January 28, 2007 | In Tech LifestyleI just read about this great email productivity tool over at Carsonified!. It’s something I was ranting about some time ago that should be brought out on a Windows platform but this software utility is on OS X.
It works like a predictive text input on a mobile phone. If you find yourself typing the same thing over and over again when answering emails, I’ve got a real time-saving tip for you.
The tool is called Text Expander.
Ryan Carson just uploaded a video to YouTube to demonstrate it in action. Hey, who’s holding the camera? (Ryan’s looking like Matthew Fox from Lost.) 
The nice thing is that it lives under “System Preferences”. TextExpander costs US $29.95.
January 26, 2007 | In Developer, WordPressWordPress 2.1 Plugin Compatibility list. Essential for all upgraders.
January 23, 2007 | In Developer, WordPressWordpress 2.1 “Ella” is Out as of approx. 16 hours ago. It’s nice to know there are over 550 bug fixes and an updated Akismet plugin.
Next major release is due on the streets April 23rd.
Link via Threadwatch.
January 22, 2007 | In Developer, GeneralAn A-Z list of online advertising definitions…sit back and enjoy.
Ad Unit
The type of advertising proposed, whether a banner, button, e-mail text ad, pop-up or other richer creative. An ‘Advert’ is defined by how they are sold & delivered to the user, i.e. by a third party ad server, and measured in CPM.
Agency Discount
Most B2C media owners in the UK discount 15% (B2B, 10%) from cost of media for agencies which are members of the IAA. (As an incentive for Agencies to underwrite clients media expenditure).
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January 22, 2007 | In DeveloperDownload of the week: Sam Stephenson’s Prototype goes version one-and-a-half. It’s a JavaScript framwork that enables you to deal with Ajax calls in a “very easy” and “fun” way - oh, also extends the DOM of course - that is also safe (cross-browser).
Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.
Pros: Documentation, AJAX, ‘as used on Digg, Blinksale, etc.’
Cons: 72Kb, 1 file, 2500 lines
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