Category Archives: tools/tips

Jpgs, Gifs, Pngs – what is best for screenshots?

robinna/ July 20, 2008/ productivity, tools/tips, tutorials/ 0 comments

Uh-oh, I sometimes take the easy way out (i.e., use whatever format is supported by the software I have in front of me)… Text & Clipart — GIF or PNG formatScreenshots from Window — PNG formatVideo & Photographs screenshots — JPG format The article explains it more and also includes images comparing quality. http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/best-file-format-for-screenshot-images/3917/

Google reader tips

robinna/ July 10, 2008/ tools/tips/ 0 comments

A few of my favorite shortcut keys in google reader: s -> Starj -> Open nextk -> Open previousr -> refreshgs -> starred …and lots more here

Downloading a video from youtube

robinna/ May 6, 2008/ tools/tips, Training/ 0 comments

From the google blog: Until now, you could only get FLV files from your browser’s cache or using one of the many websites that let you download YouTube videos. In fact, to download the MP4 files, you need to use the same URL like for FLV files and append “&fmt=18”: http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=ID&t=SIGNATURE&fmt=18 ID is the video’s identification value, SIGNATURE is a

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Converting apple keynote to powerpoint (4:3 ratio to 16:9)

robinna/ March 13, 2008/ productivity, tools/tips/ 0 comments

This is a much abbreviated version from an email: Convert 4:3 powerpoint presentations to 16:9 (wide-screen)Keynote (apple) can resolve this problem. 1) Open the original presentation in Apple keynote.2) Open the inspector, choose document >slide size Choose the new size 3) Export the new presentation from Keynote to Powerpoint. Workaround from Microsoft:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011420901033.aspx

Posting to multiple blogs using Live Writer (How to)

robinna/ March 13, 2008/ software, publishing, webdesign, tools/tips/ 0 comments

Live Writer is a desktop application from Microsoft that allows the user to easily post to Microsoft Live Spaces, Blogger, wordpress, and other blog software (either hosted or on your own server). The WYSIWYG tool is amazingly easy to setup and use and posting to multiple blogs is a snap. Learn more about Livewriter here (and download it, too!) So,

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How to add a comments list in blogger

robinna/ February 12, 2008/ my projects, tools/tips/ 0 comments

So, one little nifty (?) blogger trick is to include a quick way to see comments without logging in. Of course, this means everyone can see them, too. 😉 I had to search around a bit to find the feed for the comments, so I thought I’d post it a hopefully easy place: All comments:http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default Per post comments:http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/IDOFPOST/default Okay, so

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convert your life: handy online tools

robinna/ January 31, 2008/ productivity, tools/tips, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

Convert: your calendar: If you are exporting a cvs file and need to change it to ical your files (need a different file format?) to pdf html to php your numbers, measurements, & more favorite image to an icon hex to rgb > rgb to hex (colors!) just a few useful things….