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As a user of Twitter, I’ve written several articles about tools that help me use it more productively. Hootsuite helps me manage the many people I follow without being overwhelmed. TweetFunnel helps if you have more than one user tweeting but one brand to keep. Enter Taweet. Learn how to schedule future tweets! There are a few tools I’ve come across that allow you to schedule posts for the future. Taweet is here to hopefully change the way we think about Twitter and tweeting from “thinking about the past” to “what’s going on in the future.” Twitter asks “What are you doing?” Taweet asks “What are you doing IN THE FUTURE?” - David.R.Gilson

The man who says “life is worth losing” turns 70 today. George would say that’s irony, not a coincidence. George Dennis Carlin was born May 12, 1937 in New York City and for the last 47 years he’s been doing stand-up comedy better than anyone else on the planet. In the process he’s pissed off a lot of people and accumulated some of the funniest, and most controversial, quotes known to man. Even a list of 101 quotes is just scratching the surface. In no particular order here are his 101 best… - David.R.Gilson

We’ve previously showcased some really nice Mac wallpapers and Windows wallpapers. This time around we want to give Ubuntu a try. This following entry is dedicated to all you Ubuntu users. We figured you could wear it proud and for starters, a nice Ubuntu wallpaper on the desktop. Finding sets of nice looking Ubuntu wallpapers was one challenging task and here’s what we managed to collect – 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers. Full list after jump. - David.R.Gilson

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Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy. At Allmyapps you can browse over a hundred popular applications in a dozen categories to build a master list of applications you want to install. You don't have to install immediately after building your list, you can save your list for later installation. Check out the video below to see how Allmyapps works: - David.R.Gilson

Now you can tag your friends and all other people in your Flickr photos. This may sound familiar from other services like Facebook. It took Flickr a while to implement the feature, but as you’d expect, they really made the Flickr tags work well. Especially the way you have control over where you show up yourself is handled well. I think this might sound convenient to some of you who have suddenly shown up on Facebook on that photo some kid made at a party where you tried to set the world record for beer bong drinking. Ouch. As you know there are too many examples of people getting busted calling in sick for work. But Flickr has implemented this well and it could be a really nice tool. Both for organizing your own photos and the people who are in them and finding other people’s photos you are in. - David.R.Gilson

Flickr is one of the largest and most popular photo sharing websites around. They let you upload photos for free – till a certain limit – and if you pay the very nominal fee, you can upload as many photos as you want on the site. They also have a pretty good permissions system that gives you, the user, control over who does or does not see the pics that you’re uploading. But that is not even the best part about Flickr. The best part is the awesome community that the site has and the knowledge that one can gather by just ‘lurking’ around the various photography groups and the forums. - David.R.Gilson

It's still early days for Google Wave but already there are a large number of Gadgets and Robots being developed. If you don't know the difference, Gadgets are local, client-side (as in they run on your computer), Javascript and HTML. Robots run remotely on another server. - David.R.Gilson

Whether you’re working with things like video, music, animation, games, or any other media, sound is critical. The use of sound effects can make or break a project, but sometimes finding that right, good-quality piece of audio can be difficult. Before you open up your wallet for expensive software or try to make your own sound effects, you may easily be able to find free sound effects on the Web. There are plenty of great resources available online. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost you anything! Have your headphones ready? Here’s the top 5 websites for free sound effects downloads. - David.R.Gilson

Think that your browser's private mode keeps your browsing completely private? Not so! More often than not, you're still leaving traces of your browsing session behind, and today we'll tell you how to get rid of them for truly private browsing. - David.R.Gilson

On the day the digital camera was invented, the photographer died. Go on to the street these days and the only thing a digital camera tells you about a person is the size of their bank balance. As an alternative-lifestyle statement, SLR ownership is now right up there with owning a Coldplay CD. In these troubled times, when SLRs are no longer a badge of actual photography skills, you need something to distinguish yourself from the crowd. We're going to tell you how to stand out from the Jessops jockeys with ten DIY tips for distinctive looking -- and almost free -- photography hardware. Sellotape at the ready: let's go! - David.R.Gilson

In June 2005, Google announced a new service called Google Sitemaps. This program allows webmaster to submit an index of URLs which they want to have included in Googles web search. It's free to use and helps Google to get a more complete overview of your pages. This FAQ answers the most asked questions reached me per mail. Feel free to contact me if you have suggestions or corrections for this page! - David.R.Gilson

It’s so frustrating that you can’t usually find which forum thread is linking to your website, because under the referring site report, cross segment performance, content report, it truncates the URL at the end of the filename, so you end up with items like: /forums/showthread.php /forums/viewtopic.php etc. There are two options, the first is a hack which uses filters to place the referrer into the User Defined Report (thanks to tresman and Pyrana), while the second uses a modified version of the Google Analytics tracking code to place the full referrer into the Top Content Report. - David.R.Gilson

To calculate the average file size within a directory on a Linux system, following command can be used: ls -l | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print sum/n;}' If you'd like to know the average size of some particular kind of files (like jpg files) then use the following: ls -l *.jpg | gawk '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print sum/n;}' - David.R.Gilson

Windows/Mac/Linux: Doit.im is a free, attractive, cross-platform task management application built on the principles of productivity guru David Allen's Getting Things Done. It syncs to the web, it's easy to use, and soon it'll sync to your phone, too. (Click the image above for a closer look.) Once you install the app and register for an account, you can start adding items to your inbox, creating projects, and scheduling your tasks. A lot of the organizational tools will be familiar to GTD followers: notice the Projects and Someday inboxes, as well as the next actions section for arranging your tasks. You can easily drag and drop tasks into any bucket across the application, and while I ran into a snag on my first run, everything seemed smooth sailing after I started it up again. - David.R.Gilson

Linux file permissions tutorial - David.R.Gilson

Linux file permissions tutorial - David.R.Gilson

There are hundreds of wordpress plugins available on the internet. Some of them are very useful and some of them are only for sake of existence. But its totally up to you that how you can make your wordpress blog more strong and powerful using different plugins to give your blog readers an amazing and wonderful experience. In this post, I tried to list down those powerful wordpress plugins that are really essential for every blog. You are welcome to share more Useful Wordpress Plugins That Probably Are Essential and our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. - David.R.Gilson

To celebrate our new product name, Echofon, we will be giving away cute personalized tiles with your twitter profile photo on them! These are two-inch-square ceramic tiles with a magnet on the back, created and delivered by Teeny Tile. To win a tile, write a tweet about Echofon and use the hashtag #echofon. Make sure your post is about Echofon, don't just put #echofon on a random tweet! We will select 20 winners every day and announce them here as well as notify them on Twitter. You should follow @echofon, so we can direct message you instructions to redeem your tile. - David.R.Gilson

If youre looking for some new social media icons for your website, then youve come to the right place! We found some great sets with icons for Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Vimeo, Reddit, and tons of other social networking sites! Plus, these icons showcase some of the latest trends in web design, including wood, ink splatter, transparency, grunge, paper, hand drawn, and denim! - David.R.Gilson

Update: The site was up and running when this post was published, but now it seems that it is down for unknown reason.) (Update: The site is up and running again.) For those who always feel that gaming is not suitable in Linux OS and it is always an hassle to install and get games to run in Linux platform, then DJL will definitely change the way you think. Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems. In short, it is an application that allows you to install/uninstall/manage your games easily. With Djl, you can browse through its repository of 100+ games and install the game you want with a simple click. No longer do you need to worry about game dependencies and all the command lines. - David.R.Gilson

ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It's a 7-bit character code where every single bit represents a unique character. On this webpage you will find 8 bits, 256 characters, according to ISO 8859-1 and Microsoft® Windows Latin-1 increased characters, which is available in certain programs such as Microsoft Word. - David.R.Gilson

Google Wave, released earlier today, is already generating a lot of buzz, and for good reason: it’s a potential game changer in the realm of of email, IM, and project management. But there a few key features that really speak to Google Wave’s potential. Specifically, the fact that it is open-source and can be fitted with extensions and applications. Today, the GoogleGoogleGoogle team showed off a few extensions for their new communication platform. One of the most interesting ones, though, was Twave, a TwitterTwitterTwitter extension for Google WaveGoogle WaveGoogle Wave. The integration makes sense: Google Wave and Twitter are both forms of real-time communication, so why not bring them together? The result, though, speaks to the potential applications of Google’s newest product. - David.R.Gilson

Google Wave, released earlier today, is already generating a lot of buzz, and for good reason: it’s a potential game changer in the realm of of email, IM, and project management. But there a few key features that really speak to Google Wave’s potential. Specifically, the fact that it is open-source and can be fitted with extensions and applications. Today, the GoogleGoogleGoogle team... more... - David.R.Gilson

Today has been dominated by news and excitement surrounding Google WaveGoogle WaveGoogle Wave, Google’sGoogleGoogle new real-time communication platform that will launch to the public on September 30th. In fact, there’s been so much buzz that you might just not have enough time to read the thousands of articles being released on Google’s biggest product launch in recent memory. To make sense of it all, we have compiled key information, definitions, and links related to the launch of Google Wave. This in-depth guide provides an overview of Google Wave, discusses the terminology associated with it, details information on Google Wave applications, (i.e. the Twitter Wave app Twave), and goes over ways to keep yourself informed. We know you’re excited about Google Wave, so here’s what we think you should know: - David.R.Gilson

Linux has always had an impression of being a geek’s toolbox. Critics have often pointed out the lack of a user friendly interface and a lack of software applications and games that appeal to the general audience as one of the main reasons hindering its widespread adoption. Things have changed a lot over the past few years and there is plenty of eye candy available on the Linux desktop. Today however we are going to look at the gaming side of the spectrum and particularly at applications and resources you can use to find and install Linux games on your box. - David.R.Gilson

So you've snagged an invitation to Google Wave—or a pal is sending one your way—and you've already taken a look at what to expect. Let's dive deeper into Wave features, etiquette, and extensions. - David.R.Gilson

Whether it's a page of printed notes from an instructor, an old proposal you want to edit, or a letter your boss wants turned into a template, OnlineOCR can help take an image of text and turn it into an editable copy. You can upload documents in a variety of formats like PDF, TIFF, JPG, and other image files as well as a ZIP of your document. Without creating an account you can convert documents up to 1MB in size and 5 pages long. Creating a free account allows you to upload documents that are 20MB in size and longer than 5 pages. - David.R.Gilson

s many of you know, with virtualization you can run an operating system within another. There are plenty of reasons why you would want to do that: if you are a developer you might want to see how your application behaves on different operating systems; you can test out software, products and suspicious files in an isolated environment without damaging your host operating system. There are various software available for creating and running virtual machine image. Microsoft’s Virtual PC, VMware, and Sun Microsystems’ VirtualBox to mention a few. Usually, there are several steps you would need to follow in order to create a virtual machine. These include creating a virtual hard disk and then installing the required operating system on the virtual hard disk. - David.R.Gilson

I have been using p3nfs to mount my Nokia 9300 and later the E70, and it has worked pretty well. However, all this time the fuse and bluez hackers and Nokia’s open source team have been busy behind my back and provide a couple of alternative solutions. The easier of these is using fuse and obexfs. I initially found this tip on Google Groups, and later David’s more thorough HOWTO. Here’s the drill: - David.R.Gilson

This is a simple Wordpress plug-in aimed at giving credit where credit is due. I am talking about those wonderful plug-in creators who make our life easier, allowing us to do wonderful things without any knowledge of php. After completing my website I felt I had to thanks those people and quote them somewhere. This plug-in lists all the plugins you are using. The plugin can inserts a simple html list into any post/page. - David.R.Gilson