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Top 5 New Twitter Tools For Your Blog or Website

TweetSuite –  A Twitter-WordPress integration plugin that includes server-side TweetBacks, ReTweet-This buttons, digg-like Tweet-This Button, automatic tweeting of new posts and some widgets.

Twitter Feed – Posts your blog updates to your twitter account. Login to twitterfeed using your OpenID, provide the URL for your blog RSS feed, and how often to post to Twitter.

TweetMeme button – Aasily allows your blog posts to be retweeted.

Twitter Tools – This wordpress plugin creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. Pull your tweets into your blog and create new tweets on blog posts and from within WordPress.

DiggDigg- An awesome tool that displays social buttons on your website/blog.

Top 100 Engineers on Twitter

We received a great tip this morning about a list of the Top 100 Engineers on Twitter. Nearly everyone knows what Twitter is these days, but its so hard to find quality people to follow. Here is the top 8 Engineers to follow on Twitter. For the full 100 list you can check it out here.

Top Engineers on Twitter

The below feeds are solely or mostly dedicated to the profession of engineering.

    1. Kevin Mastaw : This popular engineer nearly has 9,000 other users following him. He is a self-described pensive engineer, FOREX trader, internet marketer, and fan of quantum physics. He also enjoys the words of Neil Peart.2. Mustafa Yusuf : He works in the field of industrial engineering and management. Although he is located in Ohio, he travels the world and tweets all about it.

    3. Tyrone Taborn : Also known as the Black Engineer, he is the Chairman and CEO of Career Communications Group. Engineers, along with those looking to bring diversity to the field, will enjoy this Twitter feed.

    4. Angela Melick : If you are an engineer who feels they are wasting their talent, visit here for someone who feels just like you. Angela is both a mechanical engineer in the sustainability sector and author of a webcomic entitled “Wasted Talent.”

    5. David Rush : Visit here for the Twitter feed of an engineer with an ecologic frame of mind. David is a civil/environmental engineer who promotes sustainability and the reduction of man’s impact.

    6. Manny Jimenez : This engineer is actually in recording and mixing. He is also a computer nerd and not shy about it.

    7. Matthew Anderson : He is a civil engineer from the suburbs of Chicago. His other interests include AutoCAD, hydraulics, and being a father of five.

    8. Chris Gammell : Chris is an electrical engineer who uses Twitter to blog about analog electronics and renewable energy. Check out interesting engineering tweets, along with daily life.

Best Website Thumbnail Creators

There are a lot of website developers and owners out there who have been looking for a simple script or web app that will allow them to create website thumbnails. Here are the 2 best website thumbnail creators that we could find. These thumbnail creators both have free options but they also have a paid version.

Thumbalizr -Thumbalizr has a great free service that plugins into their API so everything can be completely automated. In terms of their paid option you would be look at 19.99 Euro for the all bells and whistles version.

Websnapr -Websnapr has a free service that allows upto 100,000 snapshot impressions per month. After that you will have to take a look at their paid service. For their full premium service it only costs $45 per month to start.

Best Sites To Look For Free and Stunning Twitter Backgrounds

Twitter has become one of the worlds largest sites overnight and a lot of people are trying to jump on the bandwagon. Here is a collection of the best free sites that focus on Twitter backgrounds. Im sure that out of this list you will find the right Twitter background for you.

1. Twitter Patterns

2. TwitterBacks

3. TwitBacks

4. Twitter Gallery

5. Tweet Style

6. Twitter Backgrounds From LimeShot Designs

7. My Tweet Space

8. Twitter Image

9. Twitter Backgrounds from Webdistortion

10. Tile Backgrounds from Colorlovers

11. Create your own check tile background for twitter with TartanMaker

12. Some cool tile backgrounds from BGpatterns!

Top 10 Web 2.0 Blogs on Blogs.com

I was lucky enough to be asked by the Sixapart team to post a guest list on Blogs.com. My list was titled Top 10 Web 2.0 Blogs and here is the list below.

CenterNetworks

Web 2.0 news from the Big Apple (NY). Allen Stern provides some great reading.

Crenk

Fast growing blog reporting on everything from web apps to Bittorrent news. Great selection of reviews on the best web 2.0 apps by Insomnia Media.

Download Squad

Profiling some of the best web apps around. Look for more than 30 articles every day.

Go2Web2.0

Orli provides the news of what is happen in Israel and surrounding countries, plus profiles only the best web 2.0 products.

Mashable

Dedicated team who profile some of the best web 2.0 services available. Look for over 20 articles everyday.

Profy

Providing a Russian point of view on the world of technology by Svetlana Gladkova.

Read/Write Web

Insights into what drives web 2.0 services. Great indepth analysis from some of the best tech journalists on the web.

Smashing Apps

The best lists around! SmashingApps details a new list of the best services relating to a specific topic every week.

The Social Times

Insight into the world of social apps. Founded by Nick O’Neill.

TheNextWeb.com

One of Europe’s leading web 2.0 sources. TheNextWeb also has the best technology conference in Europe.

Crenk’s Top 10 SEO Blogs Worth Subscribing To

Our friends over at DailySeoBlog have put together a great list of the Top 20 SEO blog feeds you should follow. We have decided to show you our top 10 SEO blogs worth subscribing to.

SEO Moz

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Online Marketing Blog

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Matt Cutt’s SEO blog

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Search Engine Watch Blog

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SEO Book

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Dave Naylor

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Search Engine Guide

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Michael Gray Wolf’s SEO Blog

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SEO Round Table

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19. Blog Storm

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Top Social Networks for Advertising

I came across this excellent list of social networks with their user bases and projected ad spending for 09. The list was put together by Borreall Associates and is a great resource. On the list are 118 networks that accept advertising and media buying.

Of course, Facebook and Myspace count for the majority of social media advertising, but there is still enough good traffic on other sites to be worth testing.

The download system is kind of a pain But since the report is free and this kind of data is valuable, its worth it.   Download PDF or Excel version here.

Here are the top 30:

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Best Free Wordpress News Themes

Mimbo

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The Morning After

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WP Polaroid

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Docx File Converter: 3 Ways to Convert and View Docx files

Docx is the new file format of Word 2007 and this is the default format of Word 2007. This format cannot be opened in previous versions of Word unless you have the office compatibility pack installed. Incase you do not wish to install the compatibility pack, there are online converters to do the job of converting to .doc format. Here are the top 3 online converters.

Docx Converter:  This is again a good service to Docx file and the output file is in html format so that it can be read in all systems. There is also a desktop widget for converting.

Docx2Doc: As the name indicated, this service converts docx formats into doc files so that it can be viewed in Word 2003 or lower. The major disadvantage with this service its that there is a one hour delay in downloading the converted files to reduce website bandwidth.

Zamzar: Zamzar can convert variety of file formats and Docx is one of them. Select the file and format to be converted and enter your email id, the file will be converted and a link will be sent to your email ID for download.

Top 10 Must Have Thunderbird Addons

mozilla-thunderbirdMost people know about Outlook competitor from Mozilla, Thunderbird. Unlike Outlook it is completely free, it’s multi-platform, it’s multi-lingual and most importantly, it’s highly customizable featuring lots of useful addons and themes. Therefore, if you are using Thunderbird we have put together a great list of the top 10 addons you should be using.

Contacts Sidebar – handy addon that lets you display all available address books in Thunderbird sidebar. This lets you easily access all your contacts from the main window, quickly edit contact details, drag’n drop files on top of a contact to send it as an attachment and more… (Thunderbird: 1.5b – 2.0.0.*)

QuoteCollapse – automatically collapses all the quotes within any message, making it look neat and less cluttered. To expand quotes back to standard view just click inserted ‘+’ button. (Thunderbird: 0.7 – 2.0.0.*)

QuickMove – must-have addon letting you quickly file messages to your frequently used folders using keyboard shortcuts. (Thunderbird: 0.5 – 2.0+)

Signature Switch – allows you to create multiple email signatures (Private, Business, etc.) and quickly switch between them right from the main toolbar. Also provides configurable signature auto-switch option based on the email recipients. (Thunderbird: 0.7 – 2.0.0.*)

Remove Duplicate Messages – helps you quickly locate and remove duplicate messages from the selected folders (and its subfolders). (Thunderbird: 1.0 – 1.5.0.*)

Nostalgy – lets you assign single-key keyboard shortcuts to common thunderbird operations i.e., move/copy/delete messages, change folder, add/remove/view tags, add attachment, scroll the message while keeping the focus on the thread pane and lots more. (Thunderbird: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*)

GMailUI – adds Gmail-like mail archiving and powerful message search (i.e. ‘from:Makeuseof to:Aibek’) functionalities into Thunderbird. Makes excellent addition to already existing ‘Saved Searches’ feature. (Thunderbird: 0.8 – 2.0.0.*)

Attachment Extractor – integrates one-click attachment extract option from selected messages. Once attachments have been extracted it can delete, detach or mark messages as ‘read’. Way easier than going through messages one-by-one. (Thunderbird: 2.0 – 2.0.0.*)

Auto Zip Attachments – adds an ‘AutoZip’ button to the compose toolbar allowing you to compress all attached files to a single ‘zip’ file. (Thunderbird: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*)

Send Later – integrates extra ‘Send Later At’ (’Ctrl+Shift+Return’) feature to the message compose window, allowing you to send messages on a particular future date and time. It can be a contract cancellation notice, a ‘Happy Birthday’ or a friendly ‘Don’t Forget’ note. (Thunderbird: 1.5 – 2.0)

TheDesignInspiration: Your Resource For Worlds Best Design Inspiration

Have you been looking for some great design inspiration for your next project? Well look no further than The Design Inspiration. The Design Inspiration has been created by a group of designers who have been looking for quality design ideas from all over the internet. The Design Inspiration features some of the best logo designs, illustration art, website and more. The site is updated every day and only seems to have the premium quality ideas on the site.

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17 New Wordpress Themes That Will Rock Your Personal Blog

Personal blogs are more than a bunch of words put together. A good personal blog reflects your identity, your personality and individualism and a  factor of great importace here is the design. It is the first thing that the viewer notices, before making any presumptions about you or your personality. So a good design is necessary to leave a good and long lasting impression on the visitor.

To help you out with the design, we at Crenk have put together 17 new wordpress themes that we believe, will rock your personal blog. Read on.

Creative Art

Creative Art

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Masinop

Masinop

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Nouice

Nouice

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Scruffy

Scruffy

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Vigilance

Vigilance

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Simply

Simply

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WGrey

W Grey

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Simple Pro

Simplepro

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Simple Changes

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Reviews Theme

Reviews Theme

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ProudBlack

Proudblack

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Modicus Remix

Modicus Remix

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Modern

Modern

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LightWeight

Lightweight

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IAMWW W2 DnD

Iamwww

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Bright Spring

Bright Spring

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Elegance

Elegance

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So that ends the list. I hope you liked it, if that’s so, show me some love and Digg it :)

(By) An avid freelance writer and technology enthusiast, Keshav Khera is young geek from India. Fanatic about the web, he also writes a blog and makes unsuccessful efforts to avoid twitter.