productivity tools teldan 4 2011

Information UpdateProductivity Tools

May 2011

Inbar Yasur www.hipusit.info

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What I will cover:

• Google Chrome extensions

• Green printing

• URL shorteners

• QR Codes

• Editing tools

• Web annotation

• Editing tools

• YouTube tools

• Miscellaneous productivity tools

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Google Chrome Extensions

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Hyperwords

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/obgbmbflfhnmlelipecbkedechpjeibc

Select any words on any web page and choose from powerful options: Search,

research, copy, share, convert and translate like never before. 

Google Chrome extensions

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Hyperwords

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/obgbmbflfhnmlelipecbkedechpjeibc

Google Chrome extensions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB3VlG3o2qA&feature=player_embedded

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Green Printing

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Readable: Convert Websites to Text Only Friendly Version

http://readable.tastefulwords.com/

An application that helps you read more of the web. It reformats text — on any

website — according to your exact specifications

Green printing

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Readable: Convert Websites to Text Only Friendly Version

http://readable.tastefulwords.com/

Green printing

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Readable: Convert Websites To Text Only Friendly Version

http://readable.tastefulwords.com/

Green printing

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Full Text Articles

Green printing

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URL Shorteners

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URL Shorteners

URL shorteners

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Google’s URL Shortener

http://goo.gl/

The Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is a service that takes long URLs and squeezes

them into fewer characters to make a link easier to share, tweet, or email to friends.

The short URL http://goo.gl/l6MS represents the long URL

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-urls-shorter-for-google-toolbar.html.

URL shorteners

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Google’s URL Shortener Analytics

http://goo.gl/

The Google URL Shortener provides analytics tracking for all short URLs.

To access your short URL’s analytics, just add ".info" after any short URL. For example,

detailed analytics for http://goo.gl/l6MS is available at http://goo.gl/l6MS.info.

URL shorteners

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Google’s URL Shortener Analytics

http://goo.gl/

URL shorteners

Example: goo.gl/GPXSd

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Google’s URL Shortener Analytics

http://goo.gl/

URL shorteners

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Google’s URL Shortener Analytics

http://goo.gl/

The Google URL Shortener provides the following safeguards to address user privacy concerns:

• The goo.gl short URLs do not publicly reveal the identity of the user who created that

URL mapping.

• The goo.gl short URL history for a user is accessible only when signed in using that Google Account.

URL shorteners

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Short Multiple URLs

http://www.fav7.com/

 • Through this site you will be able to shorten and share not only one but seven different URLs at

the same time.

• These shortened URLs are all public by default, and you will be able to see what other people

have

been sharing since the newest packs of URLs are always featured on the site. 

• It is a practical way to share more than one URL at once - users can see where they are going

to land at all times.

URL shorteners

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Short Multiple URLs

http://www.fav7.com/

URL shorteners

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Short Multiple URLs

http://www.fav7.com/

URL shorteners

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QR Codes

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QR Codes - Quick Response codes

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

• Since their inception in 1994 in Japan, QR codes have quickly risen in

popularity

throughout many Asian countries.

• The technology is still finding its footing in the United States and other western

countries, but many advertisers and niche communities are adapting the 2D

barcode innovation.

• Flip open your favorite magazine and you will most likely see the stamp-like

code

on multiple advertisements.

QR Codes

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QR Codes – Interest over time – Google insight

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=qr%20codes&cmpt=q

QR Codes

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QR Codes - Quick Response codes

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

• Wolfram|Alpha now offers the capability to produce QR codes.

• Just type in “QR code” in addition to whatever information you want to be

coded. The function can encode up to 7 KB of data, including phone numbers,

email addresses, URLs, or just plain text.

• Once the QR code is created, embed it into your personal website, email it to

your business clients, or print it out on your business cards. They then can be

scanned by smart phones or computer applications.

 QR Codes

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QR Codes Search engines

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

QR Codes

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QR Codes – Demo Slam

QR Codes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfgnGu0WWTY

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Editing Tools

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CrocoDoc: Read Share & Modify PDF Files Online

http://crocodoc.com/

• Lets you read and modify PDF files online.

• Lets you draw on PDF files, annotate them, and type text on them.

• Provides original and modified versions of the PDF as downloads.

• Helps share PDF files with friends who do not have PDF-reading software.

• Provides embeddable code for the PDF file.

Editing tools

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CrocoDoc: Read Share & Modify PDF Files Online

http://crocodoc.com/

Editing tools

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Web Annotation

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MarkUp: A Quick Web Page Markup Tool

http://markup.io/

MarkUp is an online tool that helps you quickly markup a webpage and then share it with others.

It offers a browser bookmarklet that you need to click when you want to use it. You can use it to annotate

WebPages using various shapes like arrows, boxes circles etc. It also lets you mark specific portions on the

page and then add notes.  

• Quick webpage drawing and annotation tool.

• Uses a bookmarklet to markup WebPages.

• Annotate using shapes, colors and more.

• Share your markup easily.

 Web annotation

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Citebite: Easlily Highlight & Link To Quotes on WebPages

http://citebite.com/

• Copy and paste the text that you want to quote or source into the text box, and then also

copy and paste the source URL.

• Once done, click “Make Citebite” which will get you a unique link leading to the source

URL with your quoted text highlighted in the content.

• This makes it easier for readers to look up the quoted text and view your article in

context.

Editing tools

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Notefish

http://www.notefish.com/

Notefish makes Internet research simple. Making a purchase? Planning a trip? 

Save information from the web into a single online Notefish page, then organize and share!

• Save - Save any web page content online to your Notefish page!

• Organize - Drag & drop, color, annotate and customize your notes.

• Share - Share your pages with friends & colleagues.

 Editing tools

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Diigo - Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes

 http://www.diigo.com/

Digital highlight and sticky notes.

Editing tools

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Digital Web Highlighting – more tools

Editing tools

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YouTube tools

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TubeChop - Cut YouTube Videos and Share Snipped

http://www.tubechop.com/

• Chop segments from YouTube videos and share.

• Embed chopped videos on your blog or website

• Easily locate videos by entering direct YouTube URL or search on site.

YouTube tools

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TubeChop - Cut YouTube Videos and Share Snipped

http://www.tubechop.com/

YouTube tools

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Cut YouTube Videos and Share Snipped Video – More Tools

YouTube tools

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Miscellaneous productivity tools

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Pressjack

http://www.pressjack.com/

 • RSS to magazine conversion tool.

• A rich digital magazine layout yields increased readership.

• Publish 5 magazines for free each month.

• Users can search and zoom content.

• Content updates automatically based on feeds

Miscellaneous productivity tools

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MailBeep.Com – Notify People You Have Emailed Them

http://www.mailbeep.com/

MailBeep is a notification service that makes calling someone up in order to let them know you

have sent them an email a thing of the past.

Using MailBeep, you will be able to inform the person by text messaging them. 

Miscellaneous productivity tools

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W3Snapshot: Take Screenshots of Websites Online

http://www.w3snapshot.com/

W3Snapshot is a tool for taking snapshots of any website, getting a thumbnail preview, and

downloading them.

Miscellaneous productivity tools

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Linkclump: Open Multiple Links On A Page (Chrome extension)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lfpjkncokllnfokkgpkobnkbkmelfefj

Open multiple links by dragging a selection box around them using your mouse.

Miscellaneous productivity tools

Thank you!