Online Apps

I thought Zoho looks great, and the vid explaining Google docs was pretty good too.

Zamzar looked good to but it wouldn't let me convert some .ogg files to mp3 so that was a shame.

The slideshow was an eye opener- esp. Jott where you can have a spoken message transcribed and texted to yourself AND added to your blog using your mobile phone!

I tried Google Docs and it seems OK- not a bad idea and I'm sure some people or organisations use it quite a bit.

It got me thinking about what tools are available online that can/could take the place of meetings and the best tool I could think of was Message Boards.

Podcasts

I thought Evelyn Waugh was an Australian tennis player? But not so. OK, I was way off the mark on that one. The podcast at the British Library was a pretty dry affair for me, tho it's a good concept to give punters a taste of what your currently flogging.

The ABC is really moving forward with all that they have available on the net, and the BBC provides alot of content too.

I of course, listened to Roy and HG discussing Barry Hall's punch - a Zen moment they claim.

I had a look at some of the podcasts available at the Orange County Library in Florida. The impression I was left with is this place is more than a library it is somewhat of a cultural hub-a place where people want to go to- they have talks by authors and musicians (& the first female Chief of Police) available in formats that will suit the majority of users. On top of all that, if you don't live in the area or missed an event for whatever reasons, you can still view or listen to one of these events in the privacy of your home at your own leisure. But wait, that's the appeal of podcasts isn't it?
However, I can't say I listen to podcasts very much, I leave any spoken word stuff on my player to this man.

So the SL's challenge is to appeal to a wide range of people-to be an information portal people will use.
Towne Meetings could be podcasted. Training of any type that would benefit from verbal communication could be podcast and better still videotaped.

Mash it up!

This isn't really my kinda thing- but still you never know when you might use something like this.
Since I don't have alot of photo's on flickr i've posted this map of the world that has the places i've been to in blue...kinda lame but also highlights how many places i haven't been to.

Where I've been so far....

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

In the workplace: looking at Big Huge Labs the options seem enormous- more each time I look at it- I guess it's a matter of finding the time and having the right circumstances fall into place to make the best of all the utilities they have on this site. Mash ups add a bit of colour and creativity to ones blog.