Where to Find Free Images and Art Resources for Blogs?
May 1, 2008
Where does one find images that can be posted online without infringing copyright laws? That’s a common problem faced by bloggers, at least by the ones who don’t want a DMCA complaint filed against them.
With most of the online material belonging to someone and being posted by someone else, it’s easy to unknowingly become an accomplice to content theft. Somehow, it’s easier to tell when text is free for distribution. What about all the ubiquitous art and images with no obvious authorship or copyright notices? In many cases it’s impossible to tell. It would be desirable to get them at the source, or at sites with clearly stated ownership and distribution policies.
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MarsEdit Blog Editor: Tagging WordPress, Movable Type
January 31, 2008
MarsEdit, the popular desktop blog editor for the Mac platform has been updated to version 2.1. The new version brings an assortment of new features, including enhanced web previews, the ability to save drafts to the server, and instant searches for drafts and entries. [Read more]
Zenfolio Online Photo Sharing Review
January 28, 2008
Zenfolio is an online photo sharing service similar to Flickr, Smugmug, Fotki, Exposure Manager, and many others. What distinguishes it is the elegance of its interface, easy of use, and superb customer service. I’ve been using it for almost a year and thought it would be useful to share my experience with others. This is not intended to be an exhaustive review, nor a comparison with other services. It’s rather a collection of observations from one user point of view.
Photo hosts provide a service that falls in the general category of “photo sharing,” the publishing or transfer of digital photos (and/or videos) online for display, downloading, printing, etc. [Read more]
Our Photo Galleries are up and Running
January 22, 2008
After playing with the idea of using Gallery or Coppermine to build a site gallery, I’ve settled with an off-site service.
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