Archive for August, 2006
Bleezer comes in Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX flavors. If your taste in weblog editors leans toward keeping your data on your desktop, then Bleezer may be what you are looking for. It has more bells and whistles than a newbie may want or need. It is a piece of software worth investigating for what it can do.
Bleezer
Why use Bleezer to blog?
Blog from anywhere. Work on Windows, OS X, and Linux.
Work with any blogging service. As many as you want, even Blogger.
Add tags for any tag service. Technorati, del.icio.us, or anything else.
Create custom markup. Define your own key combinations for custom HTML markup.
Spell check. Ensure everything is speeled spelled ok.
Advertise. Ping Technorati, weblogs.com, ping-o-matic, Pingoat, or any other service.
Work online or offline. Compose posts offline and post them when you want to.
Did we mention Bleezer is free?
Googley Analytics is out of beta! It is free! Add to your blog or website to get your site metrics on visitors, etc.
Google Analytics
Introducing Google Analytics.
Sophisticated. Easy. Free.
Writely has now opened up its registration to the public, again. The move over to Google servers is now complete. Enjoy!!!
Welcome to Writely
Folks, you too can make a web2.0 banner with or with the Beta! in it. Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion finds another interesting site.
Web 2.0 V2 BETA
CollectiveX is now offering a basic subscription of their groupware service for free. In their new promotion, the core services are free.
- Unlimited members
- Social Networking features
- 1 Shared Calendar
- Discussion Forum
- 10 Megabytes of storage for sharing files and media.
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You can buy additional features which come with a monthly fee that are all set at $9 dollars.
- Remove Advertising
- Group Permission Controls
- Enhanced Security
- Additional Storage Space 3 gigs.
This free core services may be ideal for small workgroups who need to work more around communication issues than share large amounts of files. 10 megabytes is not a lot of storage space. Any educators using CollectiveX?
If you are thinking about buying additional services, then I would do the math and compare the offering with Basecamp by 37 signals.
CollectiveX - Networking Designed for Groups
Blogger offers new features on new blogger accounts and for some of the present Blogger users. If you are doing teacher inquiry research, a private blog makes sense, since delicate data may be placed online. I have used private blogs to do group planning.
Blogger Buzz: Blogger in beta
With the beta you can:
* Categorize your posts with labels
* Control who can read your blog
* Change the appearance and content of your blog with your mouse instead of HTML
Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion mentions that if you choose to make your blog private, one needs to turn of one’s feed so that the search engines do not have access to your data via the feed.
With Wiki.com coming out with its free new and improved version of MediaWiki, Jotspot sends out an email inviting folks to try out the new and improved Jotspot. The trial gives you free access for two weeks to see if it is for you.
Share documents, group calendars, spreadsheets and photo galleries. As they say, “Its on!”
What has been your experience with wiki hosting?
JotSpot: enterprise and personal wiki hosting and free wiki software trial. Get a hosted wiki or download wiki software.
Well folks, there is a new wiki hosting service online. It is in beta. It is sweet! If you have worked with Writely, then this wiki hosting system should be a breeze to work on. If you can get past the two ads that help pay for the hosting service, this may be your wiki hosting service answer.
From site
- Build a community around your interests.
- Share stories about yourself and your hobbies.
- Create picture galleries for your friends and family.
- Store documents and files that you want to access from anywhere.
- Plan your next event.
- Manage your project or team.
- and much, much more….
Wiki.com
I can imagine teachers, students and parents contributing video on what they know how to do in an informative way so others may learn a skill. VideoJug is a site that lets you upload video on a skill you know how to do. What do you think?
I wonder if our school district’s internet filter already has blocked this site.
VideoJug - Life Explained. On Film.
As a teacher, I feel bad that I can’t express my ideas by drawing. I never developed in the area of drawing. I found a online site that may help me move me beyond my limitations. Welcom, Drawspace, a site loaded with drawing lessons online. There are lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced artists.
Enjoy! Comments from art teachers are welcome!
Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons
Via LifeHacker