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Sprouts are widgets, mini-sites, banners, mashups and other forms of rich media content. Here are some types of sprouts that you can build

share your media ... with this easy site mounter

about some easy site making...

I started putting together this list, and got a bit carried away. It ended up turning into a recommended list of free (mostly open-source) tools to do almost all of the essential tasks most people require of their computer. Almost all of the programs mentioned below are free open source software, though some are free versions of larger commercial products. Also note that this article is primarily aimed at Windows PC users, but almost all of these tools are also available on OSX and Linux.

may the diigo tools have some of this features interfaces... (collecting and re-arranging the collects: not in linear as in diigo ... may be easier to arrange and re-find source ...

The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. The Republic of the Web The web continues to grow at staggering rates. Automated search engines are increasingly unable to turn up useful results to search queries. The small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory sites can't keep up with submissions, and the quality and comprehensiveness of their directories has suffered. Link rot is setting in and they can't keep pace with the growth of the Internet. Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Open Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself. As the Internet grows, so do the number of net-citizens. These citizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content. The Definitive Catalog of the Web The Open Directory follows in the footsteps of some of the most important editor/contributor projects of the 20th century. Just as the Oxford English Dictionary became the definitive word on words through the efforts of volunteers, the Open Directory follows in its footsteps to become the definitive catalog of the Web. The Open Directory was founded in the spirit of the Open Source movement, and is the only major directory that is 100% free. There is not, nor will there ever be, a cost to submit a site to the directory, and/or to use the directory's data. The Open Directory data is made available for free to anyone who agrees to comply with our free use license. The Internet Brain The Open Directory is the most widely distributed data base of Web content classified by humans. Its editorial standards body of net-citizens provide the collective brain behind resource discovery on the Web. The Open Directory powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most popular search

Many companies become lax during summer hours, but some real innovators hunker down in the heat and create products that can make business easier in the future. One such company is Newton Software.

This article features some of the more useful and free desktop graphics editors I've come across whether you're creating/editing an icon, a vector file or otherwise. I hope that everyone finds this article useful, and I also hope that it's read before you shell out $300 for a commercial graphic editor elsewhere. What you will not find in this article are the more well known image editing applications such as The Gimp

This article covers some of the more helpful and useful web browser addons, bookmarklets and favelets available today to assist the web designer / web developer with their tasks.

For Beginners If you're just getting started, be sure to follow these tips. 1. Set up your profile: Give people a glimpse beyond what your tweets reveal. 2. Include a picture: Make sure you add a photo of yourself so that your tweets will be more personal. 3. Create a simple and short Twitter name: The longer your Twitter ID, the more space it takes up, and having a complicated name can make it hard for people to respond to or mention you. 4. Just do it: Don't just lurk-jump into the conversation. 5. Make your profile link something that tells more about you: Share your blog, an about me page, or any other page that offers more information about the person behind the tweets. 6. Share photos: Post your photos on Twitter to shake things up a bit and add some interest to your stream. 7. Use proper grammar: Occasional abbreviations are passable, but make sure that your tweets are readable. 8. Use your real name: Build your personal brand by choosing your real name as your Twitter ID. 9. List your location: Many people use Twitter for local networking, so they'll be more likely to follow you if they know where you are. 10. Learn the lingo: If you don't know what DM, @, RT, and other Twitter symbols and words are, look them up or ask. 11. Don't rush to build your network: Don't follow hundreds of people right away-allow your following to grow organically. 12. Reply to someone with @: Place an @ sign in front of someone's name on Twitter to write to them specifically, or simply just mention them-they will be notified that you did so. 13. Shrink your URLs: Use a URL shortener like TinyURL or is.gd to make it easier to fit into 140 characters. 14. Use your mobile device: Tweet from your phone, iPod, or other mobile device to keep your Twitter updated on the go, using the mobile web or text. 15. Find your friends: Use Twitter's search in order to find your friends, organizations, and others that you may want to follow o

Recently Posterous joined Twitpic for sharing images on Twitter. Posterous is a simple place to post anything including images, videos, mp3 and files by sending an email to post@posterous.com in reply you can see your post at http://yourname.posterous.com.Posterous new API let users to post your image to some of the most popular Twitter clients either from desktop or from your iPhone.

Today, Google unveiled its new application, Wave, to developers in San Francisco. Branded the "email of the future", Wave may encompass some of your favorite websites and streamline them into one easy to use application. Come check it out and share your thoughts.\n

Today, Google unveiled its new application, Wave, to developers in San Francisco. Branded the "email of the future", Wave may encompass some of your favorite websites and streamline them into one easy to use application. Come check it out and share your thoughts.

ble2Extract features a PDF converter and advanced, proprietary data extraction technology. The following information provides some more detail on Able2Extract's most important features: Able2Extract allows users to convert their data from one format to another and offers 10 different conversion options in total. The following backgrounders provide additional information on Able2Extract's two most popular conversions features - PDF to Excel and PDF to Word:PDF to Excel Conversion Backgrounder Convert your PDF files into formatted Excel Spreadsheets!

The new BBC web platform for music is online, offering some kind of mash-up presentations of the artists that make use of semantic resources.

I've put together a massive list of 31 online web applications that offer you the ability to do most anything you could want to do to your photos and other graphics. While some of the websites offer a premium service, they all offer a free service as well.

I've put together a nice list of websites offering free color resources for the internet masses. Most of these sites offer some sort of online web application for you to use in your creating process, but they all offer something of value for the graphic designer, web designer, photographer, etc.

iGoogle gadgets interact with the user and utilize the Google Gadgets API. Some gadgets developed for Google Desktop can also be used within iGoogle. The Google Gadgets API is public and allows anyone to develop a gadget for any need. iGoogle recently added a new gadget named " What's Popular". It seems to be similar to Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon. where you can vote the web pages and add content you find interesti

"Today, MoFuse, a service that helps publishers create simple mobile versions of their websites for free, is launching MoFuse Premium for Business, which offers some advanced options for customizing your company's mobile interface.

Two days ago Stephen Wolfram gave an early preview of his "computational knowledge engine" Wolfram Alpha at a talk at Harvard University. The video of the whole presentation (1h 45min long) is here above, while down below you can find some highlights I transcripted from his speech.