Tools of the week: Week 13 (11/10-16)

Thsrs and Wordle and ToonDoo
1. Thsrs is an online thesaurus, but rather than give you all options, it gives you the short words that are alternative to your submission.  Sort of cool, but really more a reflection on the ever pressing fight between meaning and space.
2. Wordle is a tool that I had specific [...]

Tools of the Week: 11/2-11/9

Jott.com: Turn your words into action
Jott makes sure you stay on top of everything. With a simple phone call to 866-JOTT-123, you can capture notes, set reminders and calendar appointments, stay in touch with friends and family, and interact with your favorite web sites and services…all with your voice!
Simply call Jott and tell us where [...]

Tools Of The Week: October 27 – November 2

Hey there,
This week’s tools of the week are:

http://www.ustream.tv/
http://bubbl.us/
http://www.esnips.com/

First, let’s talk about Bubbl.us since it is one of my favorite tools on the web.  You can see the chart below, that I build to get my ideas sorted for my latest presentation.  Really great app, social interaction is avaliable (although I have never used it).
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=170944&pw=yaqYUaoRlhDMINTgxMVVubVpqVm0vaw
YouStream seems [...]

Tools of the Week: 10.6.2008 – 10.19.2008

http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Is a website that helps you discover great websites.  Users categorize, tag and rate websites using the service which allows you and I to search and find things that we are looking for.
http://www.yugma.com/
Yugma is a service that allows you to host or attend on-line meetings.  Documents can be shared, skype can be used for phone [...]

OMG: There was more that I missed…

So, apparently I also missed the following:

Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/
Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/
Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Hurmph….

Missing Week’s Blog: Picnick, Mogulus, Skrbl and GE Whiteboard

So this past week was riddle with heartach and sadness as I said goodbye to an amazing young woman.
That said, I did not blog as I was supposed to.  Instead I stayed awake nights asking chiche questions such as, “why do the good die young?”
Here are the topics that I was supposed to have blogged [...]

Pownce: I just don’t get it

Ok, so I don’t get this one.  The explination says “Pownce is a way to keep in touch with and share stuff with your friends. Send people files, links, events, and messages and then have real conversations with the recipients.”
Can’t I do this with Google, Facebook, Myspace, Delicious?  Why would I need another tool?  Please [...]

Ning: Community As You Design

So, let’s say that you are a collector.  “Ok” you say, “what do I collect?”  Well, friend, let’s say that you are collector of 19th century car mufflers.  In fact, you are such an amazing collector of said mufflers that you have begun communicating with other collectors of mufflers on a daily basis.  Well, now [...]

Tidebreak: Classroom 2.0

Tidebreak is one 2.0 application that still confuses me.  The description says that it can help learners utilize technology traditionally used only by the presenter (read “teacher”). I”m assuming that it is sort of like WebEx or Adobe Connect, you can share your desktop, write on the top of captured images, upload documents and more.
Looks [...]

Audacity: A free audio editor!

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
And [...]