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Open Share Add to Any Buttons

James — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:20:38 +0000

About eight months ago, Alex King released the first version of the Share This plugin, featuring his now famous Share Icon inspired by the now standard Feed Icon. Unfortunately, Alex sold both the plugin and icon a few months ago to the entity which now owns and operates ShareThis. While ShareThis claims that the icon is still free for all to use, the ShareThis has slowly been taking on a more commercial feel and the usage of the icon has begun to show some restrictions. The icon, which was previously conceived as a standard for all sharing services, is now offered with the strong recommendation that you use it with the services provided by ShareThis, and some organizations which have sought to adapt it to use with their services have received take-down requests from ShareThis.

Fortunately, The Open Share Icon was created to provide a freely usable and distributable icon for the rest of us, and to challenge the Share Icon as a potential standard for all sharing services. Due to ShareThis’ increasing commercial feel, I have decided to leave it behind for Add to Any, which provides buttons to easily share URLs or subscribe to feeds, and nothing more. The Open Share Icon has not been widely adopted yet, so I have modified two of Add to Any’s popular buttons (a practice strongly encouraged by Add to Any’s creator) by adding the Open Share Icon. Feel free to use them on your sites.

As a possible note of interest, these are the first buttons that I have created with Pixelmator. At first, I was hesitant to replace Photoshop with Pixelmator, but I can now say with confidence that Pixelmator does exactly what I need it to do for $590 and 1.9GB less than Photoshop.

Tom Joins RedMonk

James — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:28:54 +0000

After months of painful job searching, Tom has achieved what most people would consider to be a pipe dream. The job of his dreams practically walked up and asked him to take it. As far as I can tell, there was no searching involved with this one, just what appears to have been a kind-hearted request and probably an emphatic “Yes!” Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be “chosen” by our dream jobs like that?

Commentary aside, Tom has joined RedMonk where he will be “an industry analyst covering Greentech, cleantech, Energy Demand Management and sustainability,” and it looks like he’ll be playing a big part in the future of GreenMonk.

When I first read this, I thought, “Wow, that’s the perfect job for anyone trying to live the difficult ‘popular Irish blogger and family man moving to Spain’ lifestyle!” I’m sure that he’s thinking the same thing. Congratulations, Tom!

Tom Launches Lower (Carbon) Footprint

James — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:56:24 +0000

Tom announced the launch of Lower (Carbon) Footprint earlier today. Lower (Carbon) Footprint is Tom’s new blog dedicated to “Green issues”. Tom has often used his main blog, Tom Raftery’s Social Media, to express his views on environmental issues, energy efficiency and carbon offset, so this veteran blogger’s decision to launch a separate blog should come as no surprise. If you want to learn more about lowering your carbon footprint, subscribe to Lower (Carbon) Footprint today!

Joen Launches Deskvu

James — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:05:47 +0000

Joen announced the launch of Deskvu earlier this morning. Deskvu is Joen’s new free wallpaper website. It’s already packed with several astounding wallpapers from Mr. Asmussen himself, and it looks like he will be accepting high-caliber wallpapers from other artists some time in the near future.

The New Batman Trailer

James — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:21:26 +0000

The new trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight is now online, featuring plenty of footage and dialogue from the upcoming film. I would give a brief review of the trailer, but it would just be a repeat of what Joen has already said, so I’ll repeat it with emphasis instead. ”Great take on the Joker, but [very] annoying that Batman’s love interest was re-cast instead of re-placed.”

Phantom Scream’s First Album

James — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:27:34 +0000

Bryan’s band, Phantom Scream, has released its first album for download under the “pay what you think it’s worth” model. That’s right, you get to set your own price. Who could ask for a more reasonable holiday gift?

Upcoming Holiday Concerts in So Cal

James — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:34:02 +0000

Sarah has posted a list of her upcoming holiday performances this month. If you’re in the vicinity Tustin, California on December 22nd at 5pm, stop by the Four Crows Center for some great music!

Blognation Doesn’t Pay

James — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:01:26 +0000

Tom is forecasting doom for Blognation. Will a lack of promised pay result in the first ever major blog network strike?