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CIT Presentation: Web 2.0 Tools

Web Office Tools

Zoho: zoho.com

Zoho Writer: Create account, see public example
Zoho Sheet: New accounts, see embedded example, also web charts
Zoho Show: Get an account, see public show, and embedded show

Other alternatives:

Writely word processing: http://writely.com (Now Google Docs)
iRows spreadsheet: http://www.irows.com (Also see Google Spreadsheets)
Thumbstacks Presentations: http://www.thumbstacks.com
SlideShare for PPT slides: http://slideshare.net/ (One of my Examples)
Lazybase database: http://lazybase.com

Communications Tools

Instant Messaging (no client): Meebo - http://meebo.com
Chat widget (no I.M. account needed by other users) http://www.meebome.com

Great for help desks: http://www.lsc.edu/Online/chat.cfm
Embed widget in blogs: http://barrydahl.blogspot.com

Internet calling: Skype - http://skype.com
Voice or video emails: Springdoo - http://www.springdoo.com

Social Bookmarking

Option #1 - The del.icio.us home page: del.icio.us/

My del.icio.us account: del.icio.us/barrydahl
Adding to your del.icio.us account: del.icio.us/help/buttons

Option #2 - The Furl home page: furl.net

My furl account for web 2.0 prsentations: a few web 2.0 bookmarks
TechCrunch review of Furl: www.techcrunch.com/?p=30
Get the Furl web browser button: furl.net/buttonHelp.jsp

Podcasting

Option #1 - Odeo: http://odeo.com

Example: This Week in Tech: http://odeo.com/channel/35509/view
Example: Desire2Pod: http://odeo.com/channel/130816/view

Option #2 - PodOmatic: http://podamatic.com
Option #3 - Clickcaster: http://www.clickcaster.com
Open Source Editing tool - Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net

RSS Feed Aggregator

What is Bloglines? www.bloglines.com/help/faq#What
Go to Bloglines home page: www.bloglines.com
Go to my public listing: www.bloglines.com/public/barrydahl
Easiest way to add feeds to your account: www.bloglines.com/help/easysub
Step-by-step Bloglines tutorial: tinyurl.com/ap42n

Photo Sites

One word: Flickr - http://flickr.com

Flickr Geotagging: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrydahl/map
View a screencast for geotagging: http://flickr.com/help/screencasts/vol1/
Great example of Art History notes: http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755/
Flickr Services page: http://www.flickr.com/services/
Official Flickr tools: http://www.flickr.com/tools
Unofficial Flickr tools: www.quickonlinetips.com
Alan Levine has good info: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980

Other alternatives:

Portal Pages

Option #1: Google IG - http://www.google.com/ig
Option #2: Pageflakes - http://www.pageflakes.com
Option #3: Netvibes - http://www.netvibes.com

Web Polls

Zoho Poll: http://zohopolls.com

Example: barrydahl.blogspot.com/2006/08/cool-web-polls.html

Vizu.com - http://www.vizu.com

Example: desire2blog.blogspot.com/2006/04/ims-of-future-do-it-again.html

Neomyz.com (a few free ones) - http://neomyz.com

Fun Stuff

Pandora Music (based on the Music Genome Project): http://pandora.com
Bitty Browser (picture in picture on a webpage): http://www.bitty.com
Hellodeo: http://hellodeo.com/hello
Web 2.0 or Star Wars Quiz

Sources of Info

TechCrunch Blog
Sacred Cow Dung
Dion Hinchcliffe's The State of Web 2.0 Blog

Late Add: Video Sites

YouTube http://www.youtube.com (One of my videos)
Blip.tv http://blip.tv/ (LSC Promotional Video)