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http://www.macworld.com/article/151125/2010/05/texteditwordcount.html
by Macworld Staff, Macworld.com

TextEdit is a nice, lightweight text editor, but in at least one sense it’s too lightweight: It doesn’t have a word-count feature. MacOSXHints.com reader mprussel figured out a solution: An Applescript that “adds a word (and character) count pop-up dialog” to OS X’s built-in editor:

<code>tell application "TextEdit"
  set word_count to count words of document 1
  set char_count to count characters of document 1
  set show_words to (word_count as string) & " words. (" & (char_count as string) & " characters.)"
  set dialog_title to "TextEdit Word Count"
  display dialog show_words with icon 1 with title dialog_title buttons {"Ok"} default button "Ok"
end tell</code>

Copy and paste the above into AppleScript Editor (in Applications/Utilities), and save it in your user directory’s Library/Scripts/Applications/TextEdit folder; I named mine Word Count. Next, open AppleScript Editor’s Preferences, and on the General tab, make sure Show Script Menu in Menu Bar is selected.

Now, with any TextEdit document in front of you, you can open the Script menu in the menu bar and select your script. When you do, you should see a small dialog saying something like:

TextEdit Word Count
2832 words. (15060 characters.)

The OK button dismisses the dialog box.

As the Hints commenters point out, there are some other ways to do much the same thing. Reader kirsch provided a link to a post on Daring Fireball that explained how to create a system-wide word-count service (again, based on an AppleScript). You could also embed the same kind of script in an Automator-based service, which would then be available in any app. And reader Stormchild pointed out that Devon Technologies offers the free WordService; its Statistics tool provides word and character counts.

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So it’s finally offical the so called Apple Tablet, iTablet, iPad is real and boy does it look cool! But, what are the real world specs? It doesn’t look like a 16:9 screen to me. I’ll post updates as I get them.

Target sale date is the end of March.
It will come in a 16GB model for $499, a 32GB for $599, and a 64GB for $699. You’ll be able to add 3G connectivity to each of them for $130 more.
Weighs 1.5 lbs
9.7inch LCD Screen
1024×768 resolution
3G is optional for an extra cost
Wifi
Bluetooth 2.1
Syncs to Mac via USB

Jobs also announced two new cellular data plans from AT&T: $14.99 a month for 250MB of data, $29.99 a month for unlimited data; both are prepaid, neither requires a contract.

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I have outlined 13 metrics to judge a domain name in a self-appraisal.

1) Marketability
2) Phone Test
3) Name Length
4) Brand Recognition
5) Development Value
6) Dot Value
7) Site Traffic natural
Site Traffic by Search Engines
9) Industry Strength and Positioning
10) Search Engine Popularity
11) Grammatical / Linguistic value
12) Revenue Generating
13) Comparable sales value

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1) Marketability
How many parts make up the name?

A part is classified as a word, a hyphen, or a number.
Example.com has only 1 part, the word “example”.
JoeTheFisherman.com has 3 parts, the parts “Joe”, “The”, and “Fisherman”.
Joe-Fisherman.com has 3 parts, the parts “Joe”, “hyphen”, and “Fisherman”.
1Fisherman.com has 2 parts, the parts “1”, and “Fisherman”.
eFisherman.com has 2 parts, the parts “E”, and “Fisherman”.

1 part award 100 points
2 parts award 10 points
3 parts award 2 points
4 parts award 1 point
5 parts or more award 0 points

2) Phone Test
Try giving out the Domain Name on the phone. How does the domain name sound on the phone.

Does the domain use a hyphen or a number?
Do I spell out a number inside the name ex: (“one”)?
Does the domain use a miss-spelling at all?

If the answer to these questions is all “no” then multiple current score by 5.
If the answer to any of these questions is “yes” then divide current score by 2.

3) Name Length (doesn’t include the length of “www.” or “.” or the ending extension)

Find the highest rule that applies.

If 1 part and the name is less then or equal to 8 characters, then multiple current score by 6.
If 1 part and the name is less then or equal to 15 characters, then multiple current score by 3.
If 1 part and the name is less then or equal to 19 characters, then multiple current score by 2.

If 2 parts and the name is less then or equal to 10 characters, then multiple current score by 4.
If 2 parts and the name is less then or equal to 16 characters, then multiple current score by 3.
If 2 parts and the name is less then or equal to 19 characters, then multiple current score by 2.

If 3 parts and the name is less then or equal to 12 characters, then multiple current score by 2.

4) Brand Recognition
Do people know what the site does even before they even go there?
Either through the meaning of the name or by advertising.
An example of advertising is everyone knows Microsoft.com or ATT.com.
Normal people will need to use the domain meaning to score on this point.

If name has Brand Recognition then multiple current score by 3.

5) Development Value
How much work as been put into Developing the site?
Just a Splash page then multiple current score by 2.
Something more then a Splash page then multiple current score by 3.
Has the domain ever hosted a website that received more then 1000 visitors a day then multiple current score by 25.

6) Dot Value
If .COM extension multiple current score by 3.
If country extension multiple current score by 2.
If country extension is now generic no bonus (example .CC, .TV, .WS)

7) Site Traffic Natural
10-39 natural type-ins multiple current score by 4.
40-100 natural type-ins multiple current score by 8.
100+ natural type-ins multiple current score by 25.
Natural type-ins means (Unique IPs without referrers)

Site Traffic by Search Engines
10-39 Unique IPs multiple current score by 2.
40-500 Unique IPs multiple current score by 3.
500+ Unique IPs multiple current score by 4.

9) Industry Strength and Positioning
Does
the domain have a calling? If the domain has a targeted industry how
crowded is that industry? Does the domain accurately and generically
describe what it was registered to do. Here is an example, For a travel
agent, FlyCheap.com is a score 3. For a travel agent TravelCheap.com is
a score 7.

Describes generically the industry then multiple current score by 7.
Describes specifically something in the industry then multiple current score by 3.

10) Search Engine Popularity
How do the terms in the domain name rank in Search Engines?

“Great”, then multiple current score by 7.
“Good”, then multiple current score by 2.
“All Right”, then no bonus.

11) Grammatical / Linguistic value
Does
it sounds correct? Does it read like a human normally speaks. For
example: ShoppestMall.com, this sounds wierd. But ShoppingMall.com
sounds correct. The plural form verses the singular form makes a huge
difference.

If the name sounds correct, then multiple current score by 2.

12) Revenue Generating

Multiple yearly income of the domain by 2.5, add this dollar value to your final price.

13) Comparable sales value

What other domains have sold at that price. Is your name the same score?
Market
analysis on your domain price is very important. Being able to justify
your price against other domains selling price is key. Don’t do
marketing analysis off of list price. Only selling price will work. To
find prices of domains that have sold use Afternic or other domain
auction sites.

The highest score possible is something huge like 6,615,000,000
Score doesn’t correlate to actual price very well, You need to use percentiles to figure out what the price is.

Total score:
Lowest = $15 (40 percentile)
Low score = $25-$40 (30 percentile)
Mid score = $100-$300 (25 percentile)
High score = $500-$1000 (3 percentile)
Extreme score = $1000+ (2 percentile)

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