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Communicating with GIFs
Why use GIFs?
Communicating with GIFs
Why use GIFs?
4 its like emoji, but more expressive
Communicating with GIFs
Why use GIFs?
4 a picture says a thousand words
4 beats typing
4 humour!
Communicating with GIFs
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 EXCEPTFACEBOOK
Communicating with GIFs
Why use GIFs?
4 Also great in work related communication
4 chatrooms (Stack, Hipchat, ...)
4 lovely in commit messages
4 works great for PRs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Why use GIFs?
4 Gifs of cats. Nuff said.
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
No really, they're great for all
sorts of stuff
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
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
Communicating with GIFs
Manage your urls
4 use original URL:
4 fast for you (no extra work)
4 fast for viewer (may be cached)
4 linkrot!
Communicating with GIFs
Communicating with GIFs
Manage your urls
4 Upload image to "managed" storage:
4 dropbox
4 cloudapp
4 S3
4 your-own-domain.io
Communicating with GIFs
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*
Communicating with GIFs
Tools
4 Make your life easier
4 Use the correct tool for you
4 easy to find, easy to copy
Communicating with GIFs
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
Communicating with GIFs
Tools - PopKey
4 Gif keyboard for iOS8
4 http://popkey.co
4 "Coming soon"
Communicating with GIFs
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/*.jpg
You now have a handsome animation at ~/Desktop/animated.gif
Communicating with GIFs
Thanks!@inferis ~ http://inferis.org
Communicating with GIFs
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