Twelve Thing

by Barcodes Inc

Image Generators – Fun right? You can spend days having fun with the millions of image generators out there. There are so many options. You can even create a barcode to link to Bob’s Blog! Go ahead and give it a scan with your barcode scanner or smartphone.

Bob’s image generator of choice is Photoshop. I know Photoshop isn’t exactly an image generator, but it provides the same results with a lot more work. As mentioned earlier, Bob has a thing for doing things himself from scratch. It helps him understand how exactly something happened.  You know the wonderful questions kids ask all the time… WHY or HOW? Bob is still a kid and needs those questions answered as well.

So go ahead and have fun manipulating images! If you get bored with that you could always learn Photoshop or Gimp. Gimp is very similar to Photoshop, but open source so it’s FREE!

Eleven Thing

Flickr Fun - Bob tried out color pickr and thought it was an interesting tool to kill some time with. Actually, color pickr is very similar to a tool Bob uses on his DROID called Google Goggles. Instead of finding pictures with similar colors, Google Goggles does a web search based on what you scan with your phone camera.  That’s even more fun, but that’s right we moved on from The World of Google!

Ten Thing

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Flickr - Yep, Bob has an account but doesn't use it. Why not? Well, Flickr is fine and all, but good ole Bob prefers a tad more control so Bob creates his own online photo album. Bob just prefers to do things himself even though Flickr offers a much easier way to accomplish it. Hey now, don't take it the wrong way, Flickr provides an awesome service and Bob recommends it to everyone along with pBase.

Since Bob does have a Flickr account but doesn't use it, he decided to go ahead and upload his first photo. Think you know where the photo was taken? If so let's hear it!

Nine Thing

The world of Google. Perhaps this should have been all of the "things." Google has tons of applications for you to choose from and, best of all, they are free of charge! So on to the list of Google apps Bob has used: Android,  Google Chrome, Desktop, Earth, iGoogle, Images, Maps, News, Navigation, Toolbar, Search, Blogger, Calendar, Docs, Gmail, Picasa, Reader, Talk, Voice, You Tube, and Mobile. Bob recommends that you try the following:

Google Chrome a web browser similar to Internet Explorer and Firefox. Best of all, if you are a mobile user, you can send links from your web browser on your computer directly to your smartphone. Bob absolutely loves this feature. It is called Chrome to Phone.

Google Voice a single phone number for all of your phones. Don't you just hate calling someone at home and they don't answer, so then you have to call their mobile phone?  Well Google voice can solve that problem! With Google Voice you get a new local phone number free of charge, then you can link mobile, home, and or work numbers to your Google Voice number. So when someone calls your Google Voice number it will ring your home, mobile, and or work phones at the same time. Oh yeah, the answer is NO! You cannot have Bob's Google Voice number.

As you can see Bob has tried a bunch of Google's free applications and for the most has enjoyed his experience with each.  Now it's your turn to go out enjoy the world of Google.

Bob