Gadget Discoveries  

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My new Firefox appearance.

I've realized that I really like to find new gadgets, not just electronic gadgets, but also gadgets for the computer and internet. A couple months ago I posted about Adobe Air and its associated programs for Digg and Twitter. Well, I got over that phase because it was annoying having to switch screens (Yes, I use Spaces on my mac) just to see what was new on Twitter or Digg. Also had some other issues with not being able to shut it down or start it up if whenever I restart my computer. Blah blah blah. Then, at work I discovered the Twitter Add-on for Firefox, which was really useful in reading random people's Twitters in my FF browser and general slacking off at work.

Today I found another fun Add-on for Firefox - Yoono (still in Beta). I know, it sounds funky, but it's actually pretty useful. You can put your AIM, MSN, and GTalk buddy lists in a column on the left hand side part of your browser. So for those people who enlarge their FF to fill the entire screen, it's pretty useful. I've put my Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook on there, and whenever there's new activity on any of them, it shows up in the left hand column. You can also put Digg and your Google Reader subscriptions on there, not to mention E-mail (if you have Yahoo or Gmail), so you can see when you have new E-mails and such. It's kind of complicated to use in the beginning with so much goings-on, but after some random clicking-arounds and time, it gets easier.

It's basically a solution for lazy people like me who don't like to click around and likes to have everything in one place. It also looks pretty cool (if you like blue, like I do).

Thought I'd share another online gadget. Ah, I love discovering these things. So much fun (until I get bored of it)! :D

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2 comments

Hi. My name is Adam and I'm the community manager for Yoono. Thanks for including us in your blog post. Yoono is going to get even better very soon. If you have any questions for me feel free to follow and reply to my on Twitter. I'm @yoono.

October 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Anonymous  

oooo i want!

it's so much more convenient than opening a bunch of apps. :p

October 11, 2008 at 7:15 AM

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