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Feb 08 2009

Saving Words From Extinction

Stephen Fry mentioned a site on Twitter that really caught my eye – savethewords.org

Language is constantly evolving, with words being added all the time, while other words “fade” into obscurity.

The “save the words” site highlights and promotes words that are falling out of use

savethewords

Is it going to improve your life? Probably not.

Is it fun? Definitely

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool · Tagged: cool, dictionary, language, vocabulary, words

Feb 07 2009

Cool Polystyrene Stuff

If you’d told me a couple of weeks ago that I’d be a fan of polystyrene stuff I’d probably have laughed at you.

Seriously.

The nice people over in MadeinHollywood, however, have made me “see the light”.

They did up a really nice set of horse’s heads for us:

blacknight logo head horse

(see the comments and more here)

So now I’m a big fan.

If you want to see what kind of stuff they’ve done for other people, then head over to their site and peruse their portfolio.

I’d have never thought that polystyrene could be cool, but it is!

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, useful · Tagged: blacknight, cool, design, logo, polystyrene

Jan 18 2009

IGOPeople Putting A Slightly Different Spin On Social Networks

igopeople logo

I’m more than a little jaded by the plethora of “social” sites and services that have been springing up over the last couple of years.

Do we really need another one?

What can site X offer that isn’t already available via sites A, B or C?

That was my state of mind when I first heard about IGO people.

I’ll be honest. I didn’t want to signup and I couldn’t see any benefit in having “yet another bloody login”.

However a good friend asked me to give it a try, so I did.

IGO People is a slightly different concept:

I – individuals
G – groups
O – organisations

And the entire site is structured around these three types of user (admittedly there is an overlap…)

I grabbed a quick screenshot of the homepage a few minutes ago:
igo people main pageIt’s a nice way to interact and discuss organisations (companies etc.,) groups and individuals. What makes it a small bit different is that a lot of the content isn’t behind a “wall” (unlike so many of the social network sites)

It’s still in beta and they are adding new features, but it could become a very useful platform for companies and their clients who seek a medium to interact. While facebook has its “groups” and “pages” the IGO platform would appear to be more open and flexible and hopefully will remain less cluttered (ie. no annoying apps )

One to watch!

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, useful · Tagged: business, cool, igo people, networks, organisations, social, Social network, useful

Jan 03 2009

Quality Stock Images At Low Prices

istockphotoUsing images in a website or blog can make a huge difference. A visualisation of a metaphor can be a lot more powerful than any words.

Unfortunately stock images can be very expensive, so a lot of people end up abusing other people’s images and breach copyright, which isn’t a very good idea!

IStockPhoto, however is an excellent solution to the problem.

With images priced from as low as $1 you can easily find a photo or graphic that fits your requirements and thus avoid painful legal battles.

I’ve been using their services for the last couple of years to help illustrate company websites and blogs and I’m always impressed with the quality of the images that they have to offer and at such a great price.

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, photography, useful · Tagged: cool, Copyright, Idea, IStockphoto, Law, photography, stock photos, useful, Website

Jan 02 2009

IrishBlogs.ie

irishblogs.ie logo

While it may not be the most visually attractive website, IrishBlogs.ie wins me over as it’s so useful.

IrishBlogs.ie is a blog aggregator ie. it collects the blog posts from multiple blogs and bloggers, which in this instance are all Irish or related to Ireland.

As you explore the site you can see that it groups posts on particular subjects etc.,

A handy resource, especially if you want to find out what Irish bloggers are saying about you or your business

On a related note.. the Irish Blog Awards are now accepting nominations

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, entertainment, events, fashion, food, green, health, humour, kids, music, photography, politics, reviews, shopping, useful · Tagged: Aggregator, blog, Ireland, On the Web, Social network, Weblogs, Website

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