So I’ve run into a problem alot lately with working in foreign wifi networks. Sending via SMTP in Thunderbird. Turns out alot of networks block port 25 which is used to send in most email clients. This is due to spam. I researched and found SMTP.COM. Sign up and they’ll give you an SMTP working off of port 2525 instead of 25. This solves everything! So far it’s very fast and responsive.

I’ve released “acSimple,” which is a theme for activeCollab. If you don’t know what activeCollab is, it’s a free web-based project management system you can host yourself. A great alternative to fee-based Basecamp.

View or download “acSimple” for activeCollab
or
Download and try activeCollab

I recently FINALLY found a decent alternative to Basecamp. Allthough Basecamp is a very robust and well made system, it costs quite a bit (even $12/month can add up for a poor boy like me). ActiveCollab has almost all similiar features, and has updates on the horizon that will make this a definite change for me.

activeCollab is an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Set up an environment where you, your team and your clients can collaborate on active projects using a set of simple, functional tools. 100% free!

With all the new applications coming out and already available, I’m wondering what web 2.0 applications do you use?

Just a few I use are:

Basecamp
Del.icio.us
Digg
Flickr

Found this link on digg.com. A great site with many great logos to view for inspiration and ideas. I’ve been looking for a site like this for a while. A well designed logo gallery that is described as “A Place To Fish For Ideas”.

Go here

Found in the Google labs, this new Firefox extension called “Notebook.” It’s actually really cool, you can select any text, picture or website link and “add it to the notebook.” It then displays all of your noted items on a simply laid out interface. What’s nice is that it’s all saved in your gmail account, so you can access it from any computer. Pretty slick!

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Got my eBible invite today. Came with three more invites to give out. The functionality is very nice. You can choose which version of the Bible, or concordance to use as default. Tags are what I was guessing would be a big feature, and it is. You can find a verse, tag it and other people can locate you through your tagging and commenting. Pretty cool. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a while. Could have really used this in University when I was taking Bible classes!

I have two more invites to go to those who really need them.

I have in the works a Vimeo WordPress Plugin. This will function similiarly to my Picasa Web Matrix plugin in that it will show small 60×60 thumbnails and display them in a matrix of your latest added video clips in Vimeo. Keep checking back for updates on the plugin page.

This is basically Google’s version of Flickr. I just got my invite to it today along with my sister. We’re uploading pictures as I type. The basic features are:

• 250mb of free storage (which is a great amount for free!)
• $25/year upgrade to 6gb of storage (which is also great)
• You can add favorites to your account and there’s a latest activity box that shows all the latest uploads
• User commenting on each picture
• NO SUB ALBUMS (a feature i wish Flickr and this new service had)
• Integrates with your google account. For instance, when you “share” an album you can start typing the name of the person you want to send it to, and it will automatically bring up the person via your gmail contacts
• You use the new version of Picasa to batch upload. Very nice interface, easy to use.
• User icons
• You can specify Public Gallery or Private Gallery
• Sorts albums according to capture date using exif data

The way I got my invite was I just gave them my email. Took about 4 days, and I got my invite. Visit the site here: http://picasaweb.google.com/

A cool service I found online, especially if you have a PC and want to check compatibility on a MAC. Capture a screenshot from Safari, or IE7 from any computer for free.

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