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Zeen – “Discover and Create Beautiful Magazines”
Zeen – Startup in beta. Librarians help patrons with self-publishing digital content such as eBooks or print-on-demand books…why not magazines too?
“Collect links on your favorite topics. Publish the links in beautiful magazines. Add your voice – Share it with the world.”
via Zeen.
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GTA Technology Topics, Tips and Tricks: Timeline Tools
I was asked whether I knew of any good timeline maker tools and I actually have never used one before. I did some investigating into what is available and am passing along the tools I found.
This article by makeuseof looks at two easy to use tools Tiki-Toki and Dipity.
Tiki-Toki – Looks impressive but basic/free account has restrictions.
Dipity – More basic than Tiki-Toki but may not work well for print purposes. Looks great for web purposes and sharing.
TimeRime – Create, view, share and compare timelines. Basic account probably has some restrictions.
TimeGlider – This one looks more advanced and again may not work well for print purposes. Application moving away from Flash and will use a Javascript plugin. Complicated installation.
Timeline – This one is cross platform, free and open source. Requires installation. May be the best to use for print purposes. Mac OSX users may have to install from the command line.
Another option is to install a PowerPoint plugin from Office Timeline. This looks like the best option for print purposes.
GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: Tools to Help Support Learning & Organization
Here are some great tools to think about using to help you learn and organize! There is of course the Google Apps suite but the recommendations posted below are out of the box type of tools!
Quizlets Flashcards help you study for final exams, languages, vocabulary, etc. and they can be shared. Web-based. (Free)
Index Card for Apple iPad lets you write index cards. Useful for those non-linear thinkers! ($4.99)
inClass for Apple iPad and iPhone is basically a digital planner, allowing you to store multimedia notes and organize your schedule (free)
Evernote for PC and Mac OS X. Amazing tool where you can tag notes and save web clips, text documents, pdfs, etc. Can be used in every aspect of your life and I think its a great tool for saving and organizing recipes. Their tagline is “Remember Everything” and there is a browser plug-in. Syncs across devices. (free)
iProcrastinate for Mac OS X and iPhone. Sync calendars, tasks and to do lists. You can break down tasks into components. (free)
bubbl.us is a brainstorming tool. Web-based. (free)
Diigo lets you bookmark, highlight and sticky note (annotate web) pages. Web-based and all platforms. (try for free = limited features)
GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: Password Protection!
I took LIS 598 Information Security this summer and we were given an eye-opening demonstration of just how easy it is for someone to crack passwords and invade systems wirelessly. That someone could be a computer in another country running an automatic script 24/7 or someone sitting in a vehicle on the street near your home. Here are five rules to follow for password protection:
Rule 1: Never share a password. Especially, NEVER EMAIL usernames and passwords.
Rule 2: Make passwords complex. Incorporate special characters, capital letters and numbers and make them at least 8 characters long.
Rule 3: Know that you are more vulnerable than you think. Most hackers will not “announce themselves” with a Rick Roll if they have penetrated your account.
Rule 4: Never leave your desktop computer, laptop or mobile device unattended and without some additional layer of security (password required to login).
Rule 5: Change passwords every few months and vary passwords for every account.
If you have trouble remembering passwords, password management software such as 1Password for Mac OS X or for Windows KeePass (free & open source) orLastPass can help. There are a lot of other password management tools out there too.
According to SplashData, these are the Top 25 Worst Passwords of 2011. If you use any of these passwords, I would suggest changing asap.
1. password
2. 123456
3.12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passw0rd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football
GTA Technology Tips & Tricks: U of A Microstore/Adobe Products
Do you know about the University of Alberta Microstore? This is the place to get student priced software and hardware.
Are you savvy with graphics and design? One of the best software deals a student can get is an Adobe Design Creative Suite Software package.
For example, the Adobe Design Premium package costs $399 with education pricing (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat X Pro, Dreamweaver, etc.). But the regular price of this package is US$1899.
To buy only Acrobat X Pro from the Microstore costs $75. Why would you buy this software? Acrobat Pro is Acrobat Reader but with a lot more functionality, such as writing sticky notes, replacing text, highlighting text, printing to PDF, inserting and deleting pages, fillable forms, OCR text recognition and security options.
But of course there are all sorts of free open source tools out there that may offer similar features if you are willing search them out!
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