Category: Web/Tech
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Provide feedback on the development of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac
Techsmith is currently running a couple of brief surveys to find out what folks think are the most important features for their under-development-versions of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio for the Mac. Why not take a couple of minutes to let them know what you think: Camtasia Studio for the Mac survey (Camtasia is for screen…
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OSX Screenshot Showdown – Jing vs Skitch
I almost didn’t bother with this post after running a quick Google search on Jing vs Skitch and finding nearly 1,000 results, but I went through a fair number and couldn’t find anything that actually compared them side by side, so I went ahead. Both Jing and Skitch are free (currently) programs for Mac OS…
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CANHEIT 2008 Call for Participation
The Canadian Higher Education and Information Technology Conference (CANHEIT) is a unique event, focusing on those IT issues that are of Canadian significance and of primary interest to universities and community colleges. This annual conference brings together senior administrators, managers, and staff who are responsible for the management and evolution of their campus information systems,…
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EZProxy and OvidSP Round 2 – Removing the Tip Box
Last month I wrote about how to use EZProxy’s find and replace feature to change the unhelpful text on a database tab to something more helpful:EZProxy Find and Replace: when the vendor says they can’t… Well the Medical Librarians at U of C had another request; to see if we could get rid of that…
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Random Tuesday Tech Tip #5 – Aardvark Firefox Extension
The other day I came across a Firefox extension called Aardvark that makes it really easy to clean up websites to print, or even to read online w/o lots of advertisements and fluff around the text. Here’s a quick demo of it in action:
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5 web-based file-transfer solutions
The Wired Campus has collected a list of web-based file transfer solutions – you know, for when you want to send someone a file that’s too big for an email attachment… Technorati Tags: transfer, attachments, files
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KBPublisher FAQ database at our library
Today we launched our new FAQ database here at the U of Calgary. We’re now using KBPublisher, an open-source product introduced to me by Chad Boeninger at Ohio U. In addition to being searchable, and thus way better than one of those long lists with anchor tags, the neatest feature in the whole thing is…
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Alchemist author increases sales by pirating his own book
Neat stuff! “Paulo Coelho, the best-selling author of “The Alchemist”, is using BitTorrent and other filesharing networks as a way to promote his books. His publishers weren’t too keen on giving away free copies of his books, so he’s taken matters into his own hands. He’s convinced — and rightly so — that letting people…
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An update on the ANTS project
Hey, remember the ANTS screencast-sharing project? I’ve stepped way back from it since assuming my new duties here at the U of C, but it’s still going strong, and has undergone some major changes / improvements. Here’s an update that was sent to the COPPUL Distance Education group: As many of you are…