The Read / Write Web announced that they will be profiling a roundup of web "office" applications. Just a heads up to point your browser or aggregator to Read / Write Web if you are interested in following along . . .
Thanks for the heads up from Nancy White at Full Circle OIB – Writely is back! One of my IU group's gave Zohowriter.com a try when it wasn't clear what was happening with Writely after Google gobbled it up, but I found that I prefer the functionality I was excited about the first time I…
Since my post about meebo back in March, meebo has become my IM client of choice. I even use it in my discussion group for one of my classes. Web based means I can access it anywhere on any computer (on my Mac and PC) and with no downloads. Best of all, it works will…
Windows Live Spaces went “live” – here is my test space. Maybe more than fashionably late with an update to MSN Spaces, it is a pretty good looking update none the less. Part blog platform / part social networking site / part mini-CMS (with photo storage), my first glance didn’t produce any a-has. Discoveryspaces.live.com displays…
Ok. How about we pretend for the moment that there is no threat to open Internet access or to social networking learning opportunities in public schools . . . why? Because there is a really cool social networking initiative that deserves our attention over at OpenAcademic.org. The OpenAcademic project launch was announced today with the…
Very cool site on Jane's E-learning Pick of the Day linking to Peter's Online Typing Course! Not fancy, but a great set of typing lessons and online practice tools with feedback. Fun!
Ok . . . this is the ultimate in lazy browsing! Perfect for a late afternoon session of browsing while rocking on my hammock. Click on over to Web 2.0 Slides and rock yourself to sleep as you catch up on the latest and greatest. Per the site, here is what it is all about:…
In the past few months, I have tried the new IE Beta (wow – it has tabs), Netscape, Firefox and Flock. I have yet to try the newest release of Opera, but I am so pleased with Flock that it will take a lot to get me to try anything else for awhile. Built on…
I just tested Itzle, a fun little web based chat application with a unique twist. As you are surfing the web, you can “invite” your fellow Itzle buddies to visit the web page you are on making the web surfing experience seem more collaborative. Itzle then provides a small pop up chat window that overlays…
Always willing to be the guinea pig for new software, I am in the process of downloading the Beta releases of MS Office, including Office Professional Plus 2007, Viso Professional 2007, Groove 2007 and One Note 2007. There are many other titles available for download from the preview site. The full versions will run until…