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ChitChat: Chat Client for FaceBook

Do you find it annoying when someone chats with you on Facebook when you are doing something else on your computer? If you find switching tabs while chatting on Facebook and browsing another site very distracting, there is something you can do about it. One way is to collapse the tab where your Facebook is open and place it somewhere on your computer screen. This works well if you have multiple screens to work with.

Another way to prevent you from switching tabs is to use a chat client such as Digsby. There, you can chat with your Facebook friends along with friends that are added to your other chat accounts such as Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk and many more. However, if you want something lightweight with a more focused approach on Facebook, you might want to try ChitChat.

ChitChat is an instant messenger for Facebook. You can login using the client to chat with all your Facebook contacts. It will connect you with Facebook chat and eliminates the need to use a browser to talk over Facebook Chat.

Simply download the client (1.1MB), install it on your computer and login using your Facebook username and password. It’s easy to use and features a very convenient tabbed chat interface that makes it easy to talk to many friends all at once without cluttering your desktop. It also has an Instant Messenger Notification that lets you know when you receive an instant message.

The next time you get distracted using Facebook Chat, you might want try downloading a chat client that supports Facebook and see if it works out for you.

Tags: Chat, Chat Client, ChitChat, Facebook Chat, Facebook Chat Client

Repper: Turn your Images Into Patterns

Repper is a simple yet effective tool that you can use to create patterns. It allows you to turn a portion of an image into eye-catching patterns for you to use on your websites, social networking pages and even desktops. It will enable you to produce unique pattern designs from unique images such as personal photos or any image that means something to you.

To create patterns using Repper, simply load a random image sample from the service or upload and use your own image. Once you have selected and image, you’ll see a pattern already forming from the image that you have chosen. You can change the pattern by dragging the box. You’ll see the pattern change before your eyes as you drag the square tool. Once you are satisfied with your pattern, save your pattern and use it on your desktop, websites or social networking pages.

If you like patterns and want to produce ones that you can call your own. You can use photos that you took or images that you have created to produce your own unique pattern design. Those designs can be used on your next web design project, use them in prints or even clothes.

Watch the video demo below.

Tags: Design, Pattern Converter, Patterns, Repper

Thankfulfor : Share What you are Thankful For Today

ThankfulFor is a simple website where you can share the things that you are most thankful for. It’s your personal gratitude journal and a collective gratitude journal for everyone. You can share the things that you are thankful for or read what others have shared. The things that you share can be of the simplest to life changing.

The more gratitude floating around this universe, the better.

Simply sign up for the service and enter what you’re thankful for today. Your Thankfulfor account / journal can be used as a personal diary of what you are thankful for in your life. You have the option to keep what you post private. If you want to share your gratitude with the whole world, simply tick the share to Twitter box and allow Twitter access to ThankfulFor. This will allow the service to update your Twitter account with every gratitude post you make.

Share your gratitude and inspire others with your “thanks.”

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

-Henry Ward Beecher

Tags: Gratitude Journal, Share Thanks, Thankfulfor, twitter

Photoshop: Create a Glass Effect Coffee Table Icon

Here’s another Photoshop tutorial video that will help you improve your Photoshop skills. It will teach you how to create a coffee table icon with glass effect. With this tutorial, you’ll learn to incorporate the power of subtlety into icon design.

Tags: Coffee Table Icon, Glass Effect, Glass Icon, icon, Photoshop

SoundBible: Download Free Sound Clips, Sound Bites and Sound Effects

SoundBible is a website that offers thousands of sound effects, sound clips, and straight up sounds. You can use the sounds in video projects, game design, presentations and anything that requires the use of sound effects. All sounds that can be found on SoundBible are free to use.

Because Free is way cooler than Fee. That one letter “r” makes a world of difference.

This is a great site for artists, students and teachers who couldn’t afford to buy sound effects from sites that sell them. Simply browse the categories and listen to the sounds to search the best one for your project. Each sound effect is elaborately tagged for you to make easy keyword search that matches or describes a particular sound effect. You can download the WAV or MP3 version of the sound file or share it with a friend who is looking for it.

Each sound effect page also comes with related or similar sound links which you can preview by simply clicking the play button. If you happen to be looking for a rare sound effect and did not find any on the website, you can make a request to SoundBible by filling out a request form. This way, you’ll be able to get the sound that you are looking before buying them from sound stores.

Tags: Download Sound Files, Free Sound Files, Sound Bites, Sound Clips, Sound Effects

SealTale: Social Networking Through Icons

SealTale is a social networking tool that allows you to share your interests, inclinations and preference through seal-like badgets. It’s a means to express your online identity by attaching seals to your blog. The process is similar to placing small icons of the social networking sites and blog promotion tools on your blog but in a more gadget-like manner. You’ll also be able to express what you are supporting such as campaigns, political issues and activities that you enjoy doing.

Sealtale is a new-concept SNS, in which the users can meet and network with other users who have similar interests and inclinations.

Our service’s name is composed of Seal (New-concept networking medium) and Tale (Stories told by the users) that form Seal:Tale Seal We, Sealtale, strive to become the medium that connects and weaves together all the one-person media on the Web.

You can create your own seal by placing your blog logo or any image that you want. Adding your interests is as easy as adding icons that relate to the activities, websites and favorite things on earth. Once you have glued your seal to your blog, you can simply seat back and social network through the service.

Sealtale provides two major services. The Tale service or the related postings service functions by filtering RSS tags and selects the postings that are related to the Seal the user has glued on his/her blog or social networking page. The postings are automatically updated to the Tale menu of Sealbook. It’s like an automated social networking service that is updated as you post on your blog or personal social page.

Another purpose of the widget is in the form of advertising. You can easily extend your reach by joining the community and making your contributions available everywhere. If it is related to other postings then they will surely appear on their seal tale.

The application has several more features that can only be explained if you actually use it. For whatever purpose you have on using the service, I’m sure that you’ll find the service quite interesting. It’s a new breed of social networking widget that seems to outdate services like BlogCatalog and the like. Its feature rich, informative and it looks great. Glue a seal now to find out.

Tags: Blog, Blog Widget, SealTale, social network, widget