Archive | Online Collaboration

17 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Links in Google Calendar Events

When I was teaching my WordPress class recently a librarian asked me if they could link to the registration page from their Google Calendar (the one I told them to embed in their WordPress site) – and I said I didn’t think so. Now, I don’t remember who that librarian was so I’m going to [...]

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07 August 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Communication w/out email

A few years ago I was all over the place talking about how you can use your Intranet to improve communications within your library. I always said emails were a disaster when it came to project management – now Shareflow has popped onto the scene saying the same thing and offering a solution: The more [...]

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01 April 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Another way to use Zoho

This from ReadWriteWeb: Zoho, the web office company that competes with Google’s online tools (and does so quite well), has introduced a new feature to their online suite of productivity applications: Zoho Chat 2.0. Built atop the original Zoho Chat platform, this iteration now integrates all the major instant messaging networks. But a multi-protocol IM [...]

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03 July 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Yelp Makes it to the Big Time

But when can you truly say that a company has “made it?” It’s when people start hating you, of course. Sites like Yelp-Sucks and IHateYelp have been popping up, with the general theme being an angry business owner who was Yelped. Those business owners that think they must use Yelp for competitive reasons are getting [...]

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03 June 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Another big name online office suite

Adobe now has an online office suite. This from DownloadSquad: Adobe has built a suite of online office applications to compliment Buzzword, the company’s online word processor. We’ve covered Buzzword in the past. It’s pretty, fast, and not really all that much more useful than similar products from Google or Zoho. Here’s a rundown of [...]

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09 February 2008 ~ 8 Comments

Google Apps – free from IT

I’ve been sitting on this article all day. I’m not sure where I stand on the issue – but I still feel that it’s something I should bring to your attention: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced Google Apps Team Edition as the simplest and fastest way for groups of employees and students to collaborate within [...]

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07 December 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Drupal Mailing List

Okay – I’ve been fighting with Drupal for months! Now there is finally some help in sight! As the name implies, ‘DRUPAL4LIB‘ is for those interested in Drupal, a popular open-source CMS, as it relates to libraries and librarians. The idea is to have a forum to exchange ideas and advice, share experiences, and maybe [...]

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17 October 2007 ~ 0 Comments

H2O Playlists

Did you know about these? I didn’t. H2O playlists are more than just a cool, sleek technology — they represent a new way of thinking about education online. An H2O Playlist is a series of links to books, articles, and other materials that collectively explore an idea or set the stage for a course, discussion, [...]

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03 October 2007 ~ 2 Comments

Introducing Zoho DB

Mark at TechCrunch has brought my attention to a new office tool from Zoho – Zoho DB. It’s a database application that “accepts queries in any SQL format (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Informix and ANSI SQL dialects).” Sounds pretty handy – especially if you don’t have access to something like MS Access [...]

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19 September 2007 ~ 4 Comments

Google Presentations

As I mentioned earlier, I gave a Tech Topics session last night for the Philadelphia SLA Chapter. Well, a few hours before I left work for Philadelphia, I got an email informing me that Google had added presentations to their office suite. I have tried to use some other collaborative presentation suites and always ended [...]

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