Make Full Use of YouTube With These Great Tools
Once upon a time, YouTube was just a speck in the vastness of cyberspace. Seemingly overnight, however, YouTube has become a phenomenon; a place for people to learn, vent, laugh, cry and think, YouTube has become the world’s playground for video posting. When Google bought YouTube in 2006, it became even more popular and now, counting on millions of users from all over the world, it has become the foremost video uploading site on the Internet today.
The only drawback to YouTube? Its limited useability. Upload, watch, link or embed — those are the only four choices for YouTube videos. Or are they? I have scrambled and scrambled all through the web looking for some cool applications and tools that can maximize my YouTube experience and I’ve found a few excellent ones that I’d love to share with you.
Video Downloader is my favorite YouTube tool because it integrates right into my Mozilla Firefox web browser. Video Downloader allows you to download videos onto your computer so you can do whatever you want with them, whether it’s watching them on your own time without having to go to YouTube and search for them again, or extracting audio for various other uses, whatever your need is, Video Downloader helps you get it all done. The Firefox extension gives you immediate access to it by providing icons to add to your browser and its user-friendly interface makes it a breeze to use.
Job Hunting Made Easy
Nothing is harder and more tedious that going out to find a job, especially in this shaky market. It just seems like there are no jobs anywhere, no matter where you look. I’ve gone through that before; looking and looking in vain through the same two or three websites, trying to find that perfect job, only to be constantly disappointed.
But doing some heavy-duty searching, I found out that there are not one or two, but tons and tons of job hunting websites and online tools that job seekers can benefit from. I couldn’t believe it! There are so many places, and they’re not just your typical Careerbuilder site either. They’re specific to everything from location to career goals. You can apply to jobs that cater to the specific field that you’re looking for or you can apply to jobs that are in your area; you can even apply to jobs based on education level or availability of employment.
I’ve listed a couple of the ones that I like the most below. They proved to be some of the most helpful sites that I went to.
Craigslist — Craigslist is the foremost online classifieds listing in the world, with thousands upon thousands of listings from all over the world in hundreds of categories. I have found many leads through Craigslist when it comes to job search. The good thing about Craigslist is that it’s very much like looking at the classifieds in your local paper; it’s straightforward, it’s self-explanatory and the best part is that it requires no registration for you to use it. Simply click on the headline you’d like to view and, if you like what you read, email the person who posted the item. The bad part about Craigslist is of course the amount of spam that makes it in there, but many times it’s pretty easy to tell what’s what. So avoid spamming and take the proper precautions and you’re good to go.
Web Icons - Cute, Useful…and Free?!?!
It used to be that finding a nice set of professional looking icons was difficult to do unless you were either a web designer or someone who was willing to fork out some cash for them. No longer; in fact, it’s not uncommon to find beautiful, interesting web icons that you can use personally and professionally at absolutely no cost. Why is that, you ask? Well, icons are pretty cool to make…if you have the time and patience — and the ability — to make them, that is. Most people don’t, but there are graphic artists out there who create icons regularly and put the sets out there for public use as a way of being recognized and having their work out there. Almost like putting out a resume, but with really cute drawings.
Icons are more than just cute drawings, though. They’re extremely important in web design, so much so that many times it is the quality of your icons that can make the difference between dull and interesting. Here, I’ve listed a couple of my favorite free icon sets and some places where you can find many more.
These are just two of the many styles included in the RSS Icons Campaign designed by Design Freak. Their RSS feed icons are ideal for those of you who are looking for a cool-looking, very different take on the boring little feed box that sits on the corners of the websites that we are used to visiting. These little guys can make your design look fresh and modern, with a hint of wit and tons of charm. I am in love with these icons!