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I will no longer be posting

I am sorry to inform you that The Web Tools Blog will no longer continue. For a number of reasons which I won't go into.

Thanks for reading,
Thomas

The Web Tools Blog Will be Back After this Short Break

I'm sorry to announce that I will not be posting for one week. After which I will start posting regularly.

I'm planning on making the move to wordpress, as well as some design changes.

I hope you join me when I start posting again.

Great Resource for Finding Web-based Apps

Apps Mania is a showcase for web applications. but it can be useful for finding great web apps.

Cousin to CSS Mania, Apps mania was started June 2007 and has been going strong since. It has about 400 subscribers as of this writing.

All the apps are nicely organized into categories such as social networking, blogging, mobile etc.

Check it out here.

Changes - Stick with me!

As some of you might have noticed I'm making some changes to the design, title and subject of this blog. Sorry to throw you around.

Please hang with me as I make some updates over the next week or so. When I'm finished it will be worth it.

If you have any ideas on how to make The Web Tools Blog better let me know. I will write a post with all the suggestion you give me and would be glad to link to your blog.

Thanks,
Thomas

Make a "What I'm Reading" Blogroll with Google Reader

With a click of the mouse you can add an a blog post to your own "What I'm reading" blogroll, here's how.

For this you need to be using Google Reader. Just log in and click the "settings" button then hit the "tabs" link. You should see a "your shared items" tag that's set at public. Go over and click the "add clip to site" link.

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Once you install the code on your blog you can share stuff you like by hitting the "share" button in Google Reader.and it will be added to your "blogroll."

Here's an example: