Buzzsonic.com

OK, its been a long time since I even looked at this blog, let alone posted to it. Main reason? Well, I simply had too many projects running, including four blogs and two directories, so cutting those down is going to help to prioritize. Oh, the full time job kind of gets in the way too! So its down to Buzzsonic and iExploreFlorida.com only now and I’ve been trying two blogging tools that I think are going to help in shaving off some time wasting. I’ve been using Windows Live Writer to do my posts at Florida Travel Hacks which has actually been great, though I’m now also trying the Performancing plug-in (since renamed ScribeFire) for Firefox which is enabling me to blog using the browser rather than having to log-in to my Word Press admin area.

Live Writer also has a Firefox extension which I’m going to be trying as well. So, will be adding feedback here and seeing if a favourite emerges. Post wise, I’m pretty much going to be covering the same stuff though will adding more resources for fellow bloggers. Stay tuned !

Back in the day, Ajax was better known as a household cleaning product, or even a leading Amsterdam football (as in soccer) side, nowadays its an overused buzzword for (hold your breath) Asynchronus JavaScript and XML a Web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The first use of the term in public in this context was by Jesse James Garrett in his February 2005 article Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications.

Anyway, I’m one of those people that buys a lot of domain names so I know searching for a new name has always been a little ‘clunky’. Of course there’s an increasing amount of search solutions using Ajax to make the experience a bit more aggreable. Squurl.com seems to be the nicest looking so far with a number of options from the neat drop down under the search box. Opinions at community tech news site Digg seem to suggest that Squurl is a carbon copy of the similar featured InstantDomainSearch.com . They both point to Yahoo domains for suggestions (should your search prove fruitless) and they both point to the useful ‘hack’ site Xona Domain Hacks which suggests alternative URL mash ups.
Domain Resources

Whois Domain Tools (DomainTools.com)
AlexaHolic.com
Ajax Powered Domain Searching (Lockergnome.net)