Session C105 — Cool Tools for Library Webmasters October 29, 2007

Cool Tools for Webmasters

Frank Cervone and Darlene Fichter

Communicating Ideas:

- Sketchcast.com
- JingProject.com
    Use Jing during IM reference?
- Picnik – online photo editor
    firefox plugin
- KerPoof (?)
    animated video tool
- slideshare.net
    sharing powerpoint, presentation slides
    also can use Scribd (can search text), SplashCast (combine ppt, mp3, images), Zoho Show (edit slides online), SlideAware (best stats, limit access)
- thumbalizr.com
- Visual Page Rank
- IBM Unstructured Information Modeler
    load in unstructured datasets
    automatically classify and create categories
    works for 1,000-10,000 records

Utilities:

- DiffDaff – compares files across directories (thumb drive and desktop?)
- LogView

Development:

- SOAP Sonar
    Testing and analyzing Web Services
- Evolved
- Perl Express

Fun with Images:

- Photo Slideshow
- Flashgallery Generator

Search and Indexing:

- Google SiteMap
- LibraryFind (Oregon State)
- dbWiz (Simon Fraser University)
- MasterKey (IndexData)
- IBM Omnifind Yahoo Edition
- Google Coop CSE
- OpenURL Referrer Toolbar
- FlogBlog

Other:

- Portable Firefox
- Asterix Logger v1.02
- Undelete
- Unstoppable Copier
- Simple File Shredder
- KeePass

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My thoughts:
I’m excited about the two tools by IBM that they talked about – the Unstructured Information Modeler and the Omnifind Search product. I also like the idea of using Jing for quick visual help during IM reference. I’m going to try some of these things out.