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Friend Connect

Few days ago I subscribed to a new service on Google called “friendconnect“.

Subscription is available to anyone, however accounts are hand picked by Google at this moment.

This isn’t new, Google did the same for Google Apps, and other services.

Google Friends seems very promising as its part of the Open Social Project.

I installed it at 12:00pm, when I returned to work at 13:00 somebody was already using it.

Another great thing is the “Wall Gadget” It allows page visitors to leave a comment on a page. This wall could be the same for any page of our site or diferent for each page. (very useful for blog articles)

I suppose things will change in the way sites socialize.

A site can have attributes that before  were limited only to blogs.

For example: A company could have the interactivity and feedback directly from the main site having no needs for a blog.

You need a Google account to use this service, anyway it looks good.

I’m taking a closer look at it here at my site and will be writing about  “Google friend connect” right here.

Please be welcome to participate even if you’re just curious. (Find the friend panel at the lower right of this page).

You can see the introduction video here…

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Pablo Esquivel News, Tech Tips Friend Connect, Google, Social Networks

This morning I noticed that Google Gmail got even better!

If you are like me and spend hours in front of a the GMail screen you will sure appreciate these new themes.

At 6:00pm of Nov 20 of 2008, these themes were available for non English users too. (Thank you Google,  that was nice.)

I hope this also becomes available to Google Apps users!

Gmail themes Screenshot

If I had to choose one I would say that “Minimalist” is awesome.

But Personally I vote for the “Shiny” theme

I like “Shiny” more than any other.

Leave a comment or vote for your favorite theme.

This post shows thumbnails and screen shots of all Google themes shown in a classic way.
I also included an improved fullscreen experience. More demanding users should follow this link:

Click here to see all the themes on 3D wall
Even if you dont have the Cool Iris plugin you will still be able to see full screen images. Now if i do have it, you will see a interactive 3D Wall.
I recomendo to install this free plugin at Cooliris is recomended for best viewing)

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Pablo Esquivel Google Beach Theme, Bubblegum Theme, Bus Stop Theme, Candy Theme, Cherry Blossom Theme, Cold Shower Theme, Contrast Black Theme, Default Theme For Gmail, Desk Theme, Dusk Theme, Gmail, Graffiti Theme, Green Sky Theme, Marina Theme, Minimalist Theme, Mountains Theme, New Blue Theme, Ninja Theme, Pebbles Theme, Phantasea Theme, Planets Theme, Shiny Theme, Silver Lining Theme, Steel Theme, Summer Ocean Theme, Sunset Theme, Tea House Theme, Terminal Theme, Themes, Tree Theme, Zoozimps, Zoozimps Theme

I use a self hosted Wordpress for this website and I wanted it interacting with my Twitter page so I wouldn’t have to post the same thing twice.

My Twitter Page

First I met the Twitter Tools Plugin for Wordpress.
It works fine, but includes a minor bug , time is not easily adjusted when using diferent time zones, so posts I made one day could be appear on twitter other day.
The good side of Twitter Tools is that you can configure it to update your Wordpress posts on Twitter, update Twitter posts on Wordpress or the even the both options together. Read more…

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