eclectic librarian

Speakers: Darlene Fichter & Frank Cervone

I arrived 25 min late due to not getting lunch served in a timely manner. This means I missed the first part.

• textexpander – Mac-only tool, highly recommended; useful for creating macros for repetitive text input
• CrowdScience – website demographics
• Fusestats – web analytics; heatmaps
• Read It Later – Firefox extension for bookmarking and tracking online resources that you want to read later
• Top Posts Widget – display the most popular items on your blog, which will generated more traffic to your archives
• Internet Health Report & Internet Traffic Report – tracking problems with the connections between your network and other networks; "why is the internet so slow?"
• FriendConnect – social networking for your website visitors
• FireShot – Firefox extension for taking screenshots
• FileJuicer – extracts images or audio files out of PDFs, Flash, and presentations
• XnView – converts image file formats of any type; provides a view of the contents of any directory
• ColorPicker – fast, easy tool for getting hex codes for colors
• Color Wizard – can give suggestions for complementary colors
• Accessibility Color Wheel – can test the visibility of color combinations for various color blindness
• Personal Fonts – create fonts out of your handwriting
• Lovely Charts – clean, attractive chart design
• XML/SWF Charts – interactive charts based on data
• Bubbl – collaborative mind-mapping tool
• MindMeister – collaborative mind-mapping tool; subscription service with institutional options
• script.aculo.us – ?
• xcavator – search photo websites for images that are similar to a particular image you have
• Google Unsend – Gmail labs tool for delaying sent messages from leaving for 5-10 seconds (GoogleGoggles lite)
• Lifehacker tip for making searches in Firefox open in a new tab
• Review Basics – fee-based tool for reviewing projects/documents in a collaborative environment; any document in native format
• Quintura Kids – search widget for children’s sections of websites
• Virus Total – detects Trojans; gives reasons why
• WinDirStat – visual representation of server contents
• LetsCallMe – phone number hiding while still allowing people to contact you
• DamnIT – javascript that sends an email to the admin whenever something goes wrong with a javascript
• Chunk It! – pulls in URLs from a web page, indexes it, and then allows you to search that content

I will add the remaining URLs later – they moved through the last part of the presentation too quickly to capture them then. (Tip: Leave the slide with the URL up longer or make sure you include the URL on the slide you move to when showing examples.)

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