{"id":88,"date":"2010-10-05T22:11:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T06:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/?p=88"},"modified":"2011-01-03T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T21:52:45","slug":"cool-tools-day-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/2010\/10\/05\/cool-tools-day-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"cool tools day recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you missed our Cool Tools Day in October, well, I&#8217;m sorry. Here&#8217;s what we talked about (<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asist\/files\/2010\/10\/2010_10_05-ASIST_Cool_Tool_Day_Event.pdf'>also available as a PDF<\/a>). Just to show there&#8217;s no hard feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronwyn&#8217;s &#8220;iTunes &amp; Audio Podcasts&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nVisit iTunes website for free available podcasts including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TechNews TodayThis Week in Tech (TWIT)<\/li>\n<li>MacBOOK weekly<\/li>\n<li>This week in Google<\/li>\n<li>Search Engine &#8211; net neutrality and copyright<\/li>\n<li>Spark from CBC radio &#8211; lifestyle and tech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alex&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevemiller.net\/puretext\/\">Pure Text<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Windows users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application\u00a0stevemiller.net\/puretext<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard shortcuts that allow you to maintain font and formatting when copying &amp; pasting text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Mac users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alternativeto.net\">alternativeto.net<\/a>\u00a0(similar to the process of using Firefox add-ons)<\/li>\n<li>Browse site for applications you want to use<\/li>\n<li>Select application and then click on &#8220;Visit Website&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Download application to your browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Franklin&#8217;s &#8220;Data Visualization: <a href=\"http:\/\/manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com\/manyeyes\/\">Many Eyes<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Website:\u00a0http:\/\/manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com\/manyeyes\/<\/li>\n<li>Good place to find data sets<\/li>\n<li>Good place to share data sets (warning: no way to keep data sets private so careful about uploading data sensitive documents)<\/li>\n<li>Can do tricks with mapping<\/li>\n<li>Provides options for visualizing data (example: using tag clouds, word trees, bubble chart, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Alternative website: visualizing.org\u00a0(It is\u00a0free, but new &#8211; 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