Archive for May, 2008

Online Business Card

Posted by Nicole on May 31st, 2008 under About Me, Web 2.0
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This is pretty neat:

Get your own at retagger.

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-30

Posted by Nicole on May 31st, 2008 under Link Sharing
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The Case for Open Source Software in the Library MarketSolutions based on freely distributed software will give libraries another choice for obtaining the support services that best meet the needs of their users.
Portaneo solutionsPosh is a open source personalizable portal (Netvibes, iGoogle, …) developed with PHP/MySQL/Ajax.
Portaneo SolutionsPortaneo enables all employees to fully customise their information/intelligence [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-29

Posted by Nicole on May 30th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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LalaFind music and listen. Buy web songs for a dime.
fbCal.com - Facebook Calendar GeneratorWith fbCal, you get two calendar subscriptions! That way it’ll be easy for you to remember your Facebook friends’ birthdays and all events that you’ve been invited to or RSVPed for!
RoundPicOnline tool for making anti-aliased rounded corners (very Web 2.0!) for avatars [...]

New Borders.com Site

Posted by Nicole on May 29th, 2008 under Books, Shopping
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I mentioned that the new Borders.com Beta site was available back in January, but the new Borders.com site wasn’t ready until now! If you’re interested in searching Borders online apart from Amazon (which is where Borders has been for years), then give their new site a look.
I certainly like the new homepage and [...]

Help Firefox Win a Guinness World Record

Posted by Nicole on May 29th, 2008 under Browsers
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This from DownloadSquad:
Mozilla is attempting to break a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in 24 hours with its upcoming Firefox 3 release.
“Download Day” is nothing new for the Firefox crew, and it’s really a great way to spread the word to the world about software. Sure, people can download things whenever they want, [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-28

Posted by Nicole on May 29th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Shibboleth®The Shibboleth System is a standards based, open source software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources in a p
Web 2.0?s Top 1,000 List - Everything 2.0 | Technology Watch
GrazrGather Feeds, Create Streams, Publish Widgets

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-27

Posted by Nicole on May 28th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Watch Live Online TV Channels - Free internet TelevisionTvChannelsFree.com - The largest resource available on the Web for viewing Free Internet Television. Live streaming TV, recorded news, broadband internet TV stations, and video from all over the world.
PagloThe Search Engine for IT
NameChangerNameChanger is designed for the sole purpose of renaming a list of files.
Bean: An [...]

50 Libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries

Posted by Nicole on May 27th, 2008 under ILS, Library
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Awesome news from LibraryThing:
We’ve just hit our first major milestone: there are now 50 libraries using LibraryThing for Libraries. See the full list here. For a visual representation of what may be the opposite of LibraryThing for Libraries, but of the same number, look to the right.
We’re also pleased that number 50 is Portland [...]

Bloggers Happy Hour at SLA Annual

Posted by Nicole on May 27th, 2008 under Conferences/Presenting
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Wow! Time flies! It’s nearly time for SLA Annual in Seattle and that means tons of get togethers and social events. Make sure you don’t miss the Blogging Section Happy Hour:
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Wild Ginger, 1401 3rd Avenue (http://www.wildginger.net/)
I got a great recommendation for this place and they inform me that [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-25

Posted by Nicole on May 26th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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35 (Really) Incredible Free Icon Sets | Graphics | Smashing Magazine

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-24

Posted by Nicole on May 25th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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OpenOffice.org repository for Extensions
Sun Wiki PublisherThe Sun Wiki Publisher enables you to create Wiki articles on MediaWiki servers without having to know the syntax of the MediaWiki markup language. Publish your new and existing documents transparently with the Writer to a wiki page.
A.nnotate.com Online document review, PDF indexing - share online Word comments, annotations, sticky [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-23

Posted by Nicole on May 24th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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TimesMachine - New York TimesTimesMachine can take you back to any issue from Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922.
Wakerupper.com - Free Wake-up Calls and Telephone RemindersWakerupper is the web’s easiest telephone reminder tool. Schedule reminder calls on the web. [...]

Going Green

Posted by Nicole on May 23rd, 2008 under About Me, Library, Life
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I am certainly not someone who is very green - but I do try to do my part. I recycle at home and grow my own herbs and try to shop at the farmers market when possible. The best way I can go green is to not print handouts for the classes I [...]

Comparing Photosharing Sites

Posted by Nicole on May 23rd, 2008 under Photo Sharing
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No one is going to get me to stop using Flickr - in fact moving off of Flickr would probably be nearly impossible for me with over 5,500 photos in my account. That said, you may be interested in this comparison from DownloadSquad of several photo sharing sites.
You may also be interested to know that [...]

Google Sites for All

Posted by Nicole on May 23rd, 2008 under Online Tools & Tips, Web 2.0
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Back in February I bookmarked Google Sites, but didn’t write about it because it was only available via Google Apps (which I get to use at work). Today I read that Google Sites is now available to all!
A few months ago, Google launched Google Sites, a hosted wiki product built on JotSpot technology. But [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-22

Posted by Nicole on May 23rd, 2008 under Link Sharing
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HounderHounder is a simple and complete search system. Out of the box, Hounder crawls the web targeting only those documents of interest, and presents them through a simple search web page.
Course FeedStudents go to class to both socialize and learn. CourseFeed combines actual learning content from leading learning management systems with the leading social network [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-21

Posted by Nicole on May 22nd, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Legal Technology - Free Tools to Encrypt Your Sensitive Data

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What happened to Bloglines?

Posted by Nicole on May 19th, 2008 under RSS/RSS Aggregators
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Why are my folders all wonky?

Is anyone else seeing this on Bloglines Beta?
[update] Looks better now - must have been a glitch [/update]
Technorati Tags: bloglines

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-18

Posted by Nicole on May 19th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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PositLog - Redrawing the WebPositLog is an excellent open source platform for building custom-made Websites. It provides you with the capability to write text, draw pictures, and paste photos and any HTML code anywhere on draggable and zoomable web pages.
The Open Software Wiki - SWiKSWiK is a community driven resource for people who use open [...]

Blackboard comes to Facebook

Posted by Nicole on May 18th, 2008 under Learning, Social Networking
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This doesn’t make me like Blackboard anymore, but it’s worth mentioning that you can now access Blackboard via Facebook with a new app.
Let’s face it. You would live on Facebook if you could. Imagine a world where you could manage your entire life from Facebook – it’s not that far off! Right now, though, one [...]

Fun Domains

Posted by Nicole on May 18th, 2008 under Online Tools & Tips, Web Design
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I always look at the new web 2.0 type domains (del.icio.us, etc) and think - how the heck did they come up with that? Now, those of us that are a bit less creative can still come up with neat domains for our new sites:
DomainFinder is a web application for webmasters which helps you [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-17

Posted by Nicole on May 18th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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School of EverythingEveryone has something to learn, everyone has something to teach.
Google Doctype - Google CodeGoogle Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more.
YouFig - Custom Collaboration CommunitiesCreate your own secure collaboration communities [...]

Spellr.us

Posted by Nicole on May 17th, 2008 under Web Design
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Via TechCrunch:
Spellr.us monitors webpages by running site-wide spell checks at regular intervals. Results are presented as snapshots of pages, with errors highlighted in bright boxes (a mouse-over displays suggested corrections). Members can also choose to have errors sent to them in RSS feeds - a feature that will be especially handy for large sites that [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-05-15

Posted by Nicole on May 16th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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SocialVibe - Get Sponsored!As a brand to your social network and earn points when people see your sponsorship.

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Citricon: Library Defender

Posted by Nicole on May 15th, 2008 under Just for Fun, Library
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This sounds too cute not to share with you all. Orange County Library System has created a new game to promote gaming in their library:
What has the Orange County Library System been up to lately? We just made our new flash game, Citricon: Library Defender, live! Aliens have stolen the Library’s books, DVDs, and [...]