Wfryer's Favorite Links on tools from Diigo

Scribd

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:36:16 -0000

iPaper is simply the best way to view documents on the web. iPaper is designed to be as fast and easy to use as possible. You can even embed iPaper in your web site or blog - just like a YouTube video.

Tags: web2.0 documents sharing tools ebooks

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Voki Home

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:12:52 -0000

Get your own speaking avatar

Tags: avatar web2.0 animation avatars tools

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TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web notebook

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:48 -0000

is a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the content, the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because it's a single file, it's very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share it via a USB stick.

Tags: wiki tools software ajax web

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Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:27:05 -0000

ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.

Tags: collaboration videoconferencing tools software conference

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Gickr.com: Create GIF Animations online | Upload pictures or get images from Flickr | Pimp myspace graphics

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:28:30 -0000

Gickr.com lets you instantly create Animated GIF online, free, right now! Just upload pictures or grab them from your Flickr.

Tags: photo tools photos digitalstorytelling

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Glogster - Poster Yourself

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:23:23 -0000

Glogster is a revolutionary way of expressing your mood, feelings and ideas, and it goes miles beyond text or video! Creating a Glog lets you express all those things you haven’t been able to describe by words. It opens the door to a whole new world of communication – just choose a background, throw in some shapes and characters from our galleries, add text, your own videos or photos and perhaps a pinch of music and there it is! In just a few minutes, you can make a digital poster, a colorful medley of ideas, reflecting your own special style.

Tags: poster web2.0 tools design blog

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reCAPTCHA Mailhide: Free Spam Protection

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:45:30 -0000

Tired of spam? reCAPTCHA Mailhide helps you protect your inbox by asking people to solve a reCAPTCHA before they can view your email address. The reCAPTCHA can only be solved by humans, so this stops spammers from gaining access to your email address through automated programs.

Tags: captcha tools security spam email

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The Weather Pixie:

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:55:33 -0000

The WeatherPixie is a little graphic that shows a representation of the weather using data reported (mostly) by airports and aerodromes around the world. As the weather in a particular location changes, the characters clothes will reflect the weather and the graphic will show rain, snow, airborne particles and changes in cloud cover. Daylight, sunset and current moon phase are also displayed. To find your local Weatherpixie, you can use the search page or the map or the text based directory.

Tags: weather fun tools web web2

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Twubble

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:34:15 -0000

Twubble can help expand your Twitter bubble—it searches your friend graph and picks out people who you may like to follow. Click the button below to get started.

Tags: twitter socialnetworking network social tools

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WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:23:18 -0000

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

Tags: software tools archive zip

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Schedule Future-Dated Twitter Tweets » TweetLater.com

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:06:12 -0000

A tool to send Twitter tweets when you are actually offline - how deceptive! Is there something psychologically wrong with folks who think they need to schedule tweets for themselves to virtually send out when they are actually offline?!

Tags: twitter tools

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JayCut – Online video editing

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:09:18 -0000

Similar to JumpCut, allows you to edit and create videos entirely online

Tags: video webvideo editor tools web2.0

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Educators wiki

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:59:06 -0000

An open PBwiki for educators to share ideas, techniques, great wiki website examples, mentor each other and be mentored, and more.

Tags: wiki education web2.0 wikis educators

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Platial.com - Who and What's Nearby

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:05 -0000

Make maps of unique places on Platial.com, a socially networked mapping platform which makes it easy to find, create, share, and publish maps and places.

Tags: geography maps social web2.0 mapping

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Create-A-Scape - Home

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:38:59 -0000

software for handheld computers that lets you create a mediascape - create a graphical zones for a geographic location and program triggers for your device when you are in an area.

Tags: gps technology tools education

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Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:56:06 -0000

Tags: html webpage webdesign website tools

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SpeEdChange: CSUN 2008/A Toolbelt for a Lifetime

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:48:14 -0000

A blog post about "toolbelt theory" in the context of special education

Tags: tool tools education theory learningtheory

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KeepVid: Download videos from Google, Youtube, iFilm, Putfile, Metacafe, DailyMotion!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:34:47 -0000

website tool for downloading embedded videos to your computer

Tags: youtube video webvideo web2.0 tools

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Hashtags

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:52:42 -0000

Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.

Tags: twitter tagging tags social folksonomy

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Network Magic - Set up and Manage Your Home Network with One Easy Application

Sat, 31 May 2008 17:43:50 -0000

cross-platform tool for monitoring devices accessing the Internet at your home or office, helps you secure and optimize your network. Looks like a great tool, does include a free version with more limited features

Tags: networking network tools wireless wifi

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