http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en Weblog from Ventanazul, a web agency with ideas about technology, businesses, life and culture. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:14:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 I’m always learning new things in the ultra-useful vi, just finished creating some abbreviations with iab (see :h abbreviation) following Tip #610. One of the comments in the page includes some useful examples, I quote: You simply iab your most common typographical misteaks with the correct spelung and Robert’s yer father’s brother. eg iab ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/10/04/abbreviations-in-vi/ A few days ago I mentioned how to capture long web pages with a neat Firefox extension, Screengrab. As I have Java always installed in my box I forgot to mention the extension needs Java, actually I didn’t even notice it. Now that I upgraded from Fedora Core 4 to 5 ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/10/04/screen-grab-firefox-2/ I like Rojo, a very efficient web based feed reader. The Rojo guys have added many nice improvements to their user interface after the company was bought by SixApart, of Movable Type fame, a few weeks ago. And of course I love the upcoming Firefox 2, already in release candidate 1 ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/10/03/one-click-feed-subscription-firefox-rojo/ Text Link Ads (aff), my favorite broker for selling and buying text links, just launched Feedvertising, a service for including text advertisements in your feeds. It’s working just with Wordpress based sites for now but Patrick Gavin and company have already promised many other platforms being supported soon. There are many ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/28/feedvertising-advertising-in-feeds/ My first web site that appears at CSS Mania. In less than twenty minutes has already received 500 hits from the gallery. http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/22/telework-people-at-cssmania/ I was wondering about a way to track the comments I post in many blogs and sites. There are interesting conversations going on and most current feed readers aren’t enough to keep updated with what others are saying. Bart was kind enough to point me to cocomment (that’s the name, I’m ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/22/track-comments-in-many-blogs/ Reading some posts at the improved Rojo, I promise to write about it this week, I was thinking: “boy, how nice being able to read my favorite pieces of content from just one simple interface.” Then the what if appeared. What if we could have the ability to comment in ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/21/feed-readers-are-here-can-we-have-comments-writers-now/ There are many occasions when you need to take a snapshot of a web page, maybe one of yours to include in your portfolio or other’s when commenting on design, usability or maybe writing a book or tutorial. Windows users are used to pressing the print screen key and then pasting ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/21/capture-long-web-pages/ Ready to launch, a new Drupal based site, mumobo is here. It’s a place for writing about the books I read, the movies I watch and the music I listen. It’s a project I’m quite fond of, includes my most complete PHPTemplate to date and my first fixed 1024 x 768 ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/09/06/mumobo-music-movies-and-books/ My list of 5 blogs in this Blogday: The Truth about Islam published just a few posts but they are still an interesting reading. The No God Blog includes well written articles for clever atheists, and theists too. Clientcopia. Can’t live without them, can’t live with them. Wait. I could try living without ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/08/31/my-5-for-the-blogday/ Now you can get the printed version of my book from Amazon. It took some time but it’s all ready. Enjoy. http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/08/30/telework-people-available-from-amazon/ Where do you go to find reviews for new things to listen, watch or read? I like Salon and A.V. Club. Great writing style and always updated. They have a little of everything. For music I often go to Pitchfork or Drowned in Sound. There are many bloggers commenting on these things but ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/08/11/your-favorite-site-for-music-movies-and-book-reviews/ As a way of helping teleworkers do their jobs faster and easier I wrote a guide about syndication and feed readers. I know I’ve written about the subject two years ago, but this time I avoided the use of techie words as much as I could, made use of an easy-to-grasp ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/07/15/a-blogger-explains-syndication-and-feeds-in-a-way-a-6-year-old-can-get-it/ Google Checkout, considered by many the alternative to Paypal, was launched today June 29, 2006. Although the system doesn’t allow user to user transactions like Paypal, yet, I think is an alternative worth trying. Sites such as Buy.com, Timberland.com, Jockey.com, Starbucks.com and Levis.com are already offering their clients the altenative to ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/06/29/google-checkout-is-ready/ No we don’t! And that’s why you have to read this one. A great parody of those long, repetitive and… well… long, one page sites promising you to make lots of cash without the minimum effort. You losers. http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/06/26/we-all-love-sales-letters/ I was recently telling a friend that I liked what Bill Gates was doing, leaving Microsoft to put all his efforts in philanthropy. Forget about the we all hate Microsoft thinking; Gates is, for me, one of the good guys now. And I’ve just read at Fortune that Warren Buffett, the ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/06/25/money-is-nothing-give-it-away/ After a few weeks of designing and programming I have a new site ready: Telework People. You will find information about my book, discussion forums for teleworkers and articles about many subjects for all of you living, and making businesses, online. There’s an Spanish version available at Teletrabajo Hoy. Cheers. http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/05/23/new-site-ready-to-launch-telework-people/ A quick note to save you some headaches. If you don’t use width and height for all your images in HTML your design could break on the first load in Firefox (tested with 1.5.0.2 on Windows and Linux, I know this also happened in 1.0.x), if you refresh the page, the ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/05/07/css-error-in-first-load-using-firefox/ Well, ISBN are already registered, all the contracts signed and proofs revised. Telework People is on its way to Ingram. What does this mean? It means that soon, during the next two or three weeks, my first book will be available in many bookstores around the world: Amazon, Powells, Barnes & Noble, ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/05/03/the-telecommuting-book-on-its-way-to-amazon/ I’ve just made available a free download of the advantages of teleworking , part of my book Telework People. Learn about how working away from the office, at home, a coffee shop or telecenter, can increase your productivity and make your life a healthier and happier one. Get the free download now. ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/05/01/the-advantages-of-teleworking-free-download/ I got it! I’ve been working with two screens on Windows during many years, and when I completely moved to Linux I wasn’t able to get it working again, even if Fedora Linux has dual head support. A couple of years ago, I had written about using two monitors with one ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/23/fedora-linux-with-two-screens-and-ati-video-card/ Good news today: FeedBurner Email is already available. A free service that allows your readers to subscribe using just email. Quite useful for those users not familiar with a feed reader. http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/20/feedburner-email-blog-subscriptions-by-email/ Want to know how to use the Internet and your current skills to work away from the office and spend more time with your family? In Telework People I’ll tell you how to do it. Teleworking, or telecommuting, means doing your job away from the conventional office. It means working online. From ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/18/telework-people-how-to-make-money-and-get-your-life-back-by-working-online/ An hilarious post from the guys at the Basketbawful: The Gatorade Conspiracy. Subliminal marketing? http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/16/the-gatorade-conspiracy/ Imagine a radio station playing just the songs you like, and giving you the ability to tell when a song doesn’t fit your tastes and not playing it anymore. That is what Pandora does. Pandora is a web based service that allows you to create your own music stations. ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/14/music-for-you-interview-with-tim-westergren-from-pandora/ A regular day at the studio: “Gee, I’m thirsty man!” “So I am dude, so I am” “What you have in the fridge?” “Dunno, let’s see … great!, I’ve got a couple of bottles of Google Gulp“ “Cool, give me the Beta Carroty” Google. These guys are nuts or they are just too smart for the ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/04/01/googles-new-product/ I knew Yahoo had a new web based email application running in beta, hence I signed up for the waiting list three weeks ago. Today when I logged in to my Yahoo Mail account a greeting page appeared telling me I could start using the new system, it also told ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/03/30/my-review-of-the-new-yahoo-mail/ You may already know I am writing a book, actually an ebook, it is an ebook about teleworking, or telecommuting if you prefer that term. I will be launching a web site dedicated to the book, and all things teleworking. I already registered the domain name, and I think is a ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/03/29/ideas-for-selling-an-ebook/ This one is going fast. I already have 6 referrals signed up under my account to win an iPod Shuffle and I’m just waiting for 3 of them to complete one offer, maybe they already did it but getting the credit can take some time. Recently Freepay has imposed a time ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/03/15/free-ipod-shuffle-almost-there/ Update: My new book is already available for purchase. Get your copy of Telework People now. I’ve started working in a book about teleworking. I already told some friends and got many nice messages from all over the world offering help with feedback and translations, thank you all! It will be ... http://www.ventanazul.com/weblog_en/archives_en/2006/03/08/a-book-about-teleworking/