Archive for July, 2007

Tip The Planet

Tips on everything you do in your life - it is TipThePlanet. Based on MediaWiki therefore it’s like wikipedia.org and everyone can contribute and share their tips.
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Glamour photography by Ranjit Grewal

Continuing India theme some more photos. This time by Ranjit Grewal.

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Creative Converse ads

Advertising agency JWT Warsaw made stylish serie of Converse ads. Video is avaiable, too (quick time).

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Photoblogs magazine

Photoblogs magazine is online publication created specifically to showcase the work of photobloggers from around the world. You can download back issues of e-zine for free. Full of nice and inspirating photographies. Thoug unfortunatelly Photoblogs magazine is silent more than a year. I hope they will be back some day.
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Brands meet India

Sharad Haksar, director of ad agency 1pointsize in ironical way shows how global brands meet India.

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WinSCP 4.0 is out

Not so long ago i already wrote about release of WinSCP 4.0 Beta with FTP support. Now stable version of WinSCP 4.0. is out. Download it here: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php#download2
If you want to see changelog it’s here: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/history
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Post to Twitter directly from FireFox addressbar

Used to twitter a lot? Twitterbar is here to ease your life. With this plugin you can send messages directly to Twitter directly from FireFox by hitting the icon in address bar. All you need to do to post to Twitter is enter your message and hit “Post to Twitter” icon. Hovering over the [...]


You need more thinking

This is another tip on getting things done. Michael Hyatt thinks that we don’t spend enough time thinking. Thats our problem. And new gadgets won’t really help us either. Even more - sometimes they unnecessary clutter to our lives.
He gives three tips how one can free time for thinking:

Eliminate everything that is not critial to [...]


Create your own custom icons with GIMP

Want to add personality to your blog, webpage or desktop? Creating your own icons from scratch is easier than you probably thought. Here are some gudes how to do that - wether you use Photoshop or GIMP. Enjoy the process of creating!

How to make a folder icon
GIMP - Creating Icons
How to Create OS X Icons [...]


How to manage your boss

Big companies have different aproach to business than small companies do. You should take it into account when talking to boss. Because boss incorporates, or at least should incorporate, philosophy and business approach of company. Gilles Bowkett wrote a nice peace on how to talk to your boss in big corporations and in small companies.
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