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  1. Cool Tools for Library Webmasters Internet Librarian October 20, 2008 Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan Frank Cervone, Director Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University
  2. Let’s take a look at where we’re heading today.
  3. We’ll explore new free and inexpensive tools.
  4. Briefly mention some of our all time favourite tools.
  5. There will be tools for everyone.
  6. Let’s get visual.
  7. VisCheck
      • A computer simulation of the entire process of human vision
      • Way of showing what things look like to someone who is color blind
      • Online service
        • Image files
        • Web pages
      • Downloadable
        • Windows and Mac
    www.vischeck.com/vischeck
  8. Tritanope Protanope Deuteranope Full color
  9. Full spectrum Red/green deficiency Blue/yellow deficiency
  10. Thumbalizer www.thumbalizr.com
  11. ImageFlow 194.95.111.244/~countzero/scripts/_myImageFlow/
  12. Generate a color palette from an image. www.degraeve.com/color-palette/
  13. Create graphs as widgets . widgenie.com
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  15. Add sounds. freesound.org
  16. Call Graph – free Skype call recorder. callgraph.in
  17. Let’s look at productivity and security tools.
  18. Freemind freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
  19. Firefox tools
      • SafeCache
      • SafeHistory
      • FoxMarks
      • FEBE
  20. SafeCache
      • Protects your privacy
      • Defends against cache-based tracking techniques
      • Embedded content is cached
        • Segments the cache according to the domain of the originating page.
      • Enable/disable in the Privacy pane of the Options menu.
      • Learn more about Protecting Browser State using Same Origin policy ( paper )
    www.safecache.com
  21. SafeHistory
      • Protects your privacy by defending against visited-link-based tracking techniques.
      • It allows offsite visited links to be marked only if the browser's history database contains a record of the link being followed from the current site.
      • Enable/disable SafeHistory in the Privacy pane of the Options menu
    www.safehistory.com
  22.  
  23. FoxMarks
      • Automatically synchronizes bookmarks
      • Access your bookmarks anytime at my.foxmarks.com.
      • Works in the background to keep your bookmarks up-to-date on all your computers
    www.foxmarks.com
  24. mysteryuser
  25.  
  26. FEBE
      • Firefox Environment Backup Extension
      • Quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions
      • Easily synchronize your office and home browsers
      • May specify user defined items
        • Backup virtually any data on your computer
    customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html
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  28. LinkBunch
      • Lets you put multiple links into one small link
      • Firefox extension creates a bunch from all your open tabs
      • Twitter bot in the works
        • Isn’t finished yet
    linkbun.ch
  29. DocSyncer
      • Automatically finds and syncs your document files to Google Docs
        • This means everything
      • “ Users are even reporting that launching a document directly from their desktop using DocSyncer is FASTER than launching the document natively in Microsoft Office!”
        • Yeah…right
    www.docsyncer.com
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  32. Encrypt your USB stick. http://www.truecrypt.org/
  33. File Hamster
      • Real-time backup and archiving of your files while you work
      • Monitors files or directories
        • Automatically creates incremental backups
        • Store notes about the changes that have been made
    www.mogware.com/FileHamster
  34.  
  35. Syncback Freeware
      • Backup all files anytime with a single click
      • Scheduler to automate backups
      • Versioning
      • Synchronization
      • Incremental backups
      • Machine to machine via ftp
        • Encryption
        • Compression
    www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html
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  39. FreeUndelete www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
  40. Usability
  41. Browsershots
      • Creates screenshots in different browsers
      • Open source, online service
      • How it works:
        • Submit your web address
        • Added to the job queue
        • Distributed computers open the website in their browser
        • They create screenshots and upload them to the browsershots server
    browsershots.org
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  45. Feng GUI www.feng-gui.com
      • Automatic alternative to eye-tracking
      • Creates heatmaps based on an algorithm that predicts what a real human would be most likely to look at
  46. www.fenggui.com
  47. © 2006-2008 Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for graphic user interfaces.™
  48. google.com
  49. flickr.com
  50. useit.com
  51. Create a favicon for browser address bars, favourites and tabs. www.html-kit.com/favicon/
  52. Improve your site and manage site feedback. www.suggestionbox.com
  53. More fun tools
  54. DamnIT damnit.jupiterit.com
      • Sign up for DamnIT
      • Include damnit.js
      • An error happens
      • Optional description
      • You get an email
    Careful with that URL!
  55. . htaccess password generator tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/
  56. Cropper in C# blogs.geekdojo.net/brian/articles/Cropper.aspx
  57. Steal from the best. LGR Blog Webmaster Blog. The Five Best Website Templates
  58. Save time with a website template.
    • Open Source Web Design
      • > 2000 layouts
    • Open Web Design
      • > 2100 layouts
    • themesBase.com
      • > 1000 for Joomla and Mambo plus other CMS website layouts,
    • FreeCSSTemplates.org
      • > 100 layouts
    • Free Layouts
      • < 100 templates
  59. Design 404 Pages www.zug.com/mp3/nothere.htm
  60. Find even more tools.
    • Browse links to past presentations
      • http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/cool_tools/
  61. A sample of the all time best tools
      • Firefox
        • Firefox Web Developer Extension
      • Image Editors
        • Gimp
        • Picnik
        • Photoshop Express
      • Meebo Me Widget
      • MailBigFile
  62. More all time winners
      • Primo PDF
      • Drupal
      • Google Analytics
      • Yahoo Pattern Library  
      • Surveys
        • SurveyMonkey
        • Poll Daddy
        • QuestionPro
  63. Photo Credits – Creative Commons
    • Roadmap by Brain farts
    • Chick by ap.
    • Pig Ribbon by brandichu123
    • Laptops by Irregular Shed
    • Cosplay (red hair) by colodio
    • Wrench Wench by Tojosan
    • Capitol Place Shower Instructions by ATIS547
    • Japanese Tea Flavoured Ice Cream by timtak
    • Toolbox Full by Austin ampersand Zak
  64. Questions? Darlene Fichter Data Librarian University of Saskatchewan [email_address] Frank Cervone, Director Library, Information, and Media Studies Chicago State University [email_address]

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