Cool Toys Conversations, October 2008

Cool Toys Conversations: October

2008(Meetings and more)

PF AndersonEmerging Technologies Librarian

UM Health Sciences Librarian

Happy Halloween

Meetings, Scheduling & Events

Scheduling Tools

Scheduly

• http://www.scheduly.com/

Listio

• http://www.listio.com/web20/app/Shiftboard/

Caloosh

• http://beta.caloosh.com/

GatherGrid

• http://GatherGrid.com/

Jiffle

• http://www.jifflenow.com/

Presdo

• http://www.presdo.com/

Schedule Once

• http://www.scheduleonce.com/

SMEScheduler

• http://www.thesmespace.com/SMEScheduler/

• polls, schedule - iphone, twitter, outlook, ical, gcal, gmaps, google gadget

TimeBridge

• http://www.timebridge.com/home.php

TimeToMeet

• http://www.timetomeet.info/

Tungle

• http://www.tungle.com/Home/

• Selective calendar sharing

When Is Good

• http://whenisgood.net/

When2Meet

• http://www.when2meet.com/

When Should We … ?

• http://whenshouldwe.com/

When Should We

• Example: Dinner

When Should We

• Example: Dinner: Options and notes

When Should We

• Sending polls, and privacy

Meetings, Scheduling & Events

Long Distance, International & Global Tools

EasyTZ

• Easy Timezone: http://www.easytz.com/

MeetingPuzzle

• http://www.meetingpuzzle.com/home.html

• Multilingual• Also facilitates group management

World Time Engine

• http://worldtimeengine.com/

Meetings, Scheduling & Events

Managing Groups, Group Spaces & Events

Book Meeting Room

• http://www.bookmeetingroom.com/

ShiftBoard

• http://www.shiftboard.com/

• Excellent for managing teams of volunteers

MyCommittee

• http://mycommittee.com/

PurpleTrail

• http://purpletrail.com/

SetDot

• http://www.setdot.com/

Social Networking

TabUp

• http://www.tabup.com/

TabUp

• http://www.tabup.com/

• Organize, share, collaborate with people

Academia.edu

Tee Bee Dee

• http://www.tbd.com/

Personal Productivity Tools

GasBuddy.com

GasBuddy.Com > Detroit

• http://www.detroitgasprices.com/index.aspx?&area=Ann%20Arbor

GasPenny.com

GasPenny.com, Detail

SitOrSquat

• http://www.sitorsquat.com/sitorsquat/home#

• Ever been out with a small child and needed to find a restroom, fast?

Sleeptracker

• http://sleeptracker.com/

Nearest Post Office Lookup

• http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/NearPostOffice.asp

• http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/NearPostOffice.asp

QuickReminders.com

Tip of my Tongue

• http://chir.ag/phernalia/tip-of-my-tongue/

WizHelp

• http://www.wizhelp.com/en/home

• Trying to help someone with a computer problem who is on the phone? Take over their computer (with permission), and show them how to do it.

Media & Multimedia

JingProject

• http://www.jingproject.com/

ScreenToaster

• http://www.screentoaster.com/

XtraNormal

• http://www.xtranormal.com/

Visual & Image Tools & Search

FaceSaerch

• http://www.facesaerch.com/

FaceSaerch

• http://www.facesaerch.com/

• John McCain

Facesaerch

• http://www.facesaerch.com/

• Barack Obama

DualPage

• http://www.dualpage.com.br/

DualPage

• http://www.dualpage.com.br/

• Mirlyn & Amazon, side by side

DualPage

• http://www.dualpage.com.br/

• Pubmed citation and article journal page, side by side

Visual Complexity

• Visual Complexity: Obesity System Influence Diagram: http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=622

• http://www.shiftn.com/obesity/Full-Map.html

CompFight

• http://www.compfight.com

• Flickr creative commons search, with other special search features and visual browsing.

Deferential Geometry: Elementary Particla Explorer

• http://deferentialgeometry.org/epe/

• From Garrett Lisi, particle physicist and author of “An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything”

MirrorEffect.net

PhotoFunia.com

TinEye

• http://tineye.com/

• Search images like the one you have, including parodies and snippets and edited images

Pixolu

• http://www.pixolu.de/

Pixolu

• http://www.pixolu.de/

• Semantic image search for “Mona Lisa”

Specialized Search Tools

TasteKid

• http://www.tastekid.com/

FanSnap

• http://www.fansnap.com/

FastEagle.com

GameCurry

• http://www.gamecurry.com/gamecurry

Kedrix.com

Kedrix.com

• Notice the tabbed results from different sources - very fast searching also

Soovle.com

Soovle.com

• As you type, it ives suggestions of related terms from a variety of sources - what are the top “hits” in different search engines.

Quarkbase.com

Quarkbase.com

• Results for umich.edu domain

• Top of page = screenshot and basic information

Quarkbase.com

• Results for umich.edu domain

• Description, logo, wikipedia, related sites

Quarkbase.com

• Results for umich.edu domain

• Popularity in social media

Quarkbase.com

• Results for umich.edu domain

• Traffic and metrics

Quarkbase.com

• Results for umich.edu

• Branding, important names associated with site, current presence in blogs and Twitter and social media

Web Tools

AppLoop

• http://apploop.com/

SitePal

• http://www.sitepal.com/

Trends, Projects, News

YouTube: India: Indian Institute of

Technology/Science• National Programme on Technology

Enhanced Learning

• http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd

YouTube: Project Report

• http://www.youtube.com/projectreport

OpenLife

• http://www.openlifegrid.com/

Our Values

• ReadTheSpirit: Our Values:

• http://www.readthespirit.com/ourvalues/introducing-dr-wayne-bake.html

Patient Tracking/Monitoring

• Better Health Care Together: Remote Monitoring Technologies Could Shave Health Care Costs by $197 Billion - Broadband-based Applications Can Improve Care for Chronic Disease

• http://betterhealthcaretogether.org/news?&ctid=3&cid=11598&cgid=1

Twittering Terrorists

• Al Qaida-like Mobile Discussions and Potential Creative Uses

• http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/mobile.pdf

Contact Information

• Patricia F. Anderson• Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health

Sciences Libraries– SL: Perplexity Peccable– Email: [email protected]– Blog: http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/etechlib/– Follow me:

http://friendfeed.com/pfanderson/

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