Because Every Geek Needs a Chart

I found this on Mashable, and of course, I had to try it out.

"But do you know where you share the most? Are you actually a blogging junkie, or perhaps you’re Twitter addicted? Well GeekChart is a new and simple tool for not only discovering the answer to these burning questions, but it’s also a way to share the results with all of your friends."

You also get your own public Geek Chart page, which shows your last 30 days of updates. My chart is below and in the right-hand margin of my blog. You can also explore the Geek Charts of other geeks.

"Each slice of the Geek Chart is a link to your profile on sites like Flickr, Twitter, Youtube and more."

MsCarolM's Geek Chart

They're working on adding more services, and your chart updates periodically based on your activity. Just one of those fun, geeky things for us geeks to play with:-)

Seesmic Desktop

I'm taking this for a test-drive right now, and so far, I am really loving it!

Not only can you have multiple Twitter/Facebook account columns display side-by-side, but you can create groups of people that you follow, so that you can find and display those updates easily. I set up a group for friends and family, one for my Weight Watchers-related follows, one for coupons and shopping, one for geek stuff, etc.

If you've used Twhirl, Seesmic Desktop takes it to the next level. It's really easy to set up and use, and you can display multiple account columns across your page by clicking on the "Detach" button. The only down-side for me so far is the inability to change the color scheme, but that's a "me" issue.

clipped from mashable.com Seesmic Desktop Updates: More Facebook Comments, Less Twitter Spam May 22nd, 2009 | by Jennifer Van Grove7 Comments When Seesmic Desktop first launched we thought it had great potential to be a threat to TweetDeck. Then after adding Facebook integration, we were convinced that it was indeed a fierce rival. Now, just a few short weeks later, Seesmic Desktop has released yet another update, and we remain impressed. The update, available now, fixes a few minor bugs, but adds in some key features we’ve been craving: Facebook commenting, Twitterspam reporting, additional image options, spellcheck, and even Tweetshrink support to auto-condense 140 plus character updates.

For the Food Geeks Among Us

This is very cool! I've already bookmarked it on my Blackberry.

I can't wait to check out the shopping list feature, because that is something that I desperately need when trying new recipes. I always end up forgetting something or buying something that I already have in my kitchen.

clipped from www.cookinglight.com Recipes on the Go MyRecipes launches new mobile site MyRecipes.com has launched a new mobile site that brings the best of Cooking Light and MyRecipes to any Web-enabled phone. Now you can search more than 33,000 kitchen-tested recipes and browse daily food features wherever you go. Simply point your phone's browser to m.myrecipes.com. Healthy meal-planning just got easier. Forget your shopping list on the printer? Find your recipes with a quick search, then save them to your MyRecipes Mobile file and create a shopping list you can browse on the go. Wandering the produce aisle with no game plan for dinner? See the Cooking Light 45-minute Dinner Tonight menus.

Fotomoto Lets Photographers Sell Photos On-Site Without The Hassle

"A couple lines of code. That's all it takes for photographers and publishers with large inventories of images to start selling their work on their own websites, thanks to an ambitious fledgling company. You'd think that something so simple could be pulled off by many a startup, but in reality I'm having trouble finding other companies that do it the way the recently launched Fotomoto does it (i.e. the right way). Sure, there are multiple ways for photographers to sell photos on other websites, but that usually requires both them and buyers to have a separate account with the provider of the marketplace service."

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GyPSii CONNECT

I added this to my blackberry the other day, and have been having a bit of fun with it.

GyPSii is a mobile social network, and, while I'm still figuring out the ins and outs of it, it's pretty cool. You can add photos, places and update your status.

Now, using CONNECT, you can also update your facebook and Twitter status via GyPSii. It also does it in reverse - if your facebook or Twitter status was updated more recently, it can update your GyPSii status. I've got mine set up that way, and now all three services - facebook, Twitter and GyPSii update each other. Pretty cool!

clipped from www.blackberrycool.com GyPSii CONNECT updates Twitter and Facebook from your BlackBerry The mobile social network GyPSii, has launched a service called CONNECT, which allows users to automatically update and share their status across Twitter and Facebook as well as its own network. The social network supports BlackBerry, meaning you can update your accounts directly from your device. The cornerstone of this social network is its PlaceMe feature. The feature lets users record a moment or an experience using photos or videos, geotag it and share it with others by publishing it on GyPSii or Facebook and also sending it as a Twitter message.

An Example of Clipmarks in Action

I used Clipmarks to copy this description of another cool site, itookThisOnMyPhone.com.

Pretty neat, no?

clipped from itookthisonmyphone.com Join our growing network of mobile photographers. With a single click, you take a photo or shoot a video on your phone and it's automatically transferred to your personal, online photo gallery. No wires. No manual uploads. No extra keystrokes. No Cost. No Kidding. View your photos and videos online in seconds. iTookThisOnMyPhone is the easiest and fastest way to upload photo media. You can keep your photos private or share them with friends and family. Easily organize, email, print your photos, or send them to popular social networking sites. With iTookThisOnMyPhone, you can save a lifetime of photos and videos in one safe place.

Where do I START???

I guess the best place to start would be some of my favorite web tools:

• Shareaholic - This is an awesome tool for sharing links. You can use it to share links on facebook, Twitter, friendfeed, delicious, e-mail, tumblr, StumbleUpon and lots of others. I use it with Firefox all the time!
• Morning Coffee - One of my favorite Firefox add-ons! It lets you organize websites by day and open them up simultaneously as part of your daily routine. You can have one set of sites open Monday-Friday, another on the weekends, and set others for every day or only on certain days. This is cool!
• Clipmarks - On Clipmarks.com, you can see clips of text, images or video about all sorts of topics that other people find while surfing the web.
• Wired-Marker - This is really cool. You can not only bookmark sites, but you can highlight text within the site, and it will save it with your text highlighted. And, for those who are into customizing colors, you can change your highlighter colors.

And so it begins...

I'm sitting here looking at the copy of "BlackBerry for Dummies" that's sitting on my desk, along with a copy of "Twitter Revolution". Also among the books I borrowed from my library is "facebook: The Missing Manual".

I think I need an intervention. But, since that probably isn't going to happen anytime soon, I figured I'd put my addiction to good use and share. Be afraid. Be very afraid!