Firefox 3 browser extension coming soon
Brent from boodangy.blogspot.com and several other Crank’rs have been asking about the much buzzed and brand-spankin’ new Firefox 3 that is now available for download on the web and more specifically when our current PhotoCrank Firefox browser extension will support it.
Never fear, my lovely friends of CrankTown, I have asked the PhotoCrank powers to be this very question and according to them there will be a Firefox 3 compatible version ready for download by this time next week(by June 30th). A week’s not too long to wait, right?
If you really need something to do until then, you could always go say hi to one of the latest bloggers to install the PhotoCrank Engine on their site over at The Hanson Life in Texas Blog. Don’t be shy, go ahead and welcome them by giving them one of their first Cranks!
Crank’n a caption contest: A quick example
In my last post I wrote a pretty lengthy explanation of how a blog/website owner can install The PhotoCrank Engine for use with caption competitions that they are currently running for their readers. I won’t go into all of the details of why PhotoCrank adds some great value to these various contests, but instead I thought that I would take a real-world example that I found while cruising the web and show you how Crank’n would look and be used on a contest that a blogger had already posted. Hopefully this will give you all a better understanding of what I have been talking about as far as caption contests go. I have a feeling that I will be doing this several times as a way to show everyone how easily PhotoCrank can take these types of caption contests to a new level of fun and interactivity.
The blog that I have chosen to be my guinea pig for this first go round is WILLisms.com, which is a blog that has a very edgy and entertaining way to cover what’s hot in the political world. The WILLisms blog holds caption contests like this one on a regular basis and I have decided to use their latest one as an example of how PhotoCrank can make a great caption contest even better.
Here is the image that was used for the last caption contest contest on the WILLisms blog, in which he encouraged his readers to give their best shot at being clever…the image is from a protest that took place after three police detectives were found not guilty after a fatal shooting in NYC.
Comparatively, here are a couple of captions that were submitted via the comments on the blog:
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“Leroy Johnson of 443 fifth Avenue is that you?
Leroy: Shhhhhhhhh!
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This guy thinks he is hiding that he is picking his nose. We can see you!
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These are kinda funny, but with PhotoCrank, they could have had even more fun with it. Also, with PhotoCrank the winner of the caption contest can automatically be determined based on the what the viewers vote on each Crank, making it very easy to find a winner. For more information on how to add The PhotoCrank Engine to your blog, head on over to this page on PhotoCrank.com.
Keeping up with what’s new at The SiliconValley NewTech Meetup
There’s a refreshing trend that is alive and thriving out here in Silicon Valley and believe it or not, it has nothing to do with buying super expensive sports cars (although that’s a popular trend as well). This trend that I’m talking about is all about people meeting other people, which is obviously nothing new to the human race - people have been meeting and congregating since the beginning of time. But, somehow the simple term known as a ‘meetup‘ has all of a sudden revolutionized, simplified and made public the age-old act of bringing people together for any and every reason that you could possibly think of. For some meetup users it’s as simple as trying to get some friends together for a house party while others might create a meetup as a way to get a Saturday afternoon soccer game organized. But, no matter what the theme of the meetup is, the overall goal is the same - bringing people together.
There are hundreds of meetups listed daily here in Palo Alto and as you can probably imagine, many of them are tech related. One of the more popular meetups that all of us here at PhotoCrank make an effort to check out each month is The Silicon ValleyNewTech Meetup that is run by a fellow Internet addict and super cool guy Vincent Lauria (aka Vinnie). Each month 150+ people pack into a room to check out 4 new web startups that are just hitting the scene and to mingle, network and socialize. It’s a great way to keep up with some of what could be the Internet’s next big thing and it’s also an amazing place to meet some valuable contacts from around Silicon Valley.
Check out a couple of pics below from the meetup and head on over to Vinnie’s blog post to learn more about the companies that presented to the group. Be sure to click the Crank Button in the bottom right-hand corner of each photo to see the Cranks that I have added….and feel free to add your own as well!
Mark Goldenson presents from PlayCafe.com
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Vinnie gets to take his shot at presenting with his forum-based site lefora.com
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This is Haruna and she came to the meetup for one reason - to find a job.
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