All roads lead to IITB in Powai, Mumbai this weekend as the famed Barcamp Mumbai 3 will finally take place on the 29th of March.
I will be "introducing" LinkBunch in the product demo/startup introduction track, so do join in if you'd like to talk about it or just watch me do the talking! I will also be collaborating with Chetan Thaker (@ceetee) for a session on Dropbox in the Technology Track, so stick around!
Don't know what Barcamp is? A simple Google search will help, and so will this brief entry on Wikipedia.
See you there!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
LinkBunch featured in C|Net's WebWare!
C|Net's WebWare, a Web 2.0 resource I frequent several times a day, has mentioned LinkBunch!
They had the usual stuff to say about what it does and what it's used for, but Josh Lowensohn was a little turned off by the fact that a LinkBunch with a single link would still show you the whole page instead of redirecting you to that link directly. Well, Josh, I didn't add that feature because LinkBunch was always meant to be used for more than just one link. For single link URL shortening/redirection, I'd recommend regular TinyURL services like xrl.in or url.ie! But still, thanks for the mention!
Visit: LinkBunch makes multiple huge URLs tiny (C|Net WebWare)
They had the usual stuff to say about what it does and what it's used for, but Josh Lowensohn was a little turned off by the fact that a LinkBunch with a single link would still show you the whole page instead of redirecting you to that link directly. Well, Josh, I didn't add that feature because LinkBunch was always meant to be used for more than just one link. For single link URL shortening/redirection, I'd recommend regular TinyURL services like xrl.in or url.ie! But still, thanks for the mention!
Visit: LinkBunch makes multiple huge URLs tiny (C|Net WebWare)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
New Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Following changes to the Google AdSense Terms of Use, LinkBunch now has a privacy policy and terms of use page in place. Please take a moment to read through the text on the page.
Continued use of LinkBunch indicates your agreement with the terms of use and acceptance of the privacy policy.
Thank you!
Continued use of LinkBunch indicates your agreement with the terms of use and acceptance of the privacy policy.
Thank you!
Monday, February 25, 2008
LinkBunch gets featured in the Mumbai Mirror!
LinkBunch has been deemed useful enough to be featured as a site of the day in Mumbai Mirror's Sci-Tech section today, the 26th of February, 2008.
Here is a grab from the epaper website:
And here is a link to the web version of the post.
This is what was written:
Simple and to-the-point, just the way LinkBunch is!
Here is a grab from the epaper website:
And here is a link to the web version of the post.
This is what was written:
While browsing the Web, you might come across several interesting links that you want to share with your friends. But copy-pasting each of them can be quite a task, and also looks messy. Today’s resource, LinkBunch, promises to make this easier, by letting you create one common address for all your links. Simply copy-paste them in the box provided, and click “Bunch” to get a unique address that can be sent to friends. Once they open it, they can either visit the links individually or all of them at the same time.
Simple and to-the-point, just the way LinkBunch is!
Monday, February 18, 2008
LinkBunch goes blue da ba dee da ba daee...
By popular demand, LinkBunch has now gone completely blue, which is admitted a lot cooler, literally and figuratively, than the older red.
However, just being cooler and popular isn't the only reason I decided to switch. The main reason is that most links on the web are blue in color. It only makes sense for a site that deals with links to be of that color!
Yeah, okay it isn't #0000FF, but #003366 will do the job!
However, just being cooler and popular isn't the only reason I decided to switch. The main reason is that most links on the web are blue in color. It only makes sense for a site that deals with links to be of that color!
Yeah, okay it isn't #0000FF, but #003366 will do the job!
Major IE functionality flaw and a minor CSS flaw... fixed!
Thanks to Kevin S. Brady for pointing this out. And shame on everyone else (including me) for not trying out LinkBunch in Internet Explorer all this while!
The bug would prevent anyone using IE from creating a link bunch. This happened when I changed from the regular, form "Bunch" button to a fancy looking image button. IE sends the image button along with co-ordinates like 'bunch.x' and 'bunch.y' but Firefox continues with a simple 'bunch'. The script looked for the bunch button text and only created the bunch if it was specified, hence it would fail on IE. This was a really stupid but, but it's fixed now!
Also, a minor CSS bug prevented the page from being centered properly in IE. That's also fixed now.
The bug would prevent anyone using IE from creating a link bunch. This happened when I changed from the regular, form "Bunch" button to a fancy looking image button. IE sends the image button along with co-ordinates like 'bunch.x' and 'bunch.y' but Firefox continues with a simple 'bunch'. The script looked for the bunch button text and only created the bunch if it was specified, hence it would fail on IE. This was a really stupid but, but it's fixed now!
Also, a minor CSS bug prevented the page from being centered properly in IE. That's also fixed now.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Previews of links in LinkBunches
Another quick update - LinkBunch will now let you see a pop-up preview of the linked pages in a bunch when you hover over the little bubble icon next to each link. The previews will help users in deciding whether to click on links or not - if they aren't sure of what the links are.
These are Snap previews that have gotten a lot of flak in the past, but I've set them to only show up when you hover over the icon - not the full link. That can be quite irritating and I personally don't like it.
Let me know what you think of the previews.
These are Snap previews that have gotten a lot of flak in the past, but I've set them to only show up when you hover over the icon - not the full link. That can be quite irritating and I personally don't like it.
Let me know what you think of the previews.
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