Citizensheep » tools http://citizensheep.com/blog Michael Grimes lives in Birmingham (UK). This is his blog about anything that he fancies. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nibbler – take a taste of your website http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/29/nibbler-take-a-taste-of-your-website/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/29/nibbler-take-a-taste-of-your-website/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:01:45 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/29/nibbler-take-a-taste-of-your-website/

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    • ]]>     Nibbler is a free online tool for testing websites. Give it a URL and it will test five associated pages against a range of criteria. It's still in Alpha, and I haven't looked closely to see how it actually works, but it could be very useful as part of a web developer's toolkit.

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    ]]>     http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/29/nibbler-take-a-taste-of-your-website/feed/ 0     Google Reader – Play http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/19/google-reader-play/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/19/google-reader-play/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:00:13 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/19/google-reader-play/

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    • ]]>     This appears to be Google's belated answer to StumbleUpon, which has been around for ages. It claims to find cool stuff on the internet based on your interests. I quite like it, but it's bloody hard to find. There was a temporary message in Google Reader shouting 'Try it now!', but that's now gone and I can't find any link to it in my Google profile. Hence this bookmark.

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    ]]>     http://citizensheep.com/blog/2010/03/19/google-reader-play/feed/ 0     Web Design Dashboard http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/09/30/web-design-dashboard/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/09/30/web-design-dashboard/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:32 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/09/30/web-design-dashboard/

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    • ]]>     A set of very handy lists of online web development tools, neatly and clearly laid out. Covers inspiration and design as well as markup, coding and marketing.

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    ]]>     http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/09/30/web-design-dashboard/feed/ 1     Easy YouTube caption creator http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/07/13/easy-youtube-caption-creator/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/07/13/easy-youtube-caption-creator/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:56:22 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/07/13/easy-youtube-caption-creator/

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    • ]]>     I haven’t tried it yet, but this could make the creation of web accessible video much easier: it purports to enable you to add transcripts to your YouTube videos. Thanks to Andy Mabbett for alerting me to it.

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    ]]>     http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/07/13/easy-youtube-caption-creator/feed/ 0     Mind Tools http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/06/12/mind-tools/ http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/06/12/mind-tools/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:00:59 +0000 Michael http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/06/12/mind-tools/

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    • ]]>     Anyone who knows me will know how bad I am at making decisions. Not knowing how to choose can result in procrastination, or – worse – avoidance. That's not good for someone who's responsible for managing an organisation's corporate web strategy. Mind Tools has actually been very helpful for me. Although at first glance it looks like it's trying to sell you something, it'sactually a rich resource of advice for decision-making and personal management.

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    • ]]>     I just stumbled across this mind map that was instigated by Robin Good. It shows people's favourite online collaboration tools for tasks such as file-sharing, drawing, writing, conferencing, reviewing and whiteboarding. Although it was developed collaboratively it doesn't actually seem to be editable by users: shame, but a great resource nonetheless.

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