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Filed under: News, E-mail, Productivity

Is virtual coin the answer to email overload?


Could a virtual currency be the solution to your boss' overuse of email? A start-up called Seriosity thinks so. Don't worry, it's not coming to your regular email anytime in the near (or distant) future, this is an enterprise tool. Here's how it works:

The sender of an email attaches units of the virtual currency, called a Serio, to messages. The higher the importance, the more Serios you'd attach. The recipient keeps the Serios which were attached to the message, or chooses a value of Serios to return, depending on the perception of the messages importance. The idea being, since the Serio is a commodity, employees and superiors will be more conscious of the amount and frequency of email they send.

Sound complicated? Kinda. A more simple system might involve removing the fingers of co-workers who send too many useless communications. That'll teach 'em.

Filed under: Business, Google, Yahoo!

Google Finance updates

google finance updatesIn an effort to stay hot on Yahoo!'s tail, Google has updated Google Finance. It's only been six months in the running, and now its time for a change. In this update, Google has added data and charts for up to 40 years of US stocks. A new homepage design lets users see currency and sector information instantly, as well as a listing of top movers. Registered users on the site have the ability to build portfolios and track stocks and companies. Users can also upload information from other online portfolios into their Google Finance portfolio. The new beta design launched on Tuesday. Don't forget to also add your Google Finance portfolio to your start page.

So what do you think? Is it a Yahoo! Finance killer yet?

Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, P2P, Social Software

MoneyTwins P2P foreign exchange

moneytwins p2p foreign exchangeMoneyTwins allows you to exchange foreign currency directly, without the hassle of using a bank. MoneyTwins uses a price for the exchange rate that only the largest top financial institutions use, which is lower than usual, saving a ton of money for end users by not charging commissions, or transaction fees. There is a chart on the site that lists the last 10 orders for transfers which looks rather interesting. It lists the Client, Buying currency, Selling currency, Amount, Place, and a Rating. I would have thought that information like this should be a little more secure then this?

The MoneyTwins service is still in beta, and it is a great idea, however, fixing up the site so that it appeared as that of a financial institution, with a little more appeal and professionalism might make a few more people try the service, and not be afraid that they are getting scammed.

Filed under: Design, Photo, Windows, Macintosh, Adobe

How to scan money in Photoshop

Scanning money in
PhotoshopPhotoshop has a charming "feature" that prevents you from importing images of money. It's an anti-counterfeiting measure of dubious value, and if you're a designer who wants to make fair use of images of money in a piece, the restriction is a huge pain. Fortunately, there's a way around it, as described by Deke McClelland in this video at O'Reilly's Digital Media blog. It's a really easy trick that basically boils down to this: Every version of Photoshop comes with ImageReady. ImageReady doesn't have any anti-counterfeiting technology, and Photoshop implicitly trusts anything ImageReady sends its way. Presto!

[Via Boing Boing]

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Freeware, Browser Tips

ViewMyCurrency - Today's Browser Tip

ViewMyCurrency

A few weeks ago I was thinking to myself, wouldn't it be great if my web browser automatically converted currency on foreign web sites to U.S. dollars? I thought briefly about trying to hack something together with Greasemonkey, but in the end I was too lazy, which is just as well because of course someone has already done it for me, though not with Greasemonkey. ViewMyCurrency is a Firefox extension and it does just what I've described: it automatically converts currency on foreign web sites to your local currency. If you want to see it in action, its developer has created a short screencast demo, or you can just download it. It works as advertised, with the particular caveat that currently it assumes all amounts preceded by a plain $ are U.S. dollars. Otherwise, though, this is supremely useful.

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