Thursday, April 2, 2009

C201: Best of the Web

C201- The Best of the Web, Aaron Schmidt

Firefox!
-greasemonkey
-customizegoogle
-bettergmail2
-google reader skin -helvetireader
[personal rec: AdBlock Plus]

Images
wikimedia commons
flickr image search
pictobrowser
skitch.com -screenshot tool; add arrows, etc.
jing -screenshots, video of screen action
screentoaster -web-based screencasting
vimeo -youtube, but cleaner, and with less insulting comments ; easy & fun signup process

postrank -put in blog feed address & it tells you what posts are more popular
copypastecharacter.com (characters you can copy & paste so you don't have to remember the code)
today'smeet -temporary online space for people to gather & discuss things
doodle -meeting scheduling online
whenisgood -diitto
letmegooglethatforyou.com
color savers.com
tagcrowd -input block of text & it pulls out tags
wordle -similar
qapture -realtime of what's going on on twitter
search.twitter.com
tweetdeck
vyew -free online webconferencing; share desktops, chat, video, PPT presentation
bacolicio.us -puts a piece of bacon on a webpage (e.g. vegetarianism page on wikipedia)
wordpress -thematic
TED talks
google voice
google forms (via google docs)
lizania.net... bookbag
netnewswire -RSS feed reader (Mac only)
prezi -not exactly intuitive; presentations (invite only)
280slides -online presentation maker
lovelycharts
typetester -experiment with typography

Audience suggestions
evernote
zotero
worldtimeserver.com
tadalist.com -can share via RSS
hulu.com
toodledo -list
senduit
emic4all
remote support -logmein.com
dropbox
xobni -outlook search
google chrome (browser)

[I'll come back later and add URLs for everything]

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