What it does

Dipity, short for serendipity, is a timeline making app. You can make up a timeline of anything, from your favorite band shows, to the decline of the American economy. To start out, you do have to register which takes a matter of seconds. Follow that by hitting the ‘Create Event’ button and you are set. A whole slough of different types of media—Google maps, links, photos, videos, feeds, etc—can be pulled in to make your timeline dazzle, and once it’s complete, your timeline is embeddable on your own site or profile. You can easily focus in on each element for more info, and you can even zoom out on a whole time period. Furthermore, Dipity supports profile feeds from Twitter, Yelp, and Flickr, among others, which means you can create a lifestream.

In their own words

“Dipity is the easiest way to make and share interactive timelines about the people and things you care about.”

Why it might be a killer

Dipity allows users to create interactive and in depth timelines, unlike any other. These aren’t your normal, static timelines with little media interaction. They can be used to for developing a media lifestream where your friends can keep tabs on what you’re up to. Dipity is pretty simple to use, and it’s has an elegant presentation.

Some questions

The timeline making category is getting more and more crowded. Just how does Dipity plan to stand out among the rest? The site could use a more detailed explanation of how to add elements.

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What it does

Want to make to a website that looks like Facebook or Friendster even, but haven’t got a clue where to start? Or perhaps you’d love to do something like Flickr, but aren’t gifted in the scripting department. Where to turn? ScriptCopy. ScriptCopy is a web directory populated by little gems for any website creator. The site is home to mockups, clones of scripts found on popular websites. So if you want to make a site like HotorNot, just search ScriptCopy, they’ve got it. Additionally, if you’ve got a clone script you want to showcase, you can submit it to ScriptCopy—simply fill out the form and you’ll get more traffic coming your way.

In their own words

“ScriptCopy.com web directory allows you to find scripts on the net that are similar or mimic functionalities of popular websites. ScriptCopy.com is no way connected or endorses sites listed in the directory. The trademarks, service marks and logos (the “Trademarks”) used and displayed on this Site are registered trademarks of their respectable owner(s).

ScriptCopy.com also give the opportunity to advertise your script. With over 55,000 page views and over 7000 unique visitors and a month using ScriptCopy.com to find suitable scripts for their projects, your presence will surely result in very targeted and qualified leads visiting your site and hopefully making a purchase.”

Why it might be a killer

For anyone looking to mimic the success and look of another site, ScriptCopy’s not a bad place to start. It gives you a crystal clear idea of where to go to get the scripts you want. They’ve got clones for all of today’s most popular sites.

Some questions

ScriptCopy could use some new scripts to update its own look.

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What it does

Worried about your website? BasicState’s got your back. BasicState runs a website monitoring service which ensures that your site is up and running properly. It will alert you whenever there’s a problem with your site via email and SMS text message. The service checks your site every 15 minutes and you’ll be sent a daily email report of your site’s performance. As a BasicState user, you can add as many sites as you wish. You can also tailor default and backup alerts to your preferences. Additionally, BasicState watches sites that provide network services for your site—for example, payment gateways and ad networks. If any of these sites have trouble, you’ll be alerted. All of BasicStates services are free.

In their own words

“Be alerted immediately by email or sms text message if your site ever becomes unavailable for any reason including network outages, server outages, server overload, dns configuration, or ssl certificate problems.

You can add as many sites and users as you like. You can tailor default, backup and emergency alert schedules to your preferences. And it’s completely free forever.”

Why it might be a killer

This is a gem of service. For website owners and managers, outages, downtime, server overloads, etc are serious setbacks. However, with BasicState, users will be alerted immediately if anything happens to their site. Moreover, BasicState provides free uptime stats and graphs, so they can easily analyze their site’s overall health.

Some questions

How will this site make money? How thorough is it?

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What it does

TaffyDB is an open source Javascript library for your browser which acts as a thin (under 10k) data layer inside Ajax applications. It’s got sorting, looping and advanced query capability. It works with simple Javascript centric syntax and it’s compatible with most major Ajax libraries, including, YUI, JQuery, and Dojo. Using Taffy you can easily create collections passing in an array of similar objects. You can implement find functionality as well as updates. You can insert, delete, and query against the data layer. Taffy isn’t visual so you will still need to code the user interface; however using Taffy does reduce the amount of code you will need. The download is available for free.

In their own words

“Taffy DB is a free and opensource JavaScript library that acts as thin data layer inside Web 2.0 and Ajax applications.”

Why it might be a killer

TaffyDB is like having an SQL database in your browser. It works well for Ajax apps and it’s light—under 10 kb. It also integrates with other libraries.

Some questions

How well does this work?

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What it does

File sharing for Macs is made easy with Dockdrop. This desktop app, which works with Tiger and Leopard, allows you to upload files to the internet simply by dragging and dropping files into Dockdrop icon. It will also add an URL to your clipboard, so that it can easily be pasted into email, chat, or a website. Prior to sending files, you will have to configure the protocol through which you want your files to be sent. Dockdrop currently supports FTP, Flickr, WebDAV and SCP. Once that’s done, you can share files regardless of platform via links; a an overlayed transparent window will keep you up to date as to the progress of each file transfer. Dockdrop is free to use.

In their own words

“Dockdrop is a Mac OS X application that lets you share files fast.

Drag any file or folder you want to share onto the Dockdrop dock icon then choose how you want to send it. Dockdrop uploads it and puts a URL for your upload on the clipboard, ready for pasting into an Email, chat program or website.

Dockdrop is currently available completely free of charge.”

Why it might be a killer

Drag and drop file sharing for Macs—this is incredibly fast and easy to use. Requires no laborious file maneuvering as everything can be dropped into the dock, and it’s rather simple to configure. Really couldn’t get easier.

Some questions

How difficult is it to configure the protocols for sending? Will this remain free? Can multiple files be uploaded and sent at once?

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SignOn is an identity management service. It allows users to easily log into OpenID enabled websites with one unique identifier—something along the lines of jill.signon.com. Thus your URL becomes your sign on. The site goes further in offering information cards—essentially digitized versions of those in your wallet. These are stored on your computer; one card works with multiple sites. The cards are grouped by an Identity Selector, software which allows you to created and organize all your Information cards. It’s free to install. Creating a card requires that you fill in your name and email address and register it on your account. Once that’s done, it will be attached to your Signon account. Additionally, you’ll be given an optional public profile which can be ended and adjusted among with settings on your account page.

In their own words

“SignOn.com is a free OpenID identity service secured with Information Cards. Our sole mission is to provide individuals with complete control, security and privacy of their Internet identity.”

Why it might be a killer

This negates the need for memorizing multiple log-ins and passwords. Users can access all their favorite sites without having to fill out forms and fields. OpenID is gaining acceptance throughout the net.

Some questions

Is there any screening done to prevent ID abusers? Will users take to it? Can it replace traditional user accounts? What about security and privacy issues?

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What it does

Bored? There’s nothing like a good dose of YouTube to brighten your day. Tooble wants to make your day that much better by bringing YouTube to your iPod. Now, you never have to leave home without Entertainment-To-Go. So next time you’re stuck cubicle-side with no real work to do, hanging in rush hour traffic, or caught in the topsy-turvy of airport delays and hang-ups (and don’t feel like rioting), watch some YouTube. Tooble lets you browse and search for YouTube videos to download to your iPod, iPhone, or even your Apple TV, of you’ve got one. Tooble automatically converts the video to MP4 format and sends it to your iTunes for your viewing pleasure. Tooble also works as a standalone YouTube browser so you can view videos on you Mac at any time. It’s 100% free, contains no ads and malware. A Windows version is in the works too.

In their own words

“Tooble lets you browse, search and download any video from YouTube and put it on your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV. You can also save them to watch on your computer.

It’s super simple to use, because unlike other similar utilities, tooble is also a stand alone YouTube browser. Right now it’s only available for Macintosh, but a Windows version is coming soon.”

Why it might be a killer

Tooble is a simple, easy to use solution for downloading your favorite YouTube videos to your Mac or iPod. It takes the hassle out of converting video files and transferring them to your iPod.

Some questions

What’s Toobles plan of attack for gaining revenue? They’ve got no ads and its freeware. Will their currently Mac only app turn away potential Windows users?

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What it does

It’s really simple…SiteClimb is a tool that uses your web site content and continually pushes your web site up the search engine rankings 24/7. SiteClimb also protects your key word / key phrase secrets from your competition since these secrets are publicly accessible. SiteClimb works before and after the scheduled indexing by the search engines. SiteClimb’s approach to SEO can be referred to as ‘White Hat’, in that they have a content-based approach to organic SEO without violating the terms of service for search engines.

Comparing SiteClimb to other SEO services…they are not temporary, they are not a ‘Black Hat’ approach to SEO, they are not that expensive ($39.95/month) and they do not require your site to be down or under construction.

For a web site owner, making sure people know where to find you, how to find your site and that your search engine results position is as high as possible are all very important. SiteClimb will address and help solve these challenges 24/7. The core of SiteClimb’s software is an advanced page analyzer that enables search engine spiders, like Googlebot, to see a highly tuned view of your website’s content.

Here are some KEY benefits that you and your site will receive while using SiteClimb:

- SiteClimb keeps your key word/phrase secrets by only showing the optimized page to bonified search engines and not just anyone trying to reverse engineer your keyword content

- SiteClimb works 24/7…day after day…week after week…month after month so you can focus on the rest of your business

- SiteClimb uses your web pages/content and gives the search engines exactly what they want to see which helps your search engine results position

- SiteClimb offers a simple technique to get image-only type web sites to index in top search engines. If your web site is made up of images where the text is part of the image, search engines are blind to you…not anymore with SiteClimb!

- SiteClimb verifies and confirms the authenticity of a spider that comes looking for data…if it’s not a ‘real’ spider then SiteClimb doesn’t feed it

In their own words

“It’s Finally Here! The Perfect Optimization Tool for Web Site Owners!

SiteClimb is an SEO tool that continually pushes your web site up the search engine rankings list. BEST OF ALL…SiteClimb keeps working even after the search engines do their indexing and shuffle the data. We all know that optimization services are temporary and its a matter of time before your web site drops in the rankings list…you’re left with another phone call to request an expensive optimization service.

With SiteClimb, it keeps working 24/7 even after indexing. This powerful software also keeps your secrets by only showing the optimized page to bonified search engines.

Install It, Set It and Forget It! It’s that simple…let SiteClimb do the optimizing while you focus on growing and marketing your business.”

Why it might be a killer

It is a powerfully unique product that addresses a ‘hot topic’ that exists on the web today…search engine optimization. In a sense, it puts an end to traditional seo services that provide temporary results…SiteCimb keeps working after indexing…and when content is added/edited…no problem…it will be served up to the search engines when they come knocking. For web site owners…a must tool to have to increase awareness of the site and to stay optimized. For web developers…a perfect addition to the other services they offer their web customers. For hosting companies…a valuable differentiator and ideal way to create an additional stream of revenue by offering this to their hosted clients.

Some questions

How will they stand out from the competition?

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Are you a web designer that would like to optimize your CSS codes? CleanCSS.com is a tool for web designers that helps them optimize their CSS codes. CCS is short foe Cascading Style Sheets which is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in markup language or webpage written in HTML, or XHTML. CSS can define the color, font, layout, and other aspects of document and webpage presentation. CleanCSS.com offers web designers the CSS optimizer, CSS Tidy, which the site owners’ claim is the best CSS optimizer around. Web designers use CSS optimizers to get smaller CSS files and better written code. When you first enter the site you can see the optimizer. You have a section for the CSS input and the CSS layout where you choose a compression code layout from; highest, high, standard, low and custom. Then you have your options where you can remove unnecessary backslashes, compress colors, save comments, etc… to create a clean CSS code. CleanCSS.com also helps you with shorthand coding so you can consolidate information such as color and orders into one line. CleanCSS.com is a helpful site for web designers.

In their own words

“CleanCSS is a powerful CSS optimizer and formatter. Basically, it takes your CSS code and makes it cleaner and more concise.

The CSS optimizer was originally developed by some awesome dudes over at CSS Tidy. They built the program and have made it free for everyone to use. I stumbled across their optimizer one day while looking for help with my CSS. I wanted to know the shortest way I could style a background of a web site without having to use all the “background-image” and “background-repeat” tags. I found some other optimizers which I tried, but none worked as well as CSS Tidy. It was actually hosted on some random CD Burning website. Why? I have no idea.

But after I posted about it on my blog, I noticed that a week later, the site no longer existed. I was bummed because I was trying to show my fellow designers at work this amazing utility. So I took the liberty and installed CSS Tidy on my own webserver and registerd cleancss.com. I also styled it up to my liking (see the grass green colors?). So now I can make sure this kick-ass CSS utility stays up forever. And gets used by web designers everywhere.”

Why it might be a killer

CleanCSS.com has a clean interface which is fitting for the title of the site. The lime green color is appealing and the site is easy to navigate. Putting the CSS Tidy optimizer on the homepage is a good idea so users don’t have to look at all to find it. The description of why you should optimize CSS code is useful for those of us who are not experts in the web designing field. CleanCSS.com does a good job of explaining how and why the optimizer is useful.

Some questions

There are other CSS optimizers available, how will CleanCSS.com deal with competition from other sites that offer the same type of tool? CleanCSS.com could show examples of CSS codes before an after using the CSS Tidy optimizer, so users could get an idea of how to condense the codes.

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