Thursday, 22 February 2007

Update Your Technology

During this project, I'll be making use of various free software and online tools & services that you might find useful and will also be applied in relevant professional development programs. I'll aim to build a comprehensive list here; please suggest your own.

Browsers

There are a number of better alternatives to browsing the web than using Internet Explorer.

> Recommended: Firefox - it's faster, has great add-ons and can be completely customized.

Suggested Firefox Add-ons (all users)

> Plugins - add support for Acrobat, Flash, Java, Shockwave, Quicktime & Windows Media Player

> del.icio.us Bookmarks - a much better way to bookmark

> FlashGot - for quick, simple downloading

> Email This - email any page on the web

> IETab - if you ever need to view a site in Internet Explorer once you're using Firefox

> DownloadHelper - easily download video & embedded media from the web

> LinkWad - save & load groups of websites together as tabs

Online Web Tools

> Gliffy - Create & share diagrams online

> MindMeister - Online, collaborative mind-mapping tool

> MailBigFIle - send files to someone that are too big for email (up to 512Mb)

> Picnik - web-based photo editing and gallery integration

Advanced

> Net2FTP - simple web-based FTP service

Useful Web Services & Sites

> Google Docs & Spreadsheets - web-based docs & spreadsheets you can share & collaborate, save as Word docs or PDFs, and publish as web pages or to your blog.

> FormAssembly - create advanced online forms & easily aggregate responses

> Google Maps - online interactive maps for finding locations

Desktop Applications

> Google Earth - explore & tour the earth using satellite images

> FastStone Capture - powerful screen capture utility

Website Design & Development

> Blogger - the easiest way to get a free website up and running online

> Joomla - a simple but powerful dynamic website system

> Google Analytics - the easiest way to analyse rich usage data & statistics on your site

Advanced

> Host-Tracker - server uptime monitoring service

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