A listing of free and almost-free digital tools that can help you communicate with teams, source content, and develop exhibits.

1. FREE* TECH TOOLS FOR
EXHIBIT DESIGN
*you have nothing to spend but your time

2. IMAGE SOURCING
FLICKR AND DEVIANTART

3. IMAGE COMMENTING
SKITCH (MAC ONLY)

4. KEEPING TRACK
DEL.ICIO.US

5. COMMUNICATION
INSTANT MESSAGING AND TWITTER

6. STAYING FOCUSED
WRITEROOM AND TASKPAPER*
*NOT TOTALLY FREE, MAC ONLY

7. WRITING LABELS
FLESH.SOURCEFORGE.NET

8. AND NOW FOR THE REAL FUN...
community exhibition design in
The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop

9. 1 WORKSHOP, 2 PLATFORMS
THETECHVIRTUAL.ORG + THE TECH IN SECOND LIFE

10. THE WEBSITE
OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO PROPOSE
EXHIBIT IDEAS, CREATE TEAMS, AND DOCUMENT PROCESS