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Skateboard controlled by xBox

by Chris M on January 15, 2012 in Equipment, Sport, Video with No comments

Yesterday afternoon I spent some time figuring out how I could connect my external hard drives to my television and control what I wanted to watch without getting off my butt. Good news is that I found a really great solution – Hard drives connected to a hub connected to Airport Extreme. Macbook wirelessly connecting to the hard drives, movies/series dragged into Fuze, Fuze connected to the xBox and an xBox controller used to play/pause/stop movies/series – really awesome solutions, big thanks to Brendon and Andre for their insight into this mission.

Whilst searching around for some tutorials and the likes I came across this awesome innovative initiative by Chaotic Moon’s LABS. The idea is a skateboard controlled by Xbox Kinect! I won’t bore you with details, rather just take a look at this video:

WhatsApp Messenger not in the AppStore

by Chris M on January 15, 2012 in Equipment, Internet with 4 Comments

Whilst I was trying to download WhatsApp onto a friends phone I noticed that I just couldn’t find it anywhere in the AppStore. I googled for a while and couldn’t find anything (was on my mobile and didn’t bother with search features). I then returned home and did a search on my computer and got down to the bottom of it.

The @WhatsApp Twitter account reveals the following, “Sorry, WhatsApp is temporarily unavailable on iTunes. We submitted a new version and are awaiting approval and publication Apple”.

Further reading revealed that the resubmission is due to a security risk, but not more than that is known and WhatsApp are now denying the security risk accusation. WhatsApp have not told us when the application will be available again and from my research I can’t find any further details.

If anyone knows anything else, please drop me a comment.

Everyday Awesomeness: download high quality fonts for free

by Jo B on January 11, 2012 in Equipment with No comments

Great news for designers, crafters, and font-junkies! Smashing Magazine has just released a new list of high quality free fonts. Here’s a preview:

Homestead:

Bree Serif Regular:

Lavanderia:

Amaranth:

Head over to Smashing Magazine to browse the collection.

Do you have a favourite site for free fonts? Let us know in the comments!

A day about Twitter

by Chris M on December 9, 2011 in Equipment, Networking with No comments

Wow, if there’s one cutting edge technology company that went all out today, it was Twitter! I’ve read article after article about Twitter releasing new things. I’m going to cover each of the releases below as best as I can from a fairly overview point of view, if you need more details, I’m sure you’ll be able to Google for them.

TweetDeck

So Twitter bought TweetDeck a while ago and rebuilt the software; now, today, they’ve released an updated version of TweetDeck and it’s completely different. Ok, sure, the premise is the same and so forth, but the interface is different, new colours, new fonts and quite a few new functions – there’s a native Mac app now, ftw! I like how it ties into the other tools they offer. Here’s what it’s looking like now:

Quite slick!

Twitter Web

Twitter also released a new website today, very different to the previous version and it’s hot! Words aren’t going to explain it too well, so here’s a screenshot of the home page and one of me logged into my account:

Twitter for iPhone

Of course, in a day and age where everything’s about mobile, it’s no surprise that Twitter also rolled out a new Twitter for iPhone application. I’m an Echofon user, but I’ve installed the new Twitter for iPhone and it’s rather awesome, not only have they ironed out a lot of things that bugged me, it’s awesome because it’s so in line with the Web Interface and TweetDeck – they’ve created their eco-system well! Let’s take a peak:

Quite an impressive day for Twitter! Right, off you go, update time! :)

Awesome wallpaper for December

by Chris M on December 6, 2011 in Equipment with 1 Comment

At The Forge Web Creations we’ve put out a wallpaper every month this year and our final one has been released (ok, it was released 6 days ago) and I wanted to share it here because I really like it. It was created by Brendon for those of you who are interested.

Introducing: Jewel Box

Download your size:

iPhone 4 | iPad | 1024×768 | 1280×800 | 1280×1024 | 1440×900 | 1680×1050 | 1920×1080 | 1920×1200| 2560×1440

Are you using Preview Pane on GMail?

by Chris M on November 21, 2011 in Equipment with 2 Comments

You know in Outlook and the likes where you click on an email, a preview pane appears allowing you to read the email without clicking into it? Well, GMail rolled out this feature and I’m wondering who is using it?

Now I know on a Mac you can two finger click on an inbox item to preview the item, but this new feature is different, it’s a full preview pane, have a look:

Settings > Labs > Search “preview pane” and change disabled to enabled to use this feature.

Here’s Google’s original announcement: click

[Hat Tip: Mel]

An eMarketing Textbook worth giving a read

by Chris M on November 2, 2011 in Equipment, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization with No comments

About a month ago I was invited to the launch party of Quirk’s 4th Edition eMarketing textbook. Now, I’ve been to parties at Quirk before and I’ve read a previous edition of the textbook, both of which were really great, so combine the two and what more could you expect? The party was awesome, despite arriving a little late, it was awesome meet Dianne, Lyndi, Jason and Abby, who are the geniuses behind the education department. I also managed to catch up with Rob Stokes who is the mastermind behind Quirk itself as well as the textbook.

The party was awesome, I had a really good time and was stoked to be given a free copy of Quirk’s eMarketing Textbook, which sees it’s 4th Edition now. Wow, the textbook’s doubled in size, jam-packed with online marketing information, tips, tricks and all sorts of other goodies. I haven’t had a chance to get through the whole book yet, but to give you an idea, it’s broken down into sections: Think, Create, Engage and Optimize.

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Breaking: New Gmail!

by Chris M on November 1, 2011 in Equipment, Internet with 1 Comment

That’s right folks, Google’s rolled out a new look and feel for GMail, and this update is an AWESOME one, wow!

Bundled with a ton of new features such as streamlined conversations, elastic density, HD themes, smarter navigation and better search, this update promises to be an exciting one. The streamlined conversations and the advanced search are two features that I, personally, am going to absolutely love!

Here’s a video:

To switch to the new look, you can do so in the bottom-right of GMail. Please note though, it’s being rolled out over the next few days, so be patient.

Will Unthink Make You Rethink Your Social Networks?

by Alessio on October 27, 2011 in Equipment with 2 Comments

Unthink, a new social network that’s been four years in the making, has announced their imminent launch and have positioned themselves as an anti-Facebook and anti-Google+ social network.

Why would a social network launch and define itself by something it is not, rather than something that it is?

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Skype translations

by Chris M on October 22, 2011 in Equipment with 4 Comments

I’ve just caught up on some news from Skype, they’ve launched a little infographic with some translations so that we’re able to greet people around the world in their spoken languages. I must admit, when I started reading the post, I thought this was going to be an actual feature inside Skype, but it appears not, so I was a little let down to be honest – it would be so easy to build this in.

Anyway, it’s always cool to see other languages, so this infographic will still be fun and useful.

Take a read:

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