Silfies Scope

Cool links for January 3rd from 11:13 to 11:18:

• Wakoopa - Discover software & games - Interesting social web service that tracks your productivity in using both desktop and web apps.
• Teaching Online Journalism » Popular Flash Journalism tips - Mindy McAdams did it again with this collection of how-to pieces for using Flash in journalism.
• Tools for News - Chris Amico has compiled a great resource page for journalists to learn and find tools for reporting and presenting news. Excellent project I hope to contribute to eventually.

Cool links for December 27th through January 1st:

• What is Twitter? - Obsessable has one of the clearest explanations of Twitter that I've read. Props for adding "Twitter in Plain English" to the mix too.
• 24 ways: Absolute Columns - Excellent post about creating better layouts with CSS.
• 15 Resources To Get You Started With jQuery From Scratch - NETTUTS - A basic guide for using jQuery — starting from a "what is it?" to "what is it good for?" and beyond.

Cool links for December 25th from 12:04 to 12:22:

• Intro to Drupal: Build a Simple CMS - NETTUTS - Excellent walk-through for using Drupal as a CMS. I'll be working on this over winter break.
• Drupal case studies | drupal.org - Drupal is so extensible and malleable that specific examples of its power are necessary for understanding how to get started with the platform.
• Snackr: an RSS ticker for Windows/Mac/Linux built using Adobe AIR and Flex. - Adobe AIR app for streaming RSS feeds onto your desktop. It's handy when I'm not doing anything with intense real estate concerns — like photo processing — but I'd presume it really shines with a second monitor.

Cool links for December 16th through December 23rd:

• [ws] Color Scheme Generator 2 - Create mono, analogous, contrasting, triad and tetrad color schemes. Tons of options, including web safe colors. Simple amazing!
• TweetChat - It's like a chat room, but with Twitter instead. Rooms are based on #hashtags.
• Top 10 CSS Table Designs | CSS, Events | Smashing Magazine - Great examples of code for stylish tables using CSS.
• How to Make a Graph in Adobe Illustrator | FlowingData - How to make an appealing and informative graph with Adobe Illustrator

Cool links for December 12th through December 15th:

• Blueprint: A CSS Framework | Spend your time innovating, not replicating - Excellent frameworks for developing CSS. Developing time looks drastically shortened.
• Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows. - Amazing way to make screencasts and easy to follow directions for performing actions on your computer. Best part? It's free!
• WordPress 2.7: If You Don't Like It, Change It - ReadWriteWeb - With 2.7 WordPress is easily moving toward functioning as a full-fledged CMS.
• screen-scraper Support | screen-scraper community - Excellent resource for getting data out of Web sites.
• Addictomatic: Inhale the Web - It's like Google, but better. More of an aggregator for topics including Twingly, Twitter searches and other sources.