Cooltools for Cool Living October 2008

Cool Tools For Cool Living Updated 10/24/08
With your host Peter Bromberg [email_address] Links & Annotations at: http://petescooltools.pbwiki.com
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MANAGE YOUR TIME Google Calendar
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Pete’s Google Calendar(s)

Pete’s Google Calendar: Work Reminders

Pete’s Google Calendar: Work Reminders Set repeating dates, etc.

Set Reminders: SMS/Text and/or Email

Reminder options:
SMS/TEXT
Email
Popup
Set Reminders: SMS/Text and/or Email

Pete’s Google Calendar(s)

Multiple calendar layers Set permissions/sharing for each

[email_address] Set who you want to share with, and how much you want to share

My wife shares her calendar and I share mine which allows us to schedule our lives 

My wife shares her calendar and I share mine which allows us to schedule our lives  (Suzanne’s calendar is in red, mine is in blue)

My wife shares her calendar and I share mine which allows us to schedule our lives  Easy to toggle views

Email Reminder

Text Message Reminder Reminder

Choose the Best Date Doodle

Put in title, description, name and email

Select Dates

Select times

Receive confirmation email with admin link

Admin Page, if you want to edit, delete or export results

Receive confirmation email with participant link. Email this link to participants.

Participants enter their name and check which days/times they can attend

Doodle even tells you the best date!

Participants enter their name and check which days/times they can attend

Example of picking time/date for online meeting

Example of picking time/date for workshop with multiple presenters.

Send/Receive Files YouSendIt / SendUit

Yousendit: Sends email directly to recipient

Yousendit

Yousendit: Sends email, but also gives you link

Yousendit: Recipient receives email

Recipient clicks on link and sees this page

Senduit: Does NOT send email directly

Senduit: Specify how long file will be available

Senduit: Creates link which you email to recipient

Manage RSS Feeds Simply Headlines

Receive RSS updates as Daily email Newspaper!

Choose from pre-selected sites

Or add your own feeds

When would you like the paper to be delivered? Set Delivery time(s)

What format? Set Format

What order? Set the order of your news

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper: Includes photo feeds too!

Here’s my paper

Convert File Types ZamZar

Zamzar
Quickly converts files from one format to another
Eliminates need for conversion software
Convert text, image, video, and sound files (large array of file extensions available)
Conversions emailed for downloading
http://www.zamzar.com
Easily Convert files from one format to another

Easily Convert files from one format to another

Receive email with download link when ready

Receive email with download link when ready. Files stored for one day.

Control your software Portable Apps

Always have a full productivity suite at hand!

Always have a full productivity suite at hand! Includes Mozilla browser, email, calendar, IM, etc.

Always have a full productivity suite at hand! Open Office also available!

Save/Share/Discover
Social Bookmarking: Furl

FURL: Web access to all you bookmarks. And a Whole. Lot. More.

FURL: Easy bookmarking with the bookmarklet

FURL: The bookmark page

FURL: Categorize into your own topics (nice autofill feature saveskeystrokes!)

FURL: Share with a team/group (more on that in a minute)

FURL: Choose Privacy Settings

FURL: Annotate!

FURL: If you highlight text on page you are bookmarking it will automatically be pasted into the clipping field. Or add/paste yourself.

FURL: Keywords for increased findability

FURL saves a cached copy! YAY!!

Discuss…

FURL: Discussion field (great for group projects or feedback to students on their sources.)

CREATE GROUPS… Create Groups

Create Groups

Create Groups: Set Privacy Levels

Create Groups: Determine members

Create Groups

Another look at the bookmark page

Group page after one bookmark has been added

Recommendations: Discover new resources Use FURL to discover new resources!

My Archive Cool Tools Use FURL for Lesson Planning and Creation of webliographies

RSS FEED…. Cool Tools Feed RSS Feeds are available

RSS FEED…. Subscribe using your favorite RSS reader (Google, Bloglines, etc.)

Find/Share Presentations
Slideshare

Slideshare
Think of it as YouTube for PowerPoint
A great place to share your own PowerPoint presentations and slidecasts or to view what others have posted
Create a social network with others who share your interests
http://www.slideshare.net
Slideshare: For saving, sharing and discovering…

Slideshare: Save your favorites

Slideshare: Create or join groups

Email notifications Discover new resources Slideshare: For saving, sharing and discovering…

Discover new resources
RSS Feeds for :
Tags
Most viewed
Users
Etc.

Photo touchup
Picnik

Picnik
Online photo editing in your browser
No program installation required
Import pictures from your PC or online
Some features require premium subscription
http://www.picnik.com
Photo touchup: Quick. Easy. Free.

Picnik Photo touchup: Quick. Easy. Free.

Picnik

Create some funky effects!

Final version in under a minute!

Compare to original Photo touchup: Quick. Easy. Free.

Photo touchup: Quick. Easy. Free.

Stay in touch
Meebo

Aggregates all my IM accounts (AOL, Yahoo, Gtalk)

Aggregates all my buddy lists too!

Access to all my chat logs

Create your own “widget” and put it anywhere on the web—let’s others IM with you even if they don’t have an account.

Create your own secure room

Share pix and video as well as chat.

Get to the Point
Citebite

I want to send you this great blog post. But I want to draw your attention to a particular sentence or paragraph.

I send you this URL

When you click, you see this:

Manage Your To-Do List
Remember The Milk

Do it for free
Google Docs

Free Word Processing: Easy to organize and share. Great for collaboration!

Version Control!

Presentation software (i.e. Powerpoint), spreadsheets and forms

If there’s Time…
RSS
http://www.slideshare.net/pbromberg/library-gardens-magical-mystery-tour-rss-demystified

Peter Bromberg [email_address]
Links & Annotations at: http://petescooltools.pbwiki.com
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Cooltools for Cool Living October 2008

by Peter Bromberg on Oct 23, 2008

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