Bashar's Blog

I just discovered a new web application named IFTTT.

The concept is so simple and so powerful at the same time.

It allows to create simple rule : If This Then That

Where “This” is a trigger and “That” is an action. Both happens in what they call “Channels”. Channels are applications like Facebook, Linkedin, Weather, Email, etc.

In a nutshell, you can build an integration between third parties in a matter of seconds.

Here are some examples of rules :

– Show your support for the Texas Rangers on Twitter every time a game starts

– Post videos from your YouTube favorites playlist to Tumblr

– Build a Twitter List from a specific #hashtag

If you are interested to know more : https://ifttt.com/wtf

I also encourage you to create an account and try it.

The first annual PHP Australia Conference will be in Sydney in 4 weeks !

http://www.phpconference.com.au/

Don’t miss this exciting event !

Cya there.

I am glad to learn that I will be a speaker at the 2014 OSDC in the Gold Coast : http://2014.osdc.com.au/

Not only, this is going tobe a very interesting conference seeing the different talks and speakers, but also you can expect some good fun in the Gold Coast.

Hope to see you there !

I was able to invest time on improving the UI and adding new features to fxalert.net.

Fxalert.net is a web application allowing to create simple and advanced email and SMS alerts on the forex market. It supports more than a 100 of currencies pair.

The new features includes the following :
– Integration with facebook (you can now use your facebook account to login);
– UI Revamp;
– You can now create SMS / Mobile alert for up to 10 different countries and it supports more than a hundred of mobile providers;
– Aggregation of forex news from twitter and around the web;
– New FAQ section.

I hope people will like and find useful this new version.

I recently developed for fun a webapp offering forex currencies alert. It allows users to create 100% free custom currencies alert on approximately 100 currency pairs.

Alerts are sent by email for now, but others channels will be available soon such as SMS, IM.

You can check it out at www.fxalert.net.

Any feedback is welcome 🙂

www.fxalert.net

On my last post, i mentioned that there should be a linux version of Mikogo. I just received an email a couple days ago informing me the beta started.

I am going to try it and will post some results / feedback here.

It seems very promising !

A few months ago, Salesforce acquired DimDim (the web conferencing tool) and they decided a change of strategy. For us users, that means no more DimDim as a free web conferencing application.

As a consultant, I often need to use web conferences and since the old DimDim days were over, I started looking for a new one.

After doing some searches and tests, I discovered Mikogo.

Their features list is pretty complete and wide. It is a completely free (without any ads) service.

I did some tests and it works really good. So, if you were like me, looking for a solid and free web conferencing service, I highly suggest you to try it out.

Their windows client is very light, and they support Windows & Mac. They also working on a linux distribution ! They have started beta invite yesterday, you can register for the beta here : http://www.mikogo.com/2011/04/21/mikogo-linux-beta-testers/

By spending some time reading their forums, it seems they have a nice community of users also.