The Friday Five on Monday

The Friday Five
May 1, 2009 (actually, May 4, 2009)

The next installment of The Friday Five is a day late, but not a dollar short! Check out these cool sites here, as well!

1. Flickr Color Selector (http://color.slightlyblue.com/): a very cool site that allows you to check out Creative Commons Licensed Photographs from Flickr, and then find photos by their colors and Rate Them! Very cool way to coordinate lots of free, high res photos.

2. Tag Galaxy (http://taggalaxy.de/) Probably the most interesting Flickr search engine I've seen. Simply type your tag (search criteria) in the box and Tag Galaxy goes into Flickr and builds a globe of related shots! You'll be hard pressed to find a more unique way to find your pics.



3. Why are text messages limited to 160 characters? (found here): Los Angeles Times article explains why your texts are limited.

4. Suprglu (http://suprglu.com/) A handy free tool that you can use to piece together all of the pieces of your web world. Great way to tie together RSS feeds, pictures from Flickr, and other web services all in one, convenient spot. Also a really easy way to develop your own web site, complete with all the multimedia stuff you will need to develop a class site. Try it for free.

5. Feedly (http://www.feedly.com/index.html). Like Suprglu, Feedly binds your online world into one really accessible start page. This is a Firefox extension, so you'll need to run that browser, but it's free, so why not give it a try. Oh, for thos asking, "Isn't this a lot like iGoogle, the answer is yes, but the difference is that by being a Firefox extension and not a website, Feedly is free to analyze what you browse; i.e. it gets a sense of what you like to look at and will funnel it onto your start page.