Gliffy Web Illustration

Create drawings, flowcharts, floorplans and other illustrations with Gliffy which is a draw program that works in a web browser. People can collaborate on the same drawing and drawings can be embedded on web pages, blogs, and wikis. The program is a Flash application so nothing is downloaded and run from your computer. You can also save drawings and each drawing has four differtent versions at various sizes.

Flowers

Today I experimented with using flash fill to photograph backyard flowers. I then used iPhoto to make a slideshow and exported it as a movie and uploaded it to Jumpcut.

Xacti C5 Test

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This is a brief test to see if we can upload an mp4 file recorded with our new Sanyo Xacti C5 camcorder that records directly to a SD card.

Jumpcut Video Storage

Jumpcut is a free web service for storing and sharing your video. This one is different because it gives you online video editing in your browser. You can upload files up to 50 Mb. they give you the code to embed your videos on your won blog or webpage. The quality seems to be quite good even when you choose the Fullscreen mode.

Kaboodle

Want to save a list and share it with friends, family, or the world? Kaboodle is a new free web service that let's you do just that. This one has a slightly different twist on the usual social bookmarking services like Furl or Delicious in that it automatically grabs an image and description from the web page of interest and then lets you add your notes and tags. You can add a Kaboodle button to your browser's toolbar (IE or Firefox). A free account lets you add as many lists as you want and you can invite people to add to the list (group lists), comment on list items, and rate (vote on) items. You can also add a badge to your blog or webpage. (See below).

Photography

www.kaboodle.com

BubbleShare Slideshows

I just discovered a new web service called BubbleShare. It's free and is currently in beta. You can upload your photos and share them with friends and family. You can also make slideshows. I like the way you can add audio to each slide. Below is a sample.

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vMix - First Test

vMix - First Test
I uploaded my first video to vMix and it worked. It is a QuickTime movie and vMix converted it to a Flash video. They let (encourage) you to embed the video on your own web pages, so below is a sample.


Videos by vMix Member:
JimBlodget

VMix Video and Slideshows

VMix is a new free web service for storing and displaying your videos and slideshows. Below is a sample slideshow I just made. It's all done online in a web interface. the service is in beta. So far you can't use your own mp3 file for the audio in the slideshow.


Videos by vMix Member:
JimBlodget

View of the House that Nobody Sees

View of the House that Nobody Sees
Originally uploaded by jimblodget.

I made a 20 foot pole out of PVC pipe, strapped a mini tripod to one end, attached a small digital camera, set the self-timer, raised the pole and took the picture. Getting the proper exposure and focus was tricky because the camera sets those when the shutter release is pressed, not when the picture is taken. So, I had to point to a similar subject at ground level,press the shutter and quickly raise the pole. Eight seconds is barely enough time to stop the pole from swaying and position the camera.

Odeo.com Free Recording on the Web

All I can say is Wow! You've got to check out Odeo.com. It's a free web service designed for recording and sharing audio on the Web. You can send email invitations to friends and family or you can copy and paste code into your blog to embed a player like you see below. They even give you the direct link to the mp3 file so you can podcast it or link directly to it.

Zipboingwow Peanut Butter Wiki

Check out the wiki I set up at http://zipboingwow.pbwiki.com/. This is my first attempt at setting up a wiki. It was extremely easy and the editing while not exactly WYSIWYG was fairly simple and straightforward. I've been using it keep notes of resources I've explored on the weekends.

Supersite on Suprglu.com

This weekend I created a new website on suprglu.com. It's an aggregate site which pulls together all my various RSS fed web presences so you can see everything in one place. I like the way it organizes everything by date. in fact, this would be a good way to pull all student blogs together into one master blog for a class. I spent quite a lot of time customizing the style sheet for this new site. It uses standard CSS. This is the first time I've really dug in to hand coding a style sheet and I learned a lot about creating custom graphics and about setting fonts and link decorations.

New Slideshow

Here's a sample of a scrolling slideshow I just made at slide.com. I uploaded the full res versions of each image so you can zoom in quite a bit. You can add tags to the slideshow and each image in it so people can search by keywords.

ThinkFree

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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.

Video from Clipshack.com

Here's a sample video clip I uploaded to Clipshack.com. This is a free service that lets you upload movie files and converts them to Flash.