visual tweet
Okay, I haven’t quite figured out how useful this, but whoa, is it nifty, cool and kind of addictive.Friendbrowser
2208, 2009
Category Archives: productivity
2812, 2008
e-Publishing? Isuuu?
Has anyone used Issuu to epublish? If so, what do you think? I’ve been considering switching platforms for the arts magazine. I like PacerCMS, but I don’t have much time for development these days. I chose PacerCMS because it created a nice issue and did everything I wanted out of the box (and it pretty much does, once I created
0810, 2008
The politics of collaboration
Very interesting article on the political nature of collaboration tech/IT projects, such as web2.0 technologies: The three most common objections raised to any new collaboration technology (including Web 2.0 ) are security (access control, compliance and governance); cost (initial price and TCO); and productivity (which processes the technology supports and what is the expected cut in cycle times if everything
1609, 2008
Do you need help with that presentation?
Slideshare the cool site that allows easy sharing of powerpoint slides via the web AND converts powerpoint into a more web friendly format for embedding, emailing, etc. has now started a great series on slide tips. Do you think they got tired of all of the really bad powerpoint presentations being loaded at their site? 🙂 Everyday, by some estimates,
2008, 2008
12 New Rules of Working you should Embrace
From Zen Habits, with my thoughts in brackets. 1. Online applications and the cloud beat the desktop and hard drive2. Collaborate on documentation [online], don’t email [Don’t collaborate on paper, either. If needed, make screenshots of prototypes to share with the group. ]3. Collaboration is the new productivity [not necessarily true, if you’ve ever been on a dysfunctional committee or
2007, 2008
Jpgs, Gifs, Pngs – what is best for screenshots?
Uh-oh, I sometimes take the easy way out (i.e., use whatever format is supported by the software I have in front of me)… Text & Clipart — GIF or PNG formatScreenshots from Window — PNG formatVideo & Photographs screenshots — JPG format The article explains it more and also includes images comparing quality. http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/best-file-format-for-screenshot-images/3917/
0204, 2008
Need a virtual signup sheet?
If you need a virtual signup sheet, give writeboard a whirl.
1303, 2008
Converting apple keynote to powerpoint (4:3 ratio to 16:9)
This is a much abbreviated version from an email: Convert 4:3 powerpoint presentations to 16:9 (wide-screen)Keynote (apple) can resolve this problem. 1) Open the original presentation in Apple keynote.2) Open the inspector, choose document >slide size Choose the new size 3) Export the new presentation from Keynote to Powerpoint. Workaround from Microsoft:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011420901033.aspx
3101, 2008
convert your life: handy online tools
Convert: your calendar: If you are exporting a cvs file and need to change it to ical your files (need a different file format?) to pdf html to php your numbers, measurements, & more favorite image to an icon hex to rgb > rgb to hex (colors!) just a few useful things….
0810, 2007
practical & productive networking tools
A friend of mine who is a k-12 art teacher asked about getting started with social networking. She does a little blogging here and there, but she is knee deep in teaching at the moment, which limits her time online. I thought for a bit about how to respond to her question. Her question focuses more on personal professional networking,