#tools (841 links)
"Creates an Instant Private Network ™ (IPN) between users." Looks interesting.
Flickr alt?
"Axure RP is the leading tool for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites." Expensive.
- HTML-Ipsum html-ipsum.com
Lipsum snippets for copying, with TextMate bundles.
- Alex Payne | How I Use TextMate al3x.net
More useful TextMate tips.
- Mr. Tweet -> Your Personal Networking Assistant! mrtweet.net
Mr. Tweet looks through your extended network to help you build effective relationships on Twitter.
- TextMate productivity tips | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
Some good tips here. TextMate is by far and away the best editor I've ever used.
- HubLog: On A Bus hublog.hubmed.org
More info re. On A Bus: "Enter a route number to display the stops (and switch between alternate routes in the sidebar). A click on a marker or a stop name will show a blow-up map for that location (which can be maximised to show a StreetView of that location, or at least it would if StreetView was available in London). A selection of Wikipedia items near that stop will also be displayed, so you can use this to explore locations along the route; again, these maximise to show the whole Wikipedia page inline."
- Let me google that for you letmegooglethatforyou.com
This is for all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.
- tarpipe tarpipe.com
Worth investigating. "Makes it easy to share content across different social media applications"
- EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing etherpad.com
Web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen.
- BandCentral -The Online Band Management Tool bandcentralhq.com
Basecamp for bands. Nice idea, but pricing looks a bit skewiff.
- Buzzmachines.com - Jeskola Buzz free modular software music studio buzzmachines.com
Free modular software based synthesizer. What this means is that the entire system is based on objects, which may be routed in a modular fashion, giving you the freedom to be as creative as you want.
- Where is Your Username registered usernamecheck.com
Handy.
A tool to traverse through all elements in a web page, and when it finds a HTML element with inline events [...] it highlights it with a red border. It also highlights javascript: links with a magenta border.
- TeamCity :: Powerful Continuous Integration Server jetbrains.com
A powerful build management and continuous integration server supporting both Java and .NET teams.
- AT&T Labs Text-to-Speech: Demo research.att.com
Great quality from this. Shame samples are for "private, non-commercial use" but not overly surprising.
- Validator.nu (X)HTML5 Validator html5.validator.nu
"Highly Experimental" as of posting.
- Unison File Synchronizer cis.upenn.edu
A file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.
- Band Metrics - Private Beta bandmetrics.com
Sounds dead handy. In beta. "Band Metrics helps musicians and bands analyze and measure the success of their music."
- Switch Audio File Conversion Software nch.com.au
A sound file format converter for Windows or Mac. Convert audio files from many different file formats into mp3, wav or wma.
- Tony-b Machine tony-b.org
Brilliant, daft techno machine.
- fruux - "Just Sync, No-frills!" fruux.com
A lightweight and convenient system preference pane, that syncs your Address Book, Calendars, Tasks and Bookmarks between different Macs.
"The system, which Tikitag confidently boasts will "build the internet of things," promises to let you add an RFID tag to anything you like and associate it with a webpage or application -- for instance, a business card that links to page with all your social networking information."
- sIFR Generator sifrgenerator.com
An online tool that allows you to create sIFR .swf files with a few clicks of your mouse. Simply upload the TTF font of the font you want to convert, preview and download.
A powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL.
A collaborative tool that enables you to create online surveys with simplicity and elegance.
- Pinax pinaxproject.com
An open-source collection of re-usable apps for the Django Web Framework. By integrating numerous reusable Django apps to take care of the things that many sites have in common, it lets you focus on what makes your site different.
- Present.ly - The Constant Awareness Communication Tool presentlyapp.com
Twitter revolutionized public communication by creating organic networks for one-to-many updates. Present.ly brings this revolution to your business with tools and features custom tailored for a work environment.
- [en] .htaccess Editor htaccesseditor.com
Easily create .htaccess files online
- Magento - Home - Open Source eCommerce Evolved magentocommerce.com
- Karova Store karova.com
- Pixel Perfect pixelperfectplugin.com
A Firefox/Firebug extension that allows web developers and designers to easily overlay a web composition over top of the developed HTML. By toggling the composition on and off, the developer can visually see how many pixels they are off in development.
- Big Cartel » Bringing the Art to the Cart bigcartel.com
Hosted shops. Look fairly nice.
- Yospace SmartPhone Emulator Developer Edition yospace.com
"Support for XHTML-MP, i-mode and 3G devices" but £299 plus VAT. Ouch.
- W3C mobileOK Checker [BETA] validator.w3.org
Evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards.
Search Flickr, capture images via your WebCam or drag-n-drop images from your computer. Click a button and the colors are saved to Illustrator, Photoshop or as an XML file for Processing