SMS2008 = too infinity; Happy New Year
8 represents infinity. Thus, 2008 means too infinite opportunities, possibilities, hopes, dreams .etc. Sleep tonight with this note and realize them tomorrow.
funduBytes wishes all readers a Happy New year.
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/2008-too-infinity-happy-new-year.html
Monday, December 31, 2007
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-gmail-story-free-sms-alerts.html
Thursday, December 27, 2007
My Gmail Story - Free SMS alerts
Gmail folks are inviting us to share our Gmail story about how we are using it. So, here's mine: Free SMS alerts for incoming mails.
Adding mobile-number-cum-email-address to accounts settings
and forward a copy of incoming mail to the same
to get free SMS alerts. More details.http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/orkut-profiles-made-public-to-google.html
Saturday, December 22, 2007
orkut profiles made public to Google search results
In the previous post,I have mentioned that orkut profiles are still not public. I guess some Google folk read that, and a new feature is included in orkut privacy settings i.e. orkut in Google search results.
It says "show my orkut information when my orkut friends search for me on Google.com". Can't an unknown person search for you?
orkut help tells it is still in experimental mode and uses Onebox to display key details.
"A OneBox appears only when someone who is logged in to orkut performs a search on Google.com for another orkut user"
If someone is logged into orkut won't he go for orkut universal search?
So, the description is a bit confusing. Since, this feature is enabled for a small chunk of orkut users, I have tried to draw a picture of how it will look like in Google search results. (based on my imagination, actual results may differ)
But, with this step internet researchers, social media marketing people have to regenerate their report. At last but not the least, people who do not put their real name on orkut or use special characters instead of English alphabets, revert back to the name your parents have given to you.
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/pipl-reveals-5-facts-about-social.html
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Pipl reveals 5 Facts about Social Networking Sites
Pipl.com, probably the most comprehensive people search service on the web that uses public profiles from millions of websites and social networking sites to retrieve information has revealed some interesting facts about the social networking sites:-
- The Women Are Younger, The Men are Older
- Bebo and Xanga have the Youngest Crowd
- MySpace is still the largest, by far
- European, Asians and South American Members are getting Younger
- More Women on MySpace, More Men on Hi5
Though the report does not include orkut since orkut user profiles are still not public (i.e. cannot be accessed without logging into), you can check out the screenshot of orkut statistics at the end of year 2006 [Image courtesy: techno-geeks]
and compare it with current demographics.Tip: If you are searching for someone on Pipl, do it frequently at regular intervals to get some interesting finds about that person as the search results vary over time.
Pipl.com | Social Networks Mania, from CitiPals (a must watch)
Updated 22-Dec-2007:
orkut profiles made public to Google search results
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/create-print-friendly-pdf-for-your.html
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Create print friendly PDF for your website in 3 steps
Portable Document Format (PDF) is the most common and widely used format for exchange of documents, newsletters .etc. This article demonstrates how to create online print friendly (optmized, without the hustle & bustle of sidebars, ads .etc) PDF for your website (Blogger used in e.g.)
Step 1: Stylesheet:- Add the following CSS code in the <HEAD> section. [CSS details]
Step 2: Use the above stylesheet to hide/display sections:- Go to Template -> Edit HTML tab (Do not expand template widgets). Sections you want to hide while printing, add them to class 'noprint'. Sections you want to show only in print mode, put them in class 'print'. And the rest will be shown in both modes.
e.g. To hide sidebar use,
<b:section class='sidebar noprint' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>
Now, Take another example where you want to show/hide selective widgets in 'main-wrapper'.
<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Feed2' locked='false' title='Recent Articles' type='Feed'/>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
<b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
</b:section>
</div>
say, you want to hide 'Feed2' in print mode, display 'Blog1' in both modes and display 'HTML3' only in print mode, change the above code to following:-
<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main noprint' id='main1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Feed2' locked='false' title='Recent Articles' type='Feed'/>
</b:section>
<b:section class='main' id='main2' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
</b:section>
<b:section class='main print' id='main3' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
</b:section>
</div>
Note the differences in bold & red color. Save the template.
Expand widget template, and embed any custom code you have included within <div> </div> or <p> </p> and put them in appropriate class i.e. print or noprint. You can put post-footer, comments-block, post-footer-line post-footer-line-1 .etc. in noprint class to save both page & ink (if printed on paper later).
Tip: Do print preview for cross check.
Step 3: Print PDF button:- Sign up at Web2PDF Online and get the javascript code or use the following code
replace XXXX with your author_id and modify values of left, right, top & bottom margin as per your requirement.
Now, for a demo, check the 'print PDF button' at the end of each post on this blog.
Currently, Web2PDF supports only English language and has report feature that shows statistics of downloaded PDFs.
Tip: If your report shows large number of downloads, you can monetize this medium too by printing custom made text ads in light shades in header, footer or sidebar area. Now, US based publishers having a valid SSN may apply for Yahoo Ads for Adobe PDF program.
Suggested Reading:-
So, save trees & print as PDF.
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/stop-aids-keep-promise.html
Saturday, December 01, 2007
NEGATIVE x POSITIVE = POSITIVE, Stop AIDS, Keep the promise
World AIDS day is observed on December 1, each year, which is aimed at raising awareness & prevent spread of HIV infection. This year focus is on 'leadership' for the theme 'Stop AIDS, Keep the promise'. Usually we are asked to 'be positive' but, in the context of HIV we feel blessed being negative. Also, arithmetic teaches us that product of a NEGATIVE and a POSITIVE entity results in NEGATIVE but, HIV proves it wrong.After iPod, i-pill is the latest sensation among Indian youth and is misinterpreted as an alternative to condoms. I hope the animation above (courtesy: Webchutney virals) might act as an eye opener. Do you remember the earlier ads of condom on DD1! giving emphasis on not to indulge in a physical relationship outside your marriage and the later ads, which became quite liberal and the message was "at least use condoms...".
