For BarCampLondon3 I decided to do something a little different and run a session for people to show off there favourite websites. This was built on Natalie’s show and tell from BarCampBrighton, but with the twist of showing the best and most useful new sites, and not just what we have created. Naturally these should be the same sites. ;-)
First I demonstrated Profilactic. This is a site that I found a while ago. It aggregates many of my public feeds in to one “Stalker” feed. I most like it because it is simple to use, looks good, and as it only works with public feeds you do not need to trust it with all your passwords. I also mentioned MeeCard that is in alfa and demonstrated at BarCampSheffiled.
Next we had a look at Vector Magic. With this service you can upload an image and it converts it to a vector format. This allows pixelated images to be smoothed out and allow you to blow them larger without it looking blocky.
The web site Icon Finder was recommended as a search utility to find icons. Most are free, but do check the licencing before using them. The site I could not remember was famfamfam.com that has a lot of useful icons available.
Tom Scott then had a go at demonstrating his App in a Box, a simple application generator for Facebook. Some work is still needed but it is now working.
To close I mentioned a site called Calls may be recorded that you can upload your best and worst phone calls and listen to everyone else’s. It is better that it sounds, honest.
Lastly Sound Snap was recommended as site to find royalty free audio clips for whatever you want them for.
Finally I tend to post links to anything interesting I find to my Tumblelog, so if you want to see more sites like this then keep an eye on this.
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