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Excerpt: I came across AlertThingy while browsing the web looking for a way to centralise all my social media profiles into a single interface.  Of course my first port of call was FriendFeed but I much prefer desktop software where possible.  For Twitter Im currently using Tweetdeck, whihc is great for staying in touch with followers on twitter but really left me wanting for updates on all my other social media profiles.  Sure it has a FaceBook feed in but I still have to login to FaceBook directly to reply and comment on walls and such. AlertThingy – Your Social Desktop Launched on…

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Excerpt: I have been asked “What is FF?” quite a few times recently so I thought it might be a good idea to cover this and save me repeating myself a million times in the near future. Of course, now, I will just have to repeat it 10,000 times but that’s a big time saver for me anyway :P!  Lets get on with it! What is FF*? FF stands for FriendFeed in social media speak. *It can also stand for Firefox! With all your social profiles on a variety of different sites on the web, FriendFeed’s main aim is to centralise all these accounts under…

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Excerpt: Your wordpress loading time is a point that can be accidentally overlooked when your developing your blog but its of paramount importance that you address the time to load regularly to keep it healthy and keep your visitors happy. Why is it important to address your Wordpress load time? Don’t underestimate load times on a site or blog, especially your own. Just to make the point, lets illustrate. If you click this image below: It opened a page with an image of your site that a first time visitor will experience for the first few seconds. If this stays the same for longer than…