Top 10 Tools for 2008

28/01/2008 by nicola.

Have finally got around to submitting Top 10 Tools for January 2008 no idea why its taken so long. Jane Hart has put together such a great resource for anyone in learning.

Need to point out that don’t have access to Mac pcs or macbooks otherwise some of these might be different. This is as of January 2008, these change depending on what projects involved with etc

1.Notepad - any time needing to cut and paste particularly into web pages also I handwrite my html code with it all the time.
2.Pageflakes - my newspaper on the world, finding updated information via RSS
3.Searchcrystal for attractiveness and finding stuff
4.Yahoo Answers - not really a tool but use regularly to get quick answers to anything
5.del.icio.us for accessing my bookmarks, just discovering networking features at the moment
6.Babelfish - for quick translations, to get a general idea of meaning
7.WinAvi / DivX / QuickTime Pro for playing around with video and conversion to podcast friendly formats
8.Paint.net - when don’t have access to Fireworks or Photoshop, easy to use and quick to convert for decent graphics
9.PDF995 - for quick PDF conversion, more functionality than CutePDF
10.iGoogle - not really a tool but quick access to Google Talk, docs, mail, calendar etc

Some tools I think I’m going to be using more of in my new role, so starting to keep an eye on are:
Skype for group presentations/sessions and tutor-student sessions
Turnitin - plagiarism detection tool
Logmein - RemoteAccess - free version
OutLook Web Access - already using

Other useful tools I’m using:
McAfee - site advisor - having recently had some virus problems at home, this is a nice tool which informs you about nasty little things lurking on web pages and its nice having the colour as a quick clue in the toolbar
Audacity - for quick editing or recording of audio
Snitter - attractive, easy to use Twitter client, uses Adobe Air

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