Internet Tools You Should Know About a brief survey of what's coming, what's arrived, and why you should care Chris Warren [email_address] x4323

General Functions communicating publishing and sharing collaborating creating researching and learning organizing entertaining The boundaries are fuzzy, but most tools have a main focus

communicating

publishing and sharing

collaborating

creating

researching and learning

organizing

entertaining

The boundaries are fuzzy, but most tools have a main focus

Kinds of tools There are three main kinds of tools Hosted - "remote" / "in cyberspace" / "in the cloud" Download - installed on your computer Extension/Plugin - changes an existing application on your computer

There are three main kinds of tools

Hosted - "remote" / "in cyberspace" / "in the cloud"

Download - installed on your computer

Extension/Plugin - changes an existing application on your computer

How to find tools: SEARCH GOOGLE "free X" also, "hosted" "tool" "list" SEARCH WIKIPEDIA Some tools various google tools many good ones (docs, calendar, sites,scholar, reader, groups, talk, notebook, images, ...) tagging and crowd filtering (del.icio.us, stumbleupon, furl) audio and video point-to-point (skype, gtalk) web site hosting (wordpress, blogger, google) wiki hosting (wikidot, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_farm)

How to find tools:

SEARCH GOOGLE "free X" also, "hosted" "tool" "list"

SEARCH WIKIPEDIA

Some tools

various google tools

many good ones (docs, calendar, sites,scholar, reader, groups, talk, notebook, images, ...)

tagging and crowd filtering (del.icio.us, stumbleupon, furl)

audio and video point-to-point (skype, gtalk)

web site hosting (wordpress, blogger, google)

wiki hosting (wikidot, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_farm)

micro-blogging / mind-casting ( twitter , status updates) photo/image sharing ( flickr , wetcanvas) scheduling (google calendar) project management ( unfuddle , basecamp) networking social (facebook) professional (linked in) specialized ( ning ) data sharing / access (swivel) presentation sharing / access ( slideshare ) 3D modeling ( sketchup ) 3D from flat (make3d)

micro-blogging / mind-casting ( twitter , status updates)

photo/image sharing ( flickr , wetcanvas)

scheduling (google calendar)

project management ( unfuddle , basecamp)

networking

social (facebook)

professional (linked in)

specialized ( ning )

data sharing / access (swivel)

presentation sharing / access ( slideshare )

3D modeling ( sketchup )

3D from flat (make3d)

video sharing (youtube) feed reader (google, bloglines) maps / GIS (google maps, google earth, MS Live) conferencing (openhuddle,palbee) create diagrams / drawings ( gliffy , drawanywhere) 3D space (second life) surveys (survey monkey, polldaddy, wordpress) source control (SVN, Git) news ( polymeme , digg, reddit) live broadcasting (ustream) content-aware image resizing(demo only)

video sharing (youtube)

feed reader (google, bloglines)

maps / GIS (google maps, google earth, MS Live)

conferencing (openhuddle,palbee)

create diagrams / drawings ( gliffy , drawanywhere)

3D space (second life)

surveys (survey monkey, polldaddy, wordpress)

source control (SVN, Git)

news ( polymeme , digg, reddit)

live broadcasting (ustream)

content-aware image resizing(demo only)

mind mapping (bubbl.us) voice to text (jott) media file conversion (zamzar) make PDFs ( pdfonline , expresspdf) book reviews (goodreads) image manipulation ( gimp , pixlr, aviary(phoenix)) general web sites can also do A LOT many extensions for firefox, IE, and safari https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Explorer_extensions http://pimpmysafari.com/ What do you want to do...?

mind mapping (bubbl.us)

voice to text (jott)

media file conversion (zamzar)

make PDFs ( pdfonline , expresspdf)

book reviews (goodreads)

image manipulation ( gimp , pixlr, aviary(phoenix))

general web sites can also do A LOT

many extensions for firefox, IE, and safari

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Explorer_extensions

http://pimpmysafari.com/

What do you want to do...?