Resources and stuff

Resources and Stuff
These resources are listed with neither rhyme nor reason (other than alphabetically because…). Someday perhaps I’ll come in and add subheadings and group these resources, but for now, this is simply a “house of memory.” If you have information or reviews of any of these sites (or “stuff”), please post them.

Adobe Buzzword, http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/ "The first real word processor for the Web"
Angel Course Management Software, http://angellearning.com/
Archive.org, http://www.archive.org/index.php
AudioCasting, http://www.weblogg-ed.com/newsItems/departments/audiocasting
AVS Audio and Video Converters, http://www.avs4you.com/

BibDesk Mac OS Citation Manager, http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/
BitTorrent, http://www.bittorrent.com/index.html
Blurb BookSmart, http://www.blurb.com/


Callwave Widgets (Think Outside the Phone), Visual Voicemail and TextMessaging widgets, http://www.callwave.com/landing/widgets.asp
CiteULike, A free online service to organise your academic papers, http://www.citeulike.org/
CORE, Comprehensive Online Research Education, an online tutorial, http://gemini.lib.purdue.edu/core/login/login.cfm
Crossref.org, http://www.crossref.org/

D&M Professional Education, The Audio-Visual University, http://www.education.d-mpro.com/
DailyLit (free 5-minute bites of the classics via email), http://www.dailylit.com/
Deli.icio.us, http://del.icio.us/
Dia, open-source visual-editing software, http://www.download.com/Dia/3000-2075_4-10833704.html?tag=mncol
Digg.com, http://www.digg.com/
Dotster, Web hosting, http://www.dotster.com/webhosting/webhosting_pkg_standard.php
Drupal Project, http://drupal.org/

E2Servers, Web hosting, http://e3servers.com/linux-web-hosting.htm
Elements, photoshop techniques, http://training.photoshopelementsuser.com/
Ereader.com, Ebooks for the Palm Pilot, http://www.ereader.com/

Fat Cow, Web hosting, http://www.fatcow.com/fatcow/index.bml
FinalSite, a content management system for education, http://www.finalsite.com/

Getty Images, http://www.gettyimages.com/
Gimp, http://www.gimp.org/ GNU Image Manipulation Program
Go Daddy, Web hosting, https://www.godaddy.com/
Google Docs and Spreadsheets, http://docs.google.com/
Google Page Creator, http://pages.google.com/
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones, http://www.grandcentral.com/
GVC.Sitemaker, an Open Source global website creation and management system, http://www.gvcsitemaker.com/
gVisit.com, http://www.gvisit.com/ "Track visitors to your website [sic] using Google Maps."

HelloPDF, http://www.hellopdf.com/ "Free PDF to Word converter"

ICDSoft.com, Web hosting, http://www.icdsoft.com/
iFroggy, Web hosting, http://www.ifroggy.com/
IHMC CmapTools, http://cmaptools.com/ (See also Dia, Visio)
ImageChef, http://www.imagechef.com/ "Customize photos, clip art"
Inkscape, http://www.inkscape.org/
iPodder.org, PodCasts, http://www.ipodder.org/
Internic’s “WhoIs” search page, http://www.internic.net/whois.html
Interversity, a bureaucracy-free zone, http://interversity.org/
iText, http://sourceforge.net/projects/itext/

Kartoo.com, http://www.kartoo.com/
Knight Cite, Citation Creation Tool, http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php?op=newCitation

Landmark’s Citation Machine, http://citationmachine.net/
LiveScribe, http://www.livescribe.com/
Lulu, allows you to publish and sell online, http://www.lulu.com/
Lunar Pages, Web hosting, http://lunarpages.com/

Macromedia Fireworks Tutorial: Creating Pop-Up Menus (Cheryl Ball), http://cball.usu.edu/classes/pdfs/fireworks_pop-ups.doc
Make-A-Web-Site, a how-to guide for creating websites,http://www.make-a-web-site.org/making1.html
MediaPointe, http://www.everythingavoverip.com/
MegaUpload, http://megaupload.com/
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx
Microsoft Photo Story 3, create slideshows, add special effects to digital photos, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/p
hotostory/default.mspx
MobilPocket.com, Ebook reader for cell phones, http://www.mobilpocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/p800.asp?Origine=PAGE_P800
Mojopac, can turn any portable storage pack onto a personal computer, http://www.mojopac.com/portal/content/who/everyone.jsb
MOO.com, http://www.moo.com/ (Ok, Ok, so it's a printing service, but I LOVED the name...)
Moodle.com, http://moodle.com/
MUVEES Project, a multi-user virtual environmental experiential simulator, http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/muvees20033/
My Janee, Online tutorials, http://www.myjanee.home.insightbb.com.tutorials.htm/

Network Solutions, Web hosting, http://networksolutions.com/
nuTsie, http://www.nutsie.com/main
Nvu, a complete Web authorizing system for Linux Desktop users, http://www.nvu.com/

Onfolio, for collecting, organizing, and sharing online, http://www.onfolio.com/
Online CV portfolio, http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~klarola/
OpenOffice (ODF Converter), http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter or read more at, http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070202-8764.html
Opera Web browser, http://www.opera.com/

Pegaweb, Online tutorials, http://www.pegaweb.com/
Phong, photoshop tutorials, http://www.phong.com/
PHP Web Hosting, http://www.phpwebhosting.com/
Podcasting Projects, by Todd Maffin, http://www.todmaffin.com/podcasting/
Podcasting workshop, CW 2006, http://www.siteslab.org/workshops/podcast
PollDaddy, http://www.polldaddy.com/
Poynter, journalism tutorial, http://www.poynter.org/
Prezi.com, "The zooming editor for stunning presentations," http://prezi.com/
ProtoTerra, Vision 1.0, http://www.prototerra.com/

Quia, educational resources for teachers, http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.web.QuiaWebManager
QuirksMode, the personal and professional site of Peter-Paul Koch, http://www.quirksmode.org/home.shtml

Radiant Vista, photoshop tutorials, http://www.radiantvista.com/pdf_tutorials/ Read/Write/Think, http://www.readwritethink.org/
Register, Web hosting, http://www.register.com/retail/index.rcmx
Replay Music, The Worldwide Leader in Streaming Recording, http://www.applian.com/replay-music/index.php?src=GMUSIC_REPLAYMUSIC
Review of Sony’s Ebook Reader, dotcomu, http://www.dottocomu.com/b/archives/002571.html
Roush, Wade. “When the Web Was New,” Technology Review 4 Apr. 2005, http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_040405web.asp?p=1

Sakai: Collaboration and Learning Environment for Education, http://sakaiproject.org/
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
Scholastic, for help with writing, http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachwriting/index.htm
Scirus, http://www.scirus.com/ A "free, science-specific, search engine.
Scratch, http://scratch.mit.edu/
Site 5, Web hosting, http://site5.com/hosting
skrbl beta, a shareable online whiteboard, http://www.skrbl.com/
Skype, http://www.skype.com/
SnagIt (Screen Captures), http://www.tucows.com/preview/195062
Sonicfoundry, http://www.sonicfoundry.com/ (See their MediaSite Podcasting Solution)
Spoono, Photoshop tutorials, http://www.spoono.com/photoshop/tutorials/
SSH (Secure Shell) Communications Security, http://www.ssh.com/
StumbleUpon, http://www.stumbleupon.com/
SurveyMonkey, http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Swarm, http://swarm.wide.msu.edu/"Swarm helps you get feedback on your writing from friends and colleagues."
Switch Audio File Conversion Software, http://www.nch.com.au/switch/

Tech Connect, integrates computer technology into the classroom, http://techconnect.glencoe.com/tc/jsp/TcHome.jsp
Teleflip, get email on your cell phone. https://www.teleflip.com/
Thinkquest, a Student-Built Site, http://www.thinkquest.org/oct04jun05/index.shtml,
http://www.thinkquest.org/apr04dec04/index.shtml,
http://www.thinkquest.org/oct03may04/index.shtml

Viddler - The best way to watch and publish your videos, http://www.viddler.com/
Vimeo, Video sharing for You, http://www.vimeo.com/
VirtuSphere Immersive Virtual Reality, http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=462
Voice thread, http://voicethread.com/ "A powerful new way to talk about and share your images, documents, and videos"
Vox Proxy, 3D talking animated characters, http://www.voxproxy.com.index.swf/

Web Editing Tools List, http://www.maryfo.com/mfo/general_resources/free/web_edit.htm
Webtools4u2use, http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
Wetpaint, http://www.wetpaint.com/ Free wiki Web sites
WikiBooks.org, http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks_portal
WikiHow, http://wiki.ehow.com/Main-Page
WikiSpaces.org, http://www.wikispaces.com/
Windows Live, http://www.windowslive.com/
Wink, Tutorial and Presentation creation software, http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
Word Detective, Words and Language in a Humorous Vein, on the Web since 1995, http://www.word-detective.com/
Writely, the Web Word Processor, http://www.writely.com/
Writing Across the Curriculum, Christopher Newport University, http://writingcenter.cnu.edu/wac/
WurldBook, Personal Internet Intelligence, http://www.wurldbook.com/info/

YouSendIt, http://www.yousendit.com/
YouTube: Broadcast Yourself, http://www.youtube.com/


Of interest to Georgia Southern University faculty only:

Technical writing links:

Prospring, Technical Staffing, Technical Writing, Training and Development, http://www.prospring.net/
Proofreading and Editing: Business, Government and Technical Publications, Austin Community College, http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2371/etwr2371sched_classroom.html


Techniques for Editing Online:

Change Tracking, http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2371/planners/onlined_track.html

Reasons

So, I finally decided to become a blogger.  Yes, yes, I’ve had this blog for some time (though I have now deleted all of my previous posts because they were—well, they were!).  But I never really could think of a reason to use this blog.

So, now I still don’t have a reason for doing this, but as I’ve looked at other blogs across the Internet I’ve come to the conclusion that most bloggers don’t have a reason either.  They just are.

What I would really like to do here—at least for now—is simply play.  Perhaps I can use this space to keep me reminded of all the wonderful resources I come across on various listservs from my colleagues, students, friends, and family.

At least, that sounds like something useful.

Maybe not.

We’ll see.  (

So… here we go!!!