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These the slides of a lighting talk I gave at NSSpain 2014. Unfortunately, PDFs cannot contain GIFs, so this presentation is actually pretty bland. ;) You can download the Deckset source with included GIFS here: http://cl.ly/3l2l1U0S2m2O
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Communicating with
GIFs⚡️talk #NSSpain14
BONO ESTENTE
Why use GIFs?
Why use GIFs?
4 it’s like emoji, but more expressive
Why use GIFs?
4 a picture says a thousand words
4 beats typing
4 humour!
Why use GIFs?
4 you can use the actual gif image
4 iMessage
4 mail
4 warning: gifs tend to be big
Why use GIFs?
4 You can use just a text link
4 You can use them everywhere "connected"
4 it's text -> fast
4 works great in social media
4 EXCEPT FACEBOOK
Why use GIFs?
4 Also great in work related communication
4 chatrooms (Stack, Hipchat, ...)
4 lovely in commit messages
4 works great for PRs
Why use GIFs?
4 Gifs of cats. Nuff said.
No really, they're great for all sorts of stuff
How to use GIFS?
4 it has to convey more info than just text
4 you have to be able to reply fast
4 not all answers are good as a gif
4 know when to use gifs
4 Watch out for gifstorms
4 except on friday
Manage your urls
4 use original URL:
4 fast for you (no extra work)
4 fast for viewer (may be cached)
4 linkrot!
Manage your urls
4 Upload image to "managed" storage:
4 dropbox
4 cloudapp
4 S3
4 your-own-domain.io
Size matters
4 Keep on eye on the size of the gif
4 some can be quite large
4 no need for “quality”
4 plain text gifs
4 If you use gifs a lot (in the same group/context), you can fallback to plain text
4 Just use the name of the gif
*justin gif*
Tools
4 Make your life easier
4 Use the correct tool for you
4 easy to find, easy to copy
Tools - Mac
4 Alfred
4 Boom
4 Gifwit
4 GIFs
Alfred
4 Add gifs as clipboard snippets
4 Use the 's' shortcut to find snippets
4 http://alfredapp.com
4 Needs Powerpack!
Boom
4 Snippets from the commandline
4 Great if you're a Terminal person
4 http://github.com/holman/boom
Gifwit
4 App store app ($2.99)
4 http://gifwit.com
4 url + keywords
4 preview!
GIFs
4 Open source app by @orta
4 repository of gifs
4 WIP but definitely useable ;)
Tools - iOS
4 iOS text shortcuts
4 Popkey
Tools - iOS text shortcuts
4 tedious to manage
4 no spaces in shortcuts
4 better than nothing
Tools - PopKey
4 Gif keyboard for iOS8
4 http://popkey.co
4 "Coming soon"
Sources
4 Reddit
4 http://reddit.com/r/gifs
4 http://reddit.com/r/michaelbaygifs
4 "Specialized" sites
4 http://replygif.net
4 http://reactiongifs.com
4 http://giphy.com
Sources
4 ALL THE Tumblr BLOGS
4 Google Image Search
4 Search tools - Type - Animated
Make your own!
4 gifme
4 https://github.com/holman/gifme
So easy:gifme ~/Desktop/*.jpgYou now have a handsome animation at ~/Desktop/animated.gif
Thanks!@inferis ~ http://inferis.org