Wht if you want to follow subjects rather than people though? Does it matter where an article comes from as long as it is something that you are interested in?

This is where 3qwe.com comes in. You sign up and then set up rules for what you want to follow. For example if you are interested in "formula 1" racing, you would include a simple rule to follow any post title including the words "formula 1". Of course you can still follow people or "watch" them as it is called in 3qwe.

Check it out now.

http://3qwe.com/index.php

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3qwe.com is a band new site based on the idea that all I and perhaps you want is a homepage that will show me my bookmarks up front and make it easy to search them or the web all in one place.

It is a simple concept with a search box and a cloud of your bookmarks or links.

The cloud

The cloud links change size depending on your usage. They can be edited and moved around on the links page.

The search box

The search box is the clever bit. All your links can have shortcuts such as “twit” for Twitter. You just type “twit” + enter and 3qwe takes you to Twitter.

Your bookmarks can be grouped together under a common name such as “social”. When one then types “social” all the social bookmarks will show up for you to click on. If you just hit enter 3qwe will take you to the first one on the list.

If you type a URL, 3qwe will take you right to it.

If you type anything else that 3qwe does not recognise 3qwe will take you to your default search engine such as Google, and search for your input. There is a default list of search engines that can be edited.

History

This all started when I just wanted all my links in my face when I start up the browser. I don’t like using built in bookmarks and I don’t want the extra rubbish that comes with all the online social bookmarking sites. There is nothing social about 3qwe.com. It is all about you and your bookmarks.

I developed the search box to be a little

clever and realised that I could share this with others.

Conclusion

This is not rocket science but it is, I have found a truly handy tool. I just start up the browser and without a single click I can go to any of my bookmarked sights, search the web or go right to a URL.

Have a look at it. I hope you like it.

http://3qwe.net

-    Nik

PS – tested in Firefox 3 and IE8 – Looks much better in Firefox 3 though

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I love the idea that he can just quit now. He can sit back and watch his library of photos make him that kind of money without doing any more work.

It is of course it’s not that simple. Oh, he could sit back and it would make him good money for a while but images date, and so he probably needs to keep his library up to date, but still…

It took him about 2 years to get the library together, and I am sure he worked hard so he deserves the reward. I think he has around 3,000 images there. I have around 250 and make a small $100-$200 a month. I am happy with that as I hardly need do anything to keep it going and it is a nice little extra income.

So many people are getting into this. A good camera need not cost the earth, and even if you only have say 20 images on the microstock site Shutterstock you should make it back pretty quickly.

I am constantly tying to get people into it as the work you do now will pay you back again, and again, and again. Even if you get bored, you can just leave it as I do, and it keeps paying every month. Images I had lying around that would have never made a penny, now work for me.

Sorry to go on about it but I just do not understand why everyone does not have a go.

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The hits have been huge compared to my expectations. I get hundreds of individual people visiting the site every day, when I was expecting no more than 40 – 50. Thanks!

Sometimes the site gets  4 – 5,000 hits when dig, or stumble or one those sites takes and interest as they do every so often. That is fun to see.

The ads pay for the site, and it has become a great hobby of mine to keep this site updated. I only wish I had more time to do so. Perhaps one day it will allow that but then we are talking many thousand visits a day, and I don’t see that happening for a very long time if ever, but the way it has gone has blown me away. I knew people would be so pleased for some graphics, icons and illustrations.

Thanks too to those who have bought me a beer. There have been a few and I drink to you!

The work on this site is free but then again, nothing is free. I expect a link back, or buy me a beer, or a click on a sponsor or anything really in exchange for using one of my images, but there is no need to part with real money. It is a great experiment in honesty. I need to work out a way to track just how honest people are. Speaking of being honest… Only click on a sponsor if you are interested in that sponsor. Thanks for the thought though.

A last thanks to you all for the support!

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The game is called the Million Dollar Wiki Space Shooter Game!

Have fun.

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