RssFwd : RSS to Email

Here's a way to forward any RSS feed to your email account. Any time a new entry is posted on a blog, for instance, you'll be sent an email message with the full entry including pictures and links. Cool.

RSSFWD.com

WINKsite: Mobile Community

WINKsite: Mobile Community
This is a free service which lets you create a mobile community. Anyone with a web enabled phone or PDA can read your announcments, blog, field notes, and use your links and syndicated feeds and can participate in a forum. This may proved to be a great way to offer a mobile online course. See my example at http://winksite.com/jimblodget/zipboingwow.

Geotagging Photos on Flickr

I discovered a way to place photos on a Google Map. This same service also lets you map sounds and videos. But wait, that's not all! You also get RSS feeds so your friends can track all your new geaotagged media.

Once you're there you can also search for other geotagged items in the area.

One Good Link Leads to Another

The Technology Source Archives This link was emailed to me by my good friend Lucy MacDonald. It's an archive of articles published from 1997 to 2003 written to "assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations". It's an excellent resource. I searched the archive for "RSS" and found an article by Mary Harrisch called "RSS:The Next Killer App For Education". As I read her article (from August 2003) I followed a link to her university's technology support web page and from there to a site, DV Spot, which provides reviews of camcorders. As it happens, Lucy is looking to buy a camcorder. So, I emailed her back the link to the reviews and the universe comes full circle.

How to Subscribe to a Podcast

Here's another movie on Clipshack.com. This one is a brief tutorial showing you how to subscribe to a podcast in iTunes. I used SnapZ to make the screen capture movie. I like the way it can follow the cursor.