Tips for Twits» quick picks http://t.wits.sg WARNING: excessive use of this site will increase MP at the expense of HP Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:09:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 10 Good (Free and Legal) Source for Photos and Images http://t.wits.sg/2009/08/25/10-free-and-legal-photo-source/ http://t.wits.sg/2009/08/25/10-free-and-legal-photo-source/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:29:33 +0000 donald http://t.wits.sg/?p=353 Days of text sites are long over. Nowadays, you can hardly find a good site without the use of appropriate photos, images and artwork. However, some web designer resort into using others’ work by using google image search. Using those images is often illegal and they are not the best images anyway. Here are a dozen sites that are better and legal.

1. Flickr Creative Commons

One of the site which I visited often for good quality photo is Flickr. It has a huge selection of photos mane of which are protected under the Creative Commons which means you can use them legally as long as you attribute the photographer.

2. Stock Exchange

I also frequent  sxc.hu for stock photo as it is the best I have used thus far. But be careful. The first row are premium photos and it cost money. Clicking on them will take you to a different site where you have to pay.

3. IconsPedia.com

If you are looking for icons to doll up your site, Icons Predia is the place to go. If you want to add a cool Twitter Bird to your website, this is the first place to look.

4. EveryStockPhoto.com

Every Stock Photo searches several other stock image sites for you. Well, it literally search all the photos regardless of ‘appropriateness’. Hence, you might be in for some ‘dirty treats’.

5. NASA

At Savant Degrees, many of us are geeks, so we talk about science fiction, spaceships among other things. I’m not sure how this happened but if the U.S. government takes a photo they often release it into the public domain. If you want high quality technology or space photos you can’t do much better than NASA.

6. FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Freedigitalphotos.net has high quality photos but the selection is not great and the terms of use require a link back to use the photo for free.

7. FreeStockPhotos.com

Not only does Free Stock Photos have some great nature photos it also has a list of over a dozen other free stock photo sources.

8. MorgueFile.com

Morgue File has many photos that you are free to use commercially without attributing the photographer. However, they are not exactly stock photos but more of good snapshots.

9. StockVault.net

StockVault has 13,000+ high quality stock photos. The photos are high quality but low selection. The site does not offer safe search so use it at your own risk.

10. HistoricalStockPhotos.com

If you want vintage photos Historical Stock Photos is the site for you. Colorwise, don’t expect too much.

Hope this post help! Do recommend more sites by leaving a comment below!

]]> http://t.wits.sg/2009/08/25/10-free-and-legal-photo-source/feed/ 4 HOWTO: Controlling your presentation with your phone http://t.wits.sg/2009/04/13/howto-controlling-your-presentation-with-your-phone/ http://t.wits.sg/2009/04/13/howto-controlling-your-presentation-with-your-phone/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:41:57 +0000 gaweee http://t.wits.sg/?p=250 Yeah i just love seeing the awe on my student’s faces when i use my phone and my geek geeky geekiest green laser pointer to teach a class. The software is really simple. After trying out Phonepoint and Wireless Presenter (comes preinstalled in my Nokia E66), I’ve come to pick out Phonepoint as the winner!

Its really simple. Bluetooth connect, open the software on ur PC, open the app on your mobile. Hey ho presto! you’re ready to go! Try it! its free to try but $19.99 for a license. I’d say thats worth the money if i get to walk the room looking good.

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