Slack emojify

February 23, 2019 by cryan.com

Slack is a great company communication tool. One cool aspect is responding to comments with any emoji. Users can comment with a funny emoji about the topic - for example angry Trump.

Every once in a while you may find the need to add your own emoji. That's where emojify comes in handy - you can easily transform any image to the right size for Slack.

Website Description

Quickly create custom Slack emojis! Just add an image and our emojibot will do the rest.

https://emojify.cool/

Sample Emojis

Here are a few example Emojis that were created using the Emojify tool.

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Mockuper

February 16, 2019 by cryan.com

Graphical mockups are useful when to put a screenshot or photo into perspective. Simply adding a screenshot in a release note or on social media can look a bit blah and may not generate the number of likes that you want. A mockup can make the boring shot stand out.

Mockuper is an awesome site that offers a lot of interesting design choices and if you can't find the perfect layout - allow you to create your own mockup. How awesome is that! The best part is that the site is free.

Website Description

https://www.mockuper.net

Sample Mockups

hatchful Logo Generator

February 9, 2019 by cryan.com

Creating a logo is never fun. Everyone has their own ideas on what the logo should look like. Plus you can spend a lot of money for someone to design one and still not have the perfect look.

Shopify Logo Generator is a cool tool that takes the guesswork out of creating a logo. You simply select the category of your business, some style types you like, add a business name and slogan and instantly you have a logo.

You can get a high-resolution version of the logo - for Business Cards and Print and Swag too. If you select the logo is for your website, you'll get a Favicon version - which is the little icon that appears in the URL toolbar.

You get 64 different logo design ideas to pick from - all for free!

Website Description

https://hatchful.shopify.com/

Sample Logos

This is a very useful tool if you need a logo for a project or task that your team is working on.

a5 web note taking tool

February 2, 2019 by cryan.com

Have you ever needed to take a quick note but dont want to open up an app? Use a5 to quickly jot down information.

Simple Website Description

http://a5.gg/

A5 a great site to bookmark so youll always have a place to jot notes.

Real World Uses

This is how I used a5 in the past:

• Change a URL before pasting in an email.
• Clean up a list of words
• Jot down testing steps to a bug report before pasting into Jira.
• Reformat line breaks in a text.
• Jot down some information when talking to someone on the phone.

The nice thing about a5 is that it's a fast and easy note program. I am sure there's has to be a developer notepad type site that would add some functionalities. (I'll be on the lookout for that.)

textgiraffe

January 26, 2019 by cryan.com

Text Giraffee has a cool logo generator that makes it very easy to come up with a logo design. There are 172 possible designs to select from, certainly, one of them will work for you. Each logo design is available for download in 5 different sizes - as transparent PNG files.

The nice thing about this site that it can give you lots of ideas on logo designs.

Website Description

https://www.textgiraffe.com/

Example Logos

Name Generator

January 19, 2019 by cryan.com

The Name Generator over at Masterpiece Generator is a great way to come up with clever names based on all sorts of unique criteria. There are 24 different categories to choose from.

This a cool tool if you are looking to name your Project Sprint, or a particular testing server.

Description from Website

Generate names for characters, babies, authors or bands. Search at random or filter and sort by gender, popularity, birth year, country, personality
and many other interesting properties.

https://www.name-generator.org.uk/

Examples

Fictional American Towns

• Amespor - Amespor is a small town, known for UFO reports.
• Autar - Autar is a small town, known for theatre.
• Annplaines Du Barrerder - Annplaines Du Barrerder is a small town, known for being the setting of a famous story.
• Amteltor - Amteltor is a large town, known for elopement.
• Amar - Amar is a sprawling town, known for its cheese exportation.
• Austur - Austur is a large town, known for its nightlife.
• Agree Du Gleur - Agree Du Gleur is a large town, known for progressive values.
• Anver - Anver is a large town, known for its culture.
• Amchard Du Saukyor - Amchard Du Saukyor is a sprawling town, known for conservative values.
• Atwanster - Atwanster is a large town, known for its cheese exportation.

Obscure Usernames

This actually might be a place to come up with passwords:

• farzan0xtkpiq45ulae
• farzanj4racy6kbm
• farzanz170b9ekl
• farzanu.wxkejt6l
• farzan93ozumvjf
• farzan4e_bgafopw
• farzan3txezkgnib
• farzanzx1fn0q2r
• farzanezu6yn4xgma0

textfx.co

January 12, 2019 by cryan.com

If your looking for a site with lots of created text designs, textfx.co is the place to go. There are 92 different text designs to choose from. Many of the designs allow you to customize the colors and styles. It's a great place to go when you're looking for the perfect graphic for the blog or newsletter.

You can create 3 designs per day for free. If you're a big fan for just $5 a month, you can create unlimited texts anytime and unlimited access to premium effects

Website Description

**TextFX is a free logo design generator. Generate your own logo with our stunning premade effects. From 3D to Neon effects. Use it on your designs, posters, and website.**
**Take a look at the available text effects, and with more added on a regular basis, you no longer need to spend countless hours learning complicated software to create stunning effects for your logos**

https://textfx.co

Example Designs

Chalk Board Generator

January 5, 2019 by cryan.com

Chalk board writing can add a nice effect with some words and phrases.

What's nice about PosterGen Chalkboard generator is that you can create cool looking chalk designs for blogs, slack and social media. You can also have these same designs printed in high quality for hanging in the office or lunchroom. It's a good way to make announcements stand out.

There are lots of configuration options, but I have found the default option to be very good.

Website Description

All of our artwork is available as a gallery wrapped canvas, framed print, or a large format poster. Each of these options is additionally available in a variety of sizes to perfectly fit into your home decor.

http://postergen.com/chalkboard-generator

Example Poster

Top 8 Internet Tools Post of 2018

December 29, 2018 by cryan.com

This year I found a lot of interesting Internet tools. It was hard to come up with the top eight.

The tools selected were based on popularity and practicality.

Top Eight Internet Tools Post of 2018

1. Photofunia - Great place to make a boring image a bit more exciting.
2. engfto.com Text Effects - Create cool text effects for Social Media or Blogs.
3. remove.bg - Simple way to remove background images to combine photos.
4. Cool Text Generator - Quick way to generate an image from a text. Lots of practical designs to select from.
5. Background Image Generator - Create plain background images for Facebook Ads, Social Media or blogs. Lots of patterns to select from.
6. ShortPixel - Crush your image size without impacting the quality. Best Image Compression service of 2018!
7. 3D Blocks Text Effect Maker - A few creative images to add a little pizzaz to your text.
8. CamelCamelCamel - Free Price tracker that monitors millions of products on Amazon and will let you know when your item is selling at your target price.

remove.bg

December 22, 2018 by cryan.com

Removing background from a photo can be tricky. Working around the face and hair can lead to jagged edges - not to mention the amount of time wasted trying to get the selection tool to find the right edge. Fortunately there is now a better way - remove.bg, a free service that does a great job on removing backgrounds.

This newly created site makes it easy to remove the background in an image. This works really well with photos taken using portrait mode on the latest iPhones.

Description from the Site:

https://www.remove.bg/

Example