Ideal for ages 0 to 6.

Smurfs Village

Based on the original cartoon and comic art, players begin the game with only a single mushroom house and a lone plowed plot of land. From there, things quickly progress, allowing players to build specialized houses, elaborate gardens with colorful crops, bridges to span running rivers, trodden paths, and more.

Olivia the Great

Olivia wants to become a great magician and she needs your help! Olivia canâ€t perform her super incredible magic tricks unless you help her find the missing items needed to perform her tricks.

Sound Touch

The app opens right to the activity, without a main menu. Itâ€s broken into 6 categories, which are shown at the bottom of the screen as pictures – animals, wild animals, wild birds, vehicles, musical-instruments and household. Each page has 12 items displayed with bright, cute cartoon items. Tap a picture, and a real life photo of the item pops open, accompanied by the sound it makes. Tap the picture anywhere, and it disappears.

Space Physics

Space Physics is a fun physics based game that is really for the whole family, while still offering challenging levels for more advanced gamers. It will be updated constantly and is sure to be an instant favorite.

Starfall

“Starfall HD has to be one of the best TD games I have ever played. It mixes traditional TD gameplay with a fantastic futuristic fusion of gunnery, power-ups and lightning fast action set in a sci fi universe.” — iPad.net

Tactilis

Tactilis lets you use iPad for drawing the same way you would use pencil, paper and drafting tools. It lets you work on smaller details without loosing the big picture. It also lets you write with smaller print without zooming in the entire page. Drawing precise straight lines and circles is done in ways similar to using real drafting tools. Tactilis also lets you draw symmetrical shapes. Tactilis is a perfect app for quick hand-written notes, diagrams, figures, hand-drawn maps or just doodling.

Talking Tom Cat 2

Tom is back with an all new adventure! Tom is your cat that responds to your touch and repeats everything you say in a funny voice.

Teach Me

TeachMe: Kindergarten is an educational iPhone app which teaches four different age appropriate subjects to Kindergarten aged children: sight words, addition, subtraction and spelling. Parents can select which subjects they want, set different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions. Parents can review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, “Morris Lessmore” is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation) award winning author/ illustrator William Joyce and Co-director Brandon Oldenburg present a new narrative experience that harkens back to silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. “Morris Lessmore” is old fashioned and cutting edge at the same time.

The Strange and Wonderful World of Ants

Explore the amazing world of the ants! The Strange & Wonderful World of Ants is a beautifully designed, educational, and quirky children’s iPad App. Its adjustable reading level making it appealing to a wide range of children and adults.

Thomas the Tank Engine

Little Engineers can Read, Play, Listen and Record with their favorite blue engine!

TouchyBooks

TouchyBooks is the most innovative and comprehensive interactive children´s books store. It already includes more than 70 stories and every week it continues to broaden its catalogue with new additions. Thanks to interactive technologies, TouchyBooks provides an extraordinary stroll through the world of stories that guarantees hours of fun for the little ones at home or on the road, all the while stimulating their imagination and encouraging positive learning habits.

Toy Story Read-Along

A fully interactive reading experience packed with Games, Movie Clips, Coloring Pages, Sing-along Tunes, and Surprises on every page. Hear the story read aloud, record your own narration, or explore at your own pace.

Virtuoso Piano

Be the maestro with Virtuoso Piano Classic, the classical iPod touch and iPhone instrument. Play breathtaking nocturnes in soft mode. Or ground shaking legatos with up to five fingers. Change the tuning with one flick of your fingers. Adjust the reverb mix to change the acoustical environment. Slide your fingers to roll the keys. And when you have the perfect tune, record it. Everything that made the grand piano the majesty of instruments now fits in your pocket.

Waterslide 2

More hypersonic, tube-surfing fun from the makers of the 24 million-downloads hit, Waterslide Extreme! Torpedo your way through a gigantic, city-wide waterslide, skimming around hairpin corners and rocketing down the massive drops at toe-curling speed. Collect the pearls and avoid the aquatic adversaries as you race toward the finish.

Whiteboard

Whiteboard © is an extremely useful app that will let you draw directly on a TV, monitor or screen (with a projector) using your iPad and the VGA-output cable (or similar) by Apple.

Tozzle

Look forward to relaxed car rides, you´ll never again have to drive AND entertain your kid, you can concentrate on driving while your child is having fun with Tozzle!

Cookies!

Bake and decorate virtual cookies on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad! These cookies look so good you’ll want to eat your phone!

Nursery Rhymes with StoryTime

Nursery Rhymes with StoryTime. Itâ€s a magical book. Play with Humpty Dumpty, Jack & Jill, Three Blind Mice and other classic nursery rhyme characters.

Crayola ColorStudio HD

What is Crayola ColorStudio HD + iMarker? Your iPad becomes an animated world of color and discovery! iMarker is an intelligent digital stylus that looks and feels like a Crayola marker, but interacts with your iPad in ways little fingers and ordinary styluses can’t. iMarker unlocks ColorStudio HD’s world of coloring options – crayons, markers, colored pencils and more in a convenient no-ink, no-mess, kid-safe package.

Happy Gaming!

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In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings. How do you rate it? “Jaw-dropping”? “Unconvincing”? Or just plain “Funny”?

[download tedPad here]

Share it with your friends or comment below. You can also continue the conversation on Google+.

Read on to learn how to integrate Buffer into your info-pr0n apps for easy one-click, queued tweets.

Buffer is a web service that lets you schedule your tweets so they are published at pre-set times throughout the day.

I regularly read Zite and Flipboard in the morning and retweet anything I find interesting. At night, it’s time for Instapaper. While browsing throughout the day I use the Buffer bookmarklet to make sure my tweets go into my publish queue. No such luck when using Zite, Flibpoard or Instapaper since they’re not integrated with Buffer.

So I end up publishing a ton of info early in the morning and late at night, which may not be the best approach.

How can I use Buffer from within Zite, Instapaper and Flipboard if it’s not integrated into them?

I’ve found a nice workaround using a web service called IFTTT (ifttt.com – If This, Then That) that allows you to create a workflow using a number of web apps, such as Delicious, Instapaper, Gmail, etc. [Hit me up for invites if you want to try it.]

The idea is to create a one-click workflow that allows you to share content through your Buffer queue without having to re-format e-mails, copy, paste or any extra steps you might be needing at the moment.

ifttt puts the internet to work for you by creating tasks that fit this simple structure:Think of all the things you could do if you were able to define any task as: when something happens (this) then do something else (that).

My IFTTT setup:

I’ve created two tasks that solve the Buffer issue for Zite and Instapaper.

I’ve connected IFTTT to my Delicious account, my Instapaper account and my Gmail account.

There’s 3 bits of magic that help make this happen:

1. Instapaper offers an RSS feed of your liked items.
2. Zite posts to your Delicious account using a via:zite tag.
3. Buffer offers you an email address where you can send your tweets to queued.

Now, on IFTTT create two tasks:

1. Send Delicious bookmarks from Zite to Buffer:

if [there’s a new bookmark tagged via:zite in your Delicious account] then [send an e-mail with the bookmark from your Gmail account to Buffer’s e-mail address]

Now all you need to do to share articles from within the Zite app is click on the Save to Delicious button.

2. Send liked Instapaper items to Buffer:

Use a New feed item from channel to check your Instapaper Liked Items feed.

if [there are new items on your Instapaper liked feed] then [send an e-mail with the article from your Gmail account to Buffer’s e-mail address].

You’ll find your Instapaper Liked Items feed at the bottom of your Instapaper Liked page, where it says This folder’s RSS.

Just like any article in Instapaper and off it goes into your Buffer queue (please note that Instapaper takes a while to refresh your RSS feed, so this may not be instantaneous – not that it matters, since you’re queuing them for later anyway).

In both cases, set the e-mail’s subject to the title of the bookmark/article ({{title}}) and the body to the url ({{url}}). You can edit to your liking to add additional info to your tweets.

For Flipboard, we can take advantage that Buffer’s email address begins with “add” and the emails are formatted in a way that plays nice with Buffer. Simply select Email Link, begin typing “add” until autocomplete shows the Buffer address (usually at the top) and send away. (The reason I don’t use this same approach with Zite is that Zite truncates the article title when e-mailing).

There you go. Buffer integrated with my most-used info-pr0n apps. Sweet.

Use this link to create your own Buffer account and receive one extra tweet space in your buffer: http://bufferapp.com/r/e32e1

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function get_thumb_series( $atts ) {
	extract( shortcode_atts( array(
		'ser_id' => false
	), $atts ) );
	if ('ser_id' == false){
		return false;
	}
 	global $post, $orgseries;
	$series_post = array();
	$posts_in_series = array();
	$settings = $orgseries->settings;
	$ser = $atts['ser_id'];
	$result = '<div class="episode-list">';
		$series_post = get_objects_in_term($ser, 'series'); 
		$posts_in_series = get_series_order($series_post, 0, $ser, FALSE);
		foreach($posts_in_series as $seriespost) { 
				$result .= token_replace(stripslashes($settings['series_post_list_post_template']), 'other', $seriespost['id'], $ser_ID);
		}
		$result .= '</div>';
		return $result;
}
add_shortcode( 'get-ts', 'get_thumb_series' );

Usage

On any post or page (and possibly anywhere else) where you want to list a particular series, enter the following shortcode:

[get-ts ser_id='n']

where n is the ID of the series you want to display (you can find this in the Manage Series admin page).

So, for instance, if you want to display a list of posts contained in a series with ID=10, you’d enter the following in the text of the post or page:

[get-ts ser_id='10']

Why and How did I do this

I’m using the wonderful Organize Series plugin on a site I’m working on to display hundreds of TV episodes together in a logical arrangement. As part of my CMS strategy, I needed a way to display the content of a series on a page that is not a part of the series.

Suppose you have all the episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” organized in a series so that you can jump from one to the next in a logical order and not be constrained by a blog’s chronological ordering system. If you want to create a page with additional info about the show, there’s no clear way to add the episode list to the page. This Shortcode will allow you to do just that.

The Organize Series plugin includes a file filled with useful functions (orgSeries-template-tags.php in the plugin’s folder). Figuring out how to put all that info to good use was a bit harder, since Organize Series now keeps all their support forums behind a pay-wall. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine solved that by letting me look at some older pages from back when the support forums where open.

Further help came from Aaron Jorbin’s post on WordPress Shortcodes – A how to by example.

The nice thing about this Shortcode is that you can edit the output to suit your needs. The reason I called the function get_thumb_series is that I originally wanted to generate a list of episodes with a thumbnail next to each one. I still haven’t done that, but there’s nothing keeping you from changing the function to return whatever it is you need. I’m currently using the default functions within orgSeries-template-tags.php (and the function itself is an abridged version of get_series_posts()), but will eventually add my own to return just the information I need about every episode (thumbnails, air dates, duration, etc).

I’ll add links to example pages once the site goes live. In the meantime, let me know if this article was helpful to you and feel free to post any fixes or updates.