Category: Web/Tech
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Lifehacker readers pick the Five Best Screencasting Tools
I'm not sure if these are presented in rank order, but Lifehacker has a post reporting reader picks for the 5 best screencasting tools, which are: Screenflow, Jing, CamStudio, Camtasia Studio, ScreenToaster. Check the comments for all sorts of additional nuggets too.
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Tools for Remote Collaboration and Interaction
Karen at Library Web Chic has a great list of tools that she uses for remote collaboration and interaction. I’ve used almost all of these, but will be playing with CamTwist and remembering to use my JungleDisk now 🙂 Sharing
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Dropbox – Random Tech Tip Thursday
I searched my archives and was surprised to learn I hadn't ever recommended Dropbox before. I was reminded when I received an email from them letting me know they had a new video from CommonCraft (the xxx in Plain English folks) explaining how it all works. In a nutshell, Dropbox is a cross-platform folder synchronization…
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Screencasting on the Mac – Screenflow 2 vs Camtasia:mac
Screenflow 2.0 came out earlier this week, so I now have production copies of it and Camtasia:mac. I hadn't planned to do a head-to-head, but the opportunity arose today, so I took it. Below you'll find copies of the same screencast I did to introduce Summon to our community. The first was done in Screenflow,…
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SirsiDynix developing an iPhone app
This isn’t brand new news, but I was reminded of it today. SirsiDynix is holding a contest to name their new iPhone app (to be released sometime in 2010 – no other date given). From the contest page: SirsiDynix is excited to announce an iPhone application that will be available in 2010. The app will…
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Internet Librarian days 2 and 3
Didn't take many notes on day three, so I'm combining two days in this post. Even so, it shouldn't be as long as the day one post. I took these notes for myself, not necessarily for the blog, so they're most definitely not session reports – hopefully some useful links to explore. I started the…
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The end of TL Infobits 🙁
Aw crap, I just read in the latest issue of TL Infobits that Carolyn Kotlas’s position at UNC Chapel Hill has been eliminated, and as a result Infobits is folding as well. From the editor’s note: This will be the next to the last issue of TL Infobits. My position at the University of North…
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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
An emerging list of the top 100 tools for learning in 2009, as picked by 202 learning professionals (and possibly you!). Pleased to note that I was aware of 87 of them, with most of the new-to-me ones being related to animation and course authoring systems. I found it particularly interesting to note the changes…
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Federal Register 2.0
Cool, the Federal Register is now available in XML! “With an XML edition, independent organizations can reorganize the Register’s contents in ways that are more meaningful to you and address your personal interests; track issues that are likely to affect your community or your profession; and even engage in real-time public discussions about its contents…