eclectic librarian

Speakers: Darlene Fitcher & Frank Cervone

Firefox:

• SafeCache - prevents applications from accessing your browser cache
• SafeHistory -prevents applications from viewing browser history
• FoxMarks - automatically synchronizes bookmarks
• Firefox Environment Backup Extension - synchronize between computers, including other preference settings

Other web tools for collaboration:

• Meebo Chat Widget - IM chat for reference; good on the null search page of a OPAC and everywhere else
• LinkBunch -  put multiple links into one small link
• DocSyncer - sync docs on local machine to Google Docs (this means everything)
• twhirl - microblogging or keeping tabs on what colleagues are doing
• polldaddy - put a poll on your website
• VisCheck - check the colors on your website for various color blindness compatibilities
• Feng GUI - alternate to eye-tracking
• Browsershots - creates screenshots in different browsers
• Flickr Photo badge - photos from your library’s photo stream
• Photoshop Express - free online photo editor
• AddThis - button that allows users to bookmark or share pages; also provides stats on use
• Google Countdown - widget for announcing events
• Altavista Bablefish site translator - translate your pages on the fly
• ProcessTamer - keep tabs on processes that bog down your computer
• File Hamster - keep track of versions of files w/out having to use MS
• Syncback Freeware - backup files, scheduler for automating, synchronization, machine to machine via ftp
• LinkExtractor
• reCaptcha - “stop spam. read books.” using captcha to clean up OCR scanning
• Anonymouse - check if resources are secure outside of IP range or for privacy
• Prism - use web applications as a local client

More!

• Widgetbox
• Google Gadgets
• past presentations

Fun:

• LOLinator

[will add missing URLs later when I have more reliable connection]

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