I'd rather be cited for the appropriateness and value of the marketing programs we execute for clients than for their creativity.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts [Email]
We've mentioned before that you can use the "+" sign in your Gmail address to generate an unlimited number of email address variations for your same account, but some online services won't accept the "+" symbol, or ignore it entirely. Instead, you can use the period "." character anywhere within your email address and Gmail will ignore it, but most online services will consider it a separate address.
This way you can sign up for more than one account with the same online provider, but get your email in a single inbox. It's a brilliantly simple solution, just the way we like them.
Use One Email Address with Multiple Twitter Accounts [Digital Inspiration]
GReactions Pulls Net Discussion into Google Reader Items [Downloads]
It's a fairly simple extension with no options, and only adds a single button to the bottom toolbar on Google Reader's feed items. Hit "Show comments," and you'll see at a glance what folks are posting and discussing in relation to the main link from the RSS item. It doesn't show these comments by default, which is a pretty great thing, and while it would be great to have a sorting option or two other than reverse chronological, gReactions delivers what it promises.
gReactions is a free download, works wherever Firefox does. While you're adding to your own Reader's abilities, check out our collection of custom Send To links.
gReactions [via Download.com]
Google Tasks Updates with Gmail Sharing Integration [To-do Lists]
When you want to share any list, go to the Actions menu and click Email task list (simple enough). Gmail will compose a new email containing your list title and the items in your list, including crossed off items if they're there. It truly is a small feature, but if you sandbox all your todos inside Tasks and then need to send them off to someone for, you know, doing, it's a really nice option to have.
Email a task list [Official Gmail Blog]
Photoshop.com Hosts Videos up to 2GB in Size [Video]
Unfortunately Adobe hasn't done much to make its video sharing tool stand out. For one, you can't currently edit videos at all, which seems to us like the only reason you might consider uploading your videos to Photoshop.com in the first place. You also can't embed videos, unless I'm missing something. The 2GB file size seems decent, but you're actually limited to 2GB of space on your entire Photoshop.com free account, so one big video upload and you're done. (Note: You can only upload videos up to 200MB in size via the web interface. For larger videos, you'll need to download their Adobe Air Uploader—which I couldn't even find, even after digging around the site and checking their support. Update: Here's the answer.)
In short, then: It's cool to see Photoshop join the video sharing world, and editing would be a great feature if it were there, but they're going to have to step it up if they want to attract anyone to use it. Feel differently? Tell us why in the comments.
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