Category: Web/Tech
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In praise of instant feedback
This past Wednesday evening I drove from Calgary to Edmonton to participate in the TAL NEXT Library Futures Symposium. That was great, but is the topic for later posts. This one is how my new car provides instant feedback to improve fuel economy, and why that makes me think we're on the right path with…
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Recent Updates from Techsmith Camtasia
A recent newsletter from Techsmith alerted me to a handful of updates to their screencasting product line – Camtasia Studio 7.1 for Windows is out, and while I haven't tried it, it promises "Now you can create searchable videos (even the audio!), and automatically generate 508-compliant captions. Plus, you can import caption files in foreign…
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Readability brings one of Safari’s best features to Firefox
I've been using the Readability Firefox extension since shortly after the feature was baked in to Safari 5 a couple of months ago. Just love it, and it's pretty much taken away my need for previously-mentioned tool Aardvark. Check it out:
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Canadian DMCA (Bill C-32) is an improvement
If it makes Access Copyright unhappy, and the Canadian Library Association happy(ish), Canada's newly-proposed Copyright Modernization Act must be doing something right. It's still got a major flaw in that it's always illegal to crack a digital lock, which effectively removes many of the rights the Bill introduces. As always, Michael Geist has all the…
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Oooh, shiny! Google background images
If you use the Google.com (not a country-specific) page to search, you can now customize a background image if you're logged in. As you hover over the page you'll see a new link in the lower left, which will allow you pick from some standard pix, or upload one of your own: I think I'm…
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Some Google and Schoogle notes and updates
The Centered Librarian points to 100+ Amazing Google tricks that will save you time at school at Eternal Code. The post consists of approximately 10 tricks for each of the following services: Search, Stuff specifically for education, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Mobile, Chrome, Books, and Services and Apps. Some really neat stuff in there. Beyond the Reference…
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BarTab – my new #1 Firefox extension
Chrome still doesn’t have a couple of what I consider are my vital extensions, so I still use Firefox whenever I can. Problem is, with all the extensions I use on it, plus the fact that I usually have something like 20-30 tabs open across several windows, Firefox has kind of become a bloated beast,…
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An eReader I *could* get before you!
While I don’t think I will, I can now pick up the Kobo ebook reader at Walmart here in Canada, as well as at several bookstores. where can you buy it in the States? You can’t yet, but will be able to next month. Sorry, it’s just so rare that Canada gets anything close to…
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Adobe Captivate 5 coming along with a version for the Mac
According to the The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), when Adobe Captivate 5 is released in June, for the first time there will also be a version for OSX. Captivate is one of the heavy hitters in the Windows screencasting world, the other being of course Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio, which is my preferred tool.