I'm a pretty big fan of Reddit, and a lot of that is because of the awesome community behind it. Well, okay, it also has something to do with the hilarious images that are posted, but still, the community rocks.
Adding good search functionality to your site can often be a pain, but Sikbox wants to help make it easier. They are offering a no-hassle method to adding a search box to your site using JavaScript. Results will appear for users as they type, and Yahoo! is the search engine that powers the results.
Creating a chart or graph is something we've become accustomed to using a spreadsheet app for, like Excel. When you just need to whip up a quick chart to publish on your site you may want to consider firing up a site like Chartle.net instead of that desktop app on your machine. Not only can you create impressive looking charts and diagrams, but you can also make them interactive!
WolframAlpha is a site that I absolutely love despite not using it nearly enough. When I do use it, however, the information and details it provides are incredible.
Last month I covered an awesome photo sharing service called DropMocks. Unlike most photo management sites this one wasn't looking to be the most powerful service on the web, and instead just wanted to offer a simple way for users to quickly share photos with one another. There's a new kid on the block that copies a lot of what DropMocks offers, but also throws in a few goodies.
A few months ago we wrote about an awesome iPhone/iPad game called Solipskier that some of my friends put together. The developers realize how much some of you love stats, and have assembled two gorgeous infographics that breakdown the traffic and money they scooped up with the hit game.
Over at Lifehacker last week I saw an article about an online service called WizardRSS that could take a partial/truncated RSS feed and turn it into the full thing. When you read news on a mobile device like I typically do having a full RSS feed can make reading news that much more enjoyable.
One of my friends asked me recently if I knew of any way he could share a file with some friends that was over 8GB in size (it was a ZIP of over a thousand photos). Distributing really large files like that can often be a huge pain. All of the normal alternatives aren't really available, such as attaching to an email or some other sites that actually host the files for you.
Ever want to post a PDF document online for people to read without making someone download it first? There are some excellent zero-effort sites for doing just that, such as Scribd, but not everyone likes to use third-party services for that kind of stuff.
I always try to be good about adding things to my calendar, but more often than not those times I say "oh, I'll add that to my calendar later" turns into something that never happens. In the end I completely forget what I was supposed to do, and the vicious cycle repeats itself.
I've helped plenty of people with coding before, but when I'm not working right next to them it can be difficult to help troubleshoot. They normally end up emailing me the code and then I email them back the edited file. Along with that I typically have to explain what I've changed, which can be a pain if there were a lot of modifications throughout the code.
I'm always on the lookout for great bookmarklets, and I think the free online service called Print Friendly has just earned a permanent spot in my repertoire. When you go to the homepage you'll notice that there is a spot for you to enter in the URL of a site, and doing so will cause a printer-optimized version of the page to be displayed.
The other day I was looking for a way to take a large CSV file worth of data and convert it into corresponding XML nodes. I wanted the first line of the CSV file to serve as each individual node name so that it could be easily parsed, and most of all I wanted an online solution because I knew I shouldn't need a full-fledged application to do something this mundane.
If you're a webmaster that is running a site using Apache then you are likely familiar with the .htaccess file. It's a powerful way to redirect and control access to virtually any page on the site, but it can take time getting used to the syntax needed for some of the things you may want to do. One thing that comes to mind is setting up a domain (ex.
It's Friday, and you've gotta be looking for a great way to kill some time. Right? Let me introduce you to the YouTube Time Machine. It's exactly what it sounds like. There is a timeline along the top that you drag to the year you want to review. It will then pull in videos that users have submitted that cover something from that year. Simple.
I love when people develop tools that don't take a genius to use. Something that I could share with my parents and rest easy knowing that even they will be able to understand how it works. DropMocks is a fine example of just that.
Most mobile browsers are not geared towards doing developer-related things like viewing the source code of a page. There's a nice bookmarklet, however, that will get you this functionality without too much trouble.
A few weeks ago I was browsing around looking for a website benchmark and optimization tool, and in doing so I stumbled across a real gem. WebPageTest.org is what I'll safely call a powerful set of data that you can quickly pull up about any site. Even better is the fact that you can have it speed test the site from one of a dozen different locations from around the world.
Finding free fonts isn't always easy, but in the past UrbanFonts.com was a place I could turn to. They offer over 8,000 free fonts as well as live previews from the entire selection that they have available.
Video editing is something that can kind of be a pain, and in some cases can even cost a lot of money if you don't already have decent hardware/software to do it. JayCut wants to help with both of those things. A free account will get you 2GB of storage and the ability to export/save up to 20 videos per month. I'd say that is more than sufficient for most people.
