Author: Paul R. Pival
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iCopyright Toolbar Download
Here’s an interesting idea. I haven’t installed it, but the description I copied below almost makes it sound like a type of user-requested spyware! This toolbar will pay attention to the page you’re on, and in some instances will tell you whether or not you’re allowed to use the content depending on the license your…
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Review of iMediaCONVERT (PowerPoint to Flash)
Last summer I wrote about my experience with a now defunct product called Qarbon ViewletPresenter that converted a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation into a Flash file for easy and fast viewing on the web. While I finally got that product to work, it did have a number of glitches. In the comments section of that post…
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SITE Call For Participation–Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
Where: Orlando, FLWhen: March 20-24, 2006CFP Deadline: October 18, 2005 (plenty of time – start thinking of your topics)One of the topic areas is Distance/Flexible EducationLink: SITE Call For Participation–Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference.
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Web Meetings for Nothing, Collaborate for Free
This looks pretty slick. ConVoq offers ASAP Express, a free, "Full-featured personal online meeting solution". As noted in the article, Web Meetings for Nothing, Collaborate for Free they’re offering the one-to-one option for free, forever. Included is a real-time presence indicator (an icon that lets folks know if you’re at your desk or not) that…
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DocDel Forms for Distance Students…
At the end of last week I was looking at the March statistics for Library Connection (our department offering service to distance students) and puzzling over the continued drop in number of items requested. Calendar year 2004 saw a drop in the number of items requested for the first time in the history of the…
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eMessenger
Along the lines of yesterday’s post, how is this different from Trillian? (again, I have almost no experience with IM…)eMessenger [via del.icio.us/gharder]
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Library Journal – IM me
Personally have never been able to get off the ground with IM, but definately an option for staying in touch with the distance students… (thanks for the link Shelly)Link: Library Journal – IM me.
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RSS to email?
Shelly is wondering if anyone out there is familar with a tool other than Bloglet (which we both have found is fine when it works, but it only seems to work most of the time) that will send an RSS feed to an email account. I’m curious too – any help? Beuller? Link: Bloglet. UPDATE:…
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Enter to Win US$1,000 Toward a Trip to the 2005 ALA Annual Conference!
Sage Publications is going to award forty $1,000USD scholarships for librarians to attend this year’s ALA Conference in Chicago (June 23-29). There’s an online entry form and it’s pretty easy to fill out – why not throw your name in the hat? Link: March 2005 Librarian Newsletter. Enter to Win US$1,000 Toward a Trip to…
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Using Blogdigger to create custom category RSS feeds
I love the Inkernets. Just the other day I helped Richard with something, and now he goes and posts this. I suspect it may have been Carolyn who put the category RSS bug in both our ears. Freakishly coincidental is the fact that not 3 hours ago I was poking at Feedburner to see if…