Free and Open Source Educational SoftwareThe OSWINS DVD is a collection of educational software. The aim of this website is to make finding the software easier by categorising them by Key Learning Areas used in Education in Australia.
wikidPadwikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else ou can [...]

Did you know that Google Docs had templates? I didn’t! Check them out here.
The directory includes links to templates for all three doc types (presentations, spreadsheets and word processing) including resumes and personal finance forms.
Very handy!!

Ologeez!Ologeez! is about providing academic researchers and professionals with the tools needed to connect, share and learn about their fields.

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I want to preface this post with a warning. What’s about to follow may make some people uncomfortable, but it’s an issue I feel strongly about and want to educate others so that they don’t have to go through what I’ve gone through these past six (nearly seven) years (so far). If you [...]

360citiesOur goal is to show you the most interesting places in the world from the most interesting perspectives. Whether you are planning a trip, looking for ideas, or simply ‘armchair traveling’, there is no better place for Virtual Travel than with 360cities.

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Matt Asay always writes such great posts.
Forrester finds that European enterprises cite support as their biggest reason for not adopting open-source software. This has persisted for years, with support (or, a lack thereof) consistently listed as one of the top reasons that enterprises throughout the world avoid open source.
The ironic thing is that [...]

Well, what does this have to do with libraries? Let’s see … librarians need coffee and so they care about which Starbucks are closing
Anyway, the list of Starbucks that are closing is now available and it looks like here in PA we’re not losing any stores!
[update] The full list is out and [...]

A new (or new to me) Facebook App makes perfect sense for me to announce here - Facebook Blog Networks. This app lets you claim your own blogs and then add the blogs you read to your network. Here are the blogs I author:

If you sign up make sure you mark yourself as [...]

My blog says that WordPress 2.6 is available - and I should update. I clicked the link and was brought to the download page. I thought that a feature of 2.5 was automatic updates - anyone know what’s going on? Why do I have to do the whole download/upload thing?
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feedmysearchTurn your usual Google searches into tiny rss feeds.

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I started using this tool a little while ago and forgot about it It’s that easy. This from Lifehacker:
switchAbit, a free social syndication tool, offers the tools to create multiple “switches” for all your cool tools. So you can, say, upload a photo on Flickr, then have a link or thumbnail of it [...]

Hmmm. I’m not sure what this means for my blog, but Dave of the awesome SpamKarma is no longer developing this tool, he has instead made it open source so that some other group can take over. I love this tool! I’ve recommended it often in blogging classes and now I have [...]

CMS Toolbox: 80+ Open Source Content Management Systems
Open Source GodOpen source software is booming: here we round up over 480 open source applications for you to use or build upon.
ShrinkFile.NETFree Online File Compression and Hosting
Sprout Builder - Create living content.Sprout is the quick and easy way for anyone to build, publish, and manage widgets, mini-sites, [...]

This is an interesting response to a question posed by Stephen Baker from Business Week.
@diabolicalpnthr responded (in 2 tweets): “It kills productivity to have to explain social media and new technologies to the older generation in an office. It’s hard to get an older… coworker to try new things, so you end up a)explaining all [...]

I just found Favthumbs, a tool that lets you view your del.icio.us bookmarks visually. Here are mine.

BookSproutsThe Online Community for Book Clubs
Open Access WebliographyThis webliography presents a wide range of electronic resources related to the open access movement that are freely available on the Internet as of April 2005.

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ParsCit: An open-source CRF Reference String Parsing PackageThis is the home page of the ParsCit project, which performs reference string parsing.

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If you’re in the area and want to learn about open source, you might want to attend this event at the Cherry Hill Public Library hosted by the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative:
August 13: Tech Talk: All Grown Up: Open Source for Libraries:
“Open Source” - a term you may have heard thrown [...]

meebone - Google CodeMeeBone uses Adobe® AIR? to place meebo home page on the desktop in it’s own window.
Yahoo! Search BOSS - YDNBOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!’s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry.
Color Fields Colr Pickr
Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.Find [...]

When teaching Flickr, I’ve shown people the neat Flickr Color Picker tool from Krazydad. Today I found a search that goes one step further. In addition to letting you search for just one color, Multicolr Search Labs lets you find pictures which match a color scheme.

Chandler ProjectA notebook you can organize, back up and share! An Integrated Approach to Managing Information

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Open Source Software in Education (EDUCAUSE Quarterly)Academia has adopted open source software for some online learning initiatives because it addresses persistent technical challenges
Feed SourceFeed Source is a new concept of RSS feed sharing. With Feed Source, you can display any RSS feed on your website or blog. Let users stay up to date with the [...]

Yippee! I just got this in an email:
On Friday, July 11th, we are pleased to announce that LinkedIn will launch a searchable Group Directory.
It’s about darn time!!!
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There is a discussion going on on Web4Lib right now (that I lost track of) regarding the future of libraries. Blake posts and interesting argument by Christopher Kiess over at LISNews that had some points that I completely agree with - and want to share.
Chris talks about the difference between the library and the librarian [...]

This from Lifehacker:
Editor: We asked self-described social media junkie Steve Rubel for his tips on how to participate in online social sites like Twitter and FriendFeed without losing your entire workday. Here’s what he said.
Social media is the equivalent of digital food. It’s nourishing, tasty and, for many of us, necessary. However, consume too much [...]