Creative Community Bulletin 01 May 2009 Through 03 May 2009

These are the arti­cles, blogs, and resources I found inter­est­ing and wor­thy of shar­ing for 01 May 2009 through 03 May 2009:

  • 15 Fake and Funny Twitter Accounts – Faux accounts are all the rage – here are the best, most cur­rent Phweeters (pho­ny tweet­ers) we’re following.
  • 100 Beautiful Night Scene Photos | PXLshots – Hi guys! Today we will delight you with anoth­er beau­ti­ful image col­lec­tion. Night scenes. 100 pho­tographs of gor­geous urban and rur­al land­scapes and views.
  • Little Plastic People Photos – Here’s an amaz­ing Flickr set by Vincent Bousserez that gives us an insight into what lit­tle plas­tic peo­ple do in their spare time.
  • 20 Most Important Inventions of the Next 10 Years – MSN Tech – 20 Most Important Inventions of the Next 10 Years
    Things are look­ing pret­ty bleak right now. But, the say­ing goes, neces­si­ty is the moth­er of invention.
  • An inven­tion that could change the inter­net for ever – News, Gadgets – Revolutionary new web soft­ware could put giants such as Google in the shade when it comes out lat­er this month. Andrew Johnson reports on Wolfram Alpha.
  • Pentagon’s Facebook, Twitter Accounts Used To Seek Young Recruits, Spread Message – For Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley and oth­er Army brass, a new era has brought a new lan­guage _ and new tools like online social net­works Twitter and Facebook _ for seek­ing out young recruits and spread­ing the mil­i­tary’s message.
  • Top Five Firefox Add-Ons for Mom Bloggers – Multi-tasking is some­thing moms, espe­cial­ly those online, mas­ter pret­ty quick­ly. That doesn’t mean we can’t use a lit­tle help along the way. There are so many Firefox (Firefox reviews) add-ons to explore that are extreme­ly use­ful to Moms and some are just down­right fun to use.
  • How Old Media Publishers Plan to Keep You on Their Sites – Apture is an inter­est­ing ser­vice that enables site own­ers to add their own content-rich link icons to arti­cles and blog posts – these lit­tle icons next to links allow users to hov­er over them to view a map, or a YouTube (YouTube reviews) video, or a Wikipedia (Wikipedia reviews) arti­cle relat­ed to the link.

    For instance, a link to a Flickr (Flickr reviews) pho­to might have a cam­era icon next to it – hov­er over it to see the entire pho­to pop up in a wid­get with­out leav­ing the page. Likewise, a link to the music site Imeem (imeem reviews) adds a speak­er icon and lets you play the music file in a pop up widget.

  • How to show more than 15 posts in word­press admin’s edit posts –
  • SocialThing Is Dead, Long Live SocialThing – Socialthing is evolv­ing into a new brand for our par­ent com­pa­ny, AOL. As that brand, Socialthing will be a fam­i­ly of prod­ucts cen­tered around mak­ing it easy to con­nect with your friends and see­ing what they’re doing, as well as con­nect­ing to the sites that you love.
  • Twitter For Freelancers (A Basic Overview) – Many of you, how­ev­er, may have delayed your involve­ment with Twitter. Maybe you even have an account, but just aren’t quite sure how Twitter can help your free­lance busi­ness. If you fit into one of these cat­e­gories, then this post is for you.
  • Download Free Hi-Res Sticky Notes – Close up of a post-it note. Two graph­ic design ele­ments, white and yel­low sticky notes. Blank back­ground paper tem­plates, add your text on it. Isolated on white, with a soft shad​ow​.Download includes three dif­fer­ent sizes. Created in Photoshop with pen tool shapes.Resolution: 4000x3000 pxLarge preview:Sticky notes 1024x768Blank sticky note 1024x768Size: 280 KBFormat: JPGColor theme: yellow, […]
  • 50 Simple Marketing Ideas All Freelancers Can Use – As a free­lancer, you have a wide vari­ety of mar­ket­ing options avail­able to you. Just which ones will bring you the clients you pre­fer to work with depends — it’s impor­tant to make sure that the meth­ods you use allow you to reach the places prospec­tive clients will be.

    It’s worth con­sid­er­ing a wide vari­ety of options. For that, it’s use­ful to have a list of options to consult:

  • Star Wars: The Old Republic | Developer Dispatch: Diverse Worlds – Majestic forests, tox­ic swamp­lands, desert land­scapes, and haz­ardous war zones – the worlds that make up the Star Wars™ uni­verse are unique and enriched with com­pelling sto­ry­lines. Watch Developer Dispatch: Diverse Worlds and go behind the scenes to find out how the devel­op­ers are bring­ing the worlds of Tython, Korriban, Hutta, and Ord Mantell to life – a few of the many playable worlds in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
  • Typography Card Game – A Self-Promotion for Design and Type Studio – via @niclauren on Twitter.