Browsershots makes screenshots of your Web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your Web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your Web site in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

Hat tip to Steve, who finally has a blog, dammit!

Pretty neat eh? Check it out and blow your mind…

Must have:

Beneficial to have:

To apply:

E-mail cover letter and resume to hello AT kindo DOT com
Subject header must have KINDO FLASH

We are looking for people to join our team so no companies please.

Community Guy – Jake McKee » Community Contest 2007: Learning to Share
Any robust community is all about sharing; it’s what powers the group. Without an open exchange of ideas, content, and kind words, you don’t have community you merely have a group. Sharing is the social glue that creates long lasting relationships.

In a quest to reduce risk, holding their cards close to the vest, business has forgotten how to share. Your customers & community members what you to pass along information, give them insight into the company/brand they love, and create a relationship that’s based on a collaboration. Trust is built through this collaboration, and trust is a core tenet of customer interaction.

Think about it – what makes you go back to a community, or enjoy it? It’s the interaction and the sharing…

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE “AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SERVICES. BY CLICKING ON THE “OKAY, DONE!” BUTTON,

But where is the “Okay, Done!” button??

A little while ago we released an Alpha to a small group of people, to gather valuable user feedback. Thanks to those great people, we’ve had our heads down improving Kindo, and as a result we’re releasing the Beta, and at the same time opening it up to a wider audience for more feedback.

We’ve made the following progress:

1. Kindo is much faster now
2. The Kindo tree is now much more stable and knowledgable
3. You can invite family members to your tree
4. Many more user interface improvements and enhancements
   • *Note: we’re continually adding more, so please tell us about things you think should work better or be more obvious.
5. The internet is global now, so we’re releasing in 7 languages:
   • English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Polish; with Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Hebrew and Arabic on the way.

Our mantra has become “Speed, Simple, Pleasure“, so in a nutshell that means we’re always trying to make Kindo faster for you, simpler, more intuitive and perhaps most importantly a pleasure to use.

Our new URL is http://beta.kindo.com/.

What can we do to make Kindo better?
If you dont like it – tell us why.
If you do like it – what are you missing?
Join the conversation on our blog, we’d love to hear your opinion.

Don’t worry – the same login details apply, and your data is all still there.

Have fun!

Select a category in Wimbledon: Local Businesses in Wimbledon SW19 London with Reviews, Contact Details & Maps

What a great way to make the web useful for people in their local areas… I really hope those guys get some critical mass going

Must say that the last few months have been a blur…
Since January of this year, Technovated has gone from 4 people, to 10, to a venture funded project with 14 people in all, over three office moves and many many late nights and long weekends.

There’s a blog post coming up about it all soon, but the long and the short of it is as follows:

1. I’m responsible for getting our venture funded application out the door soon, so I’m stacked as it is
2. I’ve battled to find dates this year that get the right mix of African and international speakers together at the same time
3. I’ve battled to find the right kind of sponsorship early, which would mean the difference between something good and something mediocre – mostly related to point 2 (since sponsors like to be linked to speakers and topics)
4. I’m convinced that it would be a loss maker if we didn’t get the right speakers – there’s a very fine line between raising enough sponsorship to make the cost for attendees affordable as well as afford to bring out good speakers; all before you have fixed numbers that are all paid up… and without a pot of cash to dip into, it’s harder to take risks

So, in truth I’m not 100% happy about it ‘cos I’ve been talking about it for a while and I’m the kind of person to do rather than talk wherever possible, but I’ve taken some good advice from people who are helping out, and the consensus is that we should be aiming for around March / April next year rather, to give us more time to get points 1 through 4 above right. I certainly don’t want to spend time, effort and potentially my goodwill only to get great speakers out to SA and the event is a dismal failure and costs me more money than I have or can afford!

Anyways, this isn’t a sob story if you were thinking you were gonna be reading one.

A lot of people have either told me to give the idea up, or told me that I’m crazy, but I believe that they’re wrong. I’m pretty sure now that the original format and idea that I had bubbling in my head is going to have to be re-thought to take into account the difference environment, the cost of long trans-Atlantic flights, and the relative expense that something like this is when compared to someones monthly salary.

That said, I think the direction to take is to adapt and give more time to finding the right dates so that the right speakers can congregate for the event. Once that is done getting sponsorship will be easier and therefore the chances of success higher.

So, bottom line is that I’m still personally 100% committed to getting this off the ground and happening in Africa, even if it has to be delayed some – I would rather delay by 6 to 8 months and make it a good one where everyone benefits, than rush to make it work in October and end up with something that is mediocre…

So, I ask you to bear with me, and to stay tuned. It will happen.

_ Ajaxian » CSS Redundancy Checker

Tom Armitage has written a simple tool that is immediately useful to anyone working with CSS. The CSS Redundancy Checker is a Ruby script that will take CSS rules, and a set of HTML files, and will tell you what you aren’t actually using.

Hat tip to Stephen and Ali

Long and the short of it is that it feels like an immense task we’re engaged in, and is certainly one that will require a huge amount of effort, concentration and all of my experience in the industry. So here I am after a long week, and a huge mountain in front of me, but the cool thing is that we’ve launched our Alpha and we’re getting really good feedback (which means that we’re discovering bugs and learning user lessons which as developers we don’t always take into account) from our Alpha people.

I’ve spent most of the day today working on our “user funnel” and it feels super good to be getting to a point where we can live and breathe and play with our product. I’m so pysched that I could carry on working, which is a really cool place to be – it feels like the day has been and gone, but I don’t feel tired for it.

So I’m not trying to say much really, other than it’s an awesome place to be in, and it feels like we’re making good progress. We’re doing some technically briliant stuff that is actually difficult to believe can be done and seeing it in action makes taking ownership easy.

All good

d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing and building the latest generation of web-based applications.

Previous years have seen speakers from organizations including Amazon, Google and the BBC, discuss the challenges and opportunities created by the web. This year will see 600 web professionals gather in Brighton to consider the topic of ‘user experience design’. Leading speakers from companies including Yahoo! and Adaptive Path will share their expert knowledge on how to create the best online experiences possible.

Seeya there