Another great OSX screenshot app
My friend Issa Breibish over at Veer turned me on to Paparazzi…check it out.
Shelfari purchased by Amazon
It was announced yesterday that Amazon has acquired Shelfari. Over the last year, the team at Shelfari (led by Josh Hugh) positioned the company as a leading online destination for sharing and discovery of books in a social format. The site has received much acclaim for it’s brilliant user interface and its clear that the Shelfari team prioritized high quality execution with this effort and Amazon was obviously impressed enough to feel that outright ownership was best for them.
Hard work and attention to detail seemed to prevail here and we couldn’t be happier for everyone at the company who worked so hard on this project. Congratulations.
6 tools for sharing webpages with your Mac
I stumbled on this blog post titled “6 Screenshot Utilities You Should Know About” while looking for a Mac utility that would let me capture screens even for longer pages that go below the fold.
Finally found a great tool call SnapWeb. Works great on Leopard.
SEO, SEM, marketing and entreprenuer sites to bookmark
The style of this site isn’t my thing but this really is a nice, complete list of sites to add to your bookmark list. All in all, a nice list of informative blogs to help entrepreneurs with their marketing efforts.
Letting grids guide you
So I’m starting out on this new project Presslayer and I wanted to be sure that I chose a screen resolution that was appropriate for 1024 and also easily divisible to support 2, 3, 6 and 8 columns etc.
I wound up using 984 pixels in width and proceeded to make a nice Photoshop template that had a 12 pixel gutter for each of the various column scenarios that I might encounter.
I know a ton of people (like Cameron Moll who loves to “grid the 960″) use 960 but not for me. Not this time. Times they are getting as wider. Don’t want to make your own Photohop guide template? Well, feel free to go ahead and download mine.
IE6 and PNG’s just don’t really get along do they?
This script adds near-native PNG support with alpha opacity to IE 5.5 and 6.
Remember everything with Evernote?
Now this looks interesting.
And these people seem to think so too: Evernote. Why it will make it & 20 Awesome Ways to Use It.
Curious Office is hiring for it’s new venture!
Our new project code-named Presslayer is looking for a variety of new people. You’ll be joining previously successful and well-funded entrepreneurs in the Seattle area who have started and sold several venture backed companies. You’ll also be signing on to a solid business concept that is backed by some of the most well known venture folks in the area.
Flexible work schedule, great office location and the occasional free lunch are all part of the deal.
We’re looking for:
Print and Interactive Designers
- 2+ years of professional print and web design experience using Adobe products such as: InDesign and Illustrator are a huge plus
Community builders
- Strong understanding of viral online marketing initiatives: blogging, conversational marketing, promotions and email campaigns, banner ads etc and previous e-commerce design experience
- Strong understanding of SEO is a huge plus
Send us your resume. We’ll respond to everyone.
Thanks!
Kelly Smith