Cooltools for Cool Living October 2008

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Updated 10/24/08

With your hostWith your host

Peter Bromberg Peter Bromberg [email protected]@gmail.com Links & Annotations at: http://petescooltools.pbwiki.com

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MANAGE YOUR TIMEGoogle Calendar



Pete’s Google Calendar(s)

Pete’s Google Calendar: Work Reminders




Set repeating dates, etc.

Set Reminders: SMS/Text and/or Email

Reminder options:

1. SMS/TEXT

2. Email

3. Popup

Set Reminders: SMS/Text and/or Email

Pete’s Google Calendar(s)

Multiple calendar layersSet permissions/sharing for each

[email protected]

Set who you want to share with, and how much you want to share

My wife shares her calendar and I share mine which allows us to schedule our lives


(Suzanne’s calendar is in red, mine is in blue)


Easy to toggle views

Email Reminder

Text Message Reminder Reminder

Choose the Best DateDoodle



Put in title, description, name and email

Select Dates

Select times

Receive confirmation email with admin link

Admin Page, if you want to edit, delete or export results

Receive confirmation email with participant link.

Email this link to participants.

Participants enter their name and check which days/times they can attend

Doodle even tells you the best date!

Participants enter their name and check which days/times they can attend

Example of picking time/date for online meeting

Example of picking time/date for workshop with multiple presenters.

Send/Receive FilesYouSendIt / SendUit



Yousendit: Sends email directly to recipient

Yousendit

Yousendit: Sends email, but also gives you link

Yousendit: Recipient receives email

Yousendit: Recipient receives email

Recipient clicks on link and sees this page

Senduit: Does NOT send email directly

Senduit: Specify how long file will be available

Senduit: Creates link which you email to recipient

Manage RSS FeedsSimply Headlines



Receive RSS updates as Daily email Newspaper!

Choose from pre-selected sites

Or add your own feeds

When would you like the paper to be delivered?

Set Delivery time(s)

What format?

Set Format

What order?

Set the order of your news

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper: Includes photo feeds too!

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper

Here’s my paper

Convert File TypesZamZar



Zamzar• Quickly converts files from one format to

another

• Eliminates need for conversion software

• Convert text, image, video, and sound files (large array of file extensions available)

• Conversions emailed for downloading

http://www.zamzar.com

Easily Convert files from one format to another

http://www.zamzar.com/



Receive email with download link when ready

Receive email with download link when ready. Files stored for one day.



Control your softwarePortable Apps



Always have a full productivity suite at hand!

Always have a full productivity suite at hand!Includes Mozilla browser, email, calendar, IM, etc.

Always have a full productivity suite at hand!Includes Mozilla browser, email, calendar, IM, etc.

Always have a full productivity suite at hand!Open Office also available!

Save/Share/Discover Social Bookmarking: Furl



FURL: Web access to all you bookmarks. And a Whole. Lot. More.

FURL: Web access to all you bookmarks. And a Whole. Lot. More.

FURL: Easy bookmarking with the bookmarklet



FURL: The bookmark page



FURL: Categorize into your own topics (nice autofill feature saveskeystrokes!)

FURL: Share with a team/group (more on that in a minute)

FURL: Choose Privacy Settings

FURL: Annotate!

FURL: If you highlight text on page you are bookmarking it will automatically be pasted into the

clipping field. Or add/paste yourself.

FURL: Keywords for increased findability

FURL saves a cached FURL saves a cached copy! YAY!!copy! YAY!!

Discuss…Discuss…

FURL: Discussion field (great for group projects or feedback

to students on their sources.)

CREATE CREATE GROUPS…GROUPS…

Create Groups

Create Groups

Create Groups: Set Privacy Levels

Create Groups: Determine members

Create Groups

Create Groups

Create Groups

Another look at the bookmark page

Group page after one bookmark has been added

Recommendations:Recommendations:

Discover new resourcesDiscover new resources

Use FURL to discover new resources!

My ArchiveMy Archive

Cool ToolsCool Tools

Use FURL for Lesson Planning and Use FURL for Lesson Planning and Creation of webliographiesCreation of webliographies

RSS FEED….RSS FEED….

Cool Tools FeedCool Tools Feed

RSS Feeds are available

RSS FEED….RSS FEED….

Subscribe using your Subscribe using your favorite RSS reader favorite RSS reader (Google, Bloglines, etc.)(Google, Bloglines, etc.)

Find/Share Presentations

Slideshare



Slideshare• Think of it as YouTube for PowerPoint

• A great place to share your own PowerPoint presentations and slidecasts or to view what others have posted

• Create a social network with others who share your interests

http://www.slideshare.net

Slideshare: For saving, sharing and discovering…

http://www.slideshare.net/



Slideshare: Save your favorites

Slideshare: Create or join groups


Email notificationsEmail notifications




RSS Feeds forRSS Feeds for::

• Tags Tags

• Most viewedMost viewed

• UsersUsers

• Etc.Etc.


Photo touchupPicnik



Picnik• Online photo editing in your browser

• No program installation required

• Import pictures from your PC or online

• Some features require premium subscription

http://www.picnik.com

Photo touchup: Quick. Easy. Free.

http://www.picnik.com/

Picnik


Picnik


Picnik


Picnik

Picnik

Create some funky effects!

Final version in under a minute!

Compare to original






Stay in touchMeebo



Aggregates all my IM accounts (AOL, Yahoo, Gtalk)

Aggregates all my buddy lists too!

Access to all my chat logs

Create your own “widget” and put it anywhere on the web—let’s others IM with you even if they don’t have an account.

Create your own secure room

Share pix and video as well as chat.

Get to the PointCitebite



I want to send you this great blog post. But I want to draw your attention to a particular sentence or paragraph.

I want to send you this great blog post. But I want to draw your attention to a particular sentence or paragraph.

I send you this URL

When you click, you see this:

Manage Your To-Do List

Remember The Milk



Do it for freeGoogle Docs



Free Word Processing: Easy to organize and share. Great for collaboration!

Version Control!

Version Control!

Presentation software (i.e. Powerpoint), spreadsheets and forms

If there’s Time…RSS

http://www.slideshare.net/pbromberg/library-gardens-magical-mystery-tour-rss-demystified



Peter [email protected]

Links & Annotations at: http://petescooltools.pbwiki.com


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Cooltools for Cool Living October 2008