The Distant Librarian

Author: Paul R. Pival

  • Wavago now Raketu

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    A year ago I mentioned Wavago as an IM aggregator, along the lines of Adium or Trillian.  I tried it, but didn’t like the interface so kept Trillian.  I just got an email that suggests Wavago has been purchased by a product called Raketu, that will automatically import your Wavago clients, but that also supports…

  • Test of Performancing 1.3 and images

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    Nothing to see here, unless of course we see an image, which I simply dragged in to my Performancing 1.3 window.  If that worked, cool!

  • New Blog – LibCasting

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    Just left a session presented by Greg Notess called Training Tutorial Tour and Tips in which we critiqued 4 different online tutorials, including a couple of screencasts, and Greg took the opportunity to unveil to the world his new blog, LibCasting: Screencasting and libraries.  He’s only  been posting through the month of October so there’s…

  • IL2006 Lightning Talk

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    No, there are no lightning talks at Internet Librarian, but during my presentation with Meredith yesterday I thought I’d do something fun since I wasn’t going to be using my laptop.  I turned it around to face the audience and used the built-in iSight along with Gawker to record a time-lapse movie of the "crowd"…

  • More Screen Capture Software

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    Following up on Wednesday’s post mentioning SnagIt as my screen capture software of choice, I thought I’d also point to Amit’s recent post on free screen capture products for the Windows platform.  I haven’t used any of these…

  • Netspeed 2006 Handout

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    Just got back from speaking at Netspeed 2006, where I spoke on the topic of Building Better Relationships through Blogging.  I wanted to get the electronic version of my handout up for those who were in attendance and wanted to follow the links.  This won’t make much sense w/o the actual presentation, but that should…

  • SnagIt for the Mac?

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    Techsmith continues to impress, this time throwing out a survey asking how many folks would be interested in seeing a version of SnagIt, their screen capture software, for the Mac.  I love SnagIt on the PC – super fast screen capture (my chosen part of the screen) plus the ability to immediately annotate with highlights,…

  • Camtasia Studio 4 now shipping

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    As previewed a couple of weeks ago, Camtasia Studio 4 is now shipping.  Amit at Digital Inspiration has posted what he feels are some of the significant improvements to the product, including mention of their new screencast-hosting service, Screencast.com.  Both Studio 4 and Screencast.com offer 30-day free trial periods. Incidentally, I’ve never played with it,…

  • Have our toes just been stepped upon? Google Scholar within BlackBoard

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    Dean Giustini at the UBC Academic Search – Google Scholar Blog brings us news that Google and Blackboard are going to team up, with Google Scholar somehow being integrated within the Blackboard CMS.  From the Washington Business Journal story, "As part of the partnership, Blackboard’s learning system will be integrated with Google Scholar, providing quick…

  • All clear here…

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    I hereby do solemny swear to abstain from complaining about the weather in Calgary for the rest of the month.  I went to grad school in Buffalo and only had to deal with a couple of big winter storms.  Nothing this early.  Buffalo was hit overnight with as much as two feet of snow by…