Robin Good Archive Of Latest News
February 2003

View small things on your computer screen through a virtual magnification glass   Virtual Magnifying Glass 2.00 = must have Software Tool (Win) FREE Most probably you remember the advice to pay close attention to the fine print from your early childhood. It is an advice that proves to be very appropriate since hardly readable paragraphs often contain critical information.... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 26

Publish frequently asked user questions on your Web site   FAQEngine v3.80.3 = interesting, promising Software Tool FREE If many of your customers have the same or similar questions about your Web site or the products you offer on your site you might consider publishing them together with the relevant answers in a dedicated FAQ section on your site.... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 24

How can you speed up your Web site?   Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization by Andrew B. King, published in January 2003 = interesting, promising Book $27.99 We have already introduced several ways of finding out how long your Web site takes to load to you. If you can't remember, have a look at the following... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 22

Computer and Internet training resources for development actors and others   ItrainOnline = must have Online Service FREE ItrainOnline is a rich source of Computer and Internet training resources available in English, Spanish, French and partly also in other languages. Though officially targeted particularly at people working for peace, human rights and development, ItrainOnline materials can be useful for... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 21

Communicate simultaneously with friends that use different Instant Messengers on your Mac desktop   FIRE = interesting, promising Software Utility (Mac OS X) FREE If you want to communicate simultaneously with friends that use different Instant Messengers (IM) like AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber and IRC, you should install a multi-protocol chat client, which can connect to different IM services,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 20

Create multilingual term catalogues and make them available across different media   Termado = must have Software Tool FREE Termado lets you create searchable multilingual glossaries, lexicons, dictionaries and advanced term catalogues and publish them across different Media. Termado consists of an "Administrator" and a "Publishing Engine". The Termado Administrator is needed to create a term catalogue. You can either manually... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 19

Create a professional Site Map in one minute   Xtreeme SiteXpert v6.0 = must have Software Tool (Win) Shareware $65 (Standard)/ $165 (Professional) FREE Trial Site Maps are considered an essential part of usable Web sites. They provide users with an overview of a site and allow for easy and fast navigation. SiteXpert can create a complete,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 18

Why you should write an e-Book and offer it to your users   7 Ways You Can Use E-Books to Build Your Business by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson published on February 5, 2003 = interesting, promising Online article FREE Have you ever dreamt of becoming an author? Why don't you realize your dream now that it has become so easy... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 17

Where Are The News?   Mainstream news media outlets have all failed to dutifully report the very significant mobilization of tens of millions of people around the world in rallies against the Iraq war that has taken place yesterday and today Sunday February the 16th. I have checked every single major newspaper,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 16

Browse efficiently through your favourite Web pages   Speed Browse = worth knowing Online Service FREE Imagine that you have to evaluate information from several online news sources every day. Wouldn't it be comfortable if you could just put them in a queue and browse through them? Speed Browse lets you do just that. Speed Browse... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 16

What would happen if 300 users were accessing your company's Web site at the same time?   EasyWebLoad v1.6 = worth knowing Software Tool (Win) Shareware ($250), FREE Trial If you are planning to launch a Web site that probably will attract many visitors, you must test in advance what will happen during peak traffic hours in order to guarantee reliable performance and high quality. EasyWebLoad... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 15

Search the Web pages you have stored on your computer   SurfSaver = must have Browser add-on (Win) FREE When I was about to finalize my thesis I had quite a hard time finding again all those valuable online articles I had bookmarked three months earlier. Not only that my bookmarks did not work anymore; I could not even detect... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 14

Automatically create backup copies of your email data   Email Saver Xe = interesting, promising Software utility FREE 15-day Trial Full version: € 28 (single user license) - € 564 (50 users) Once I encrypted my Outlook Express with Blowfish Advanced. Then I went on holiday for 2 months. When I came back, I had forgotten the password... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 13

How can you encourage innovation in your organization   Innovation. The Challenge of Continual Newness. by George Siemens (published February 2003) = interesting, promising Online Article FREE In his article George Siemens outlines how organizations can create a favourable climate for innovation: We need an environment that fosters the expression of new ideas, a process for capturing and... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 12

The Future of Wireless Technology   Genesis Of An Anthill: Wireless Technology And Self-Organizing Systems By Espen Andersen (published February 2003) = interesting, promising Online Article FREE Douglas Hofstadter has illustrated the behaviour of self organizing systems by comparing them to an anthill. The actions of individual ants seem to be aimless and... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 11

Select appropriate online collaboration tools for your current project   Groove Shared Spaces Templates = must have Downloadable Interface Templates (for Groove Workspace Version 2.5) FREE If a small project with a two weeks deadline is assigned to you, your work process is different from the one you follow in long-term projects. You keep documentation at... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 10

What is the difference between XML trusted feeds and RSS news feeds?   Maybe you are as interested in RSS news feeds as me and are doing a lot of research on them at the moment. Be careful when you come across the term "trusted XML feed"/ "XML trusted feed". You might expect info about RSS feeds, since... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 9

Get inspired by interactive online Flash games   ORISINAL = must have Online Games FREE On the ORISINAL Web site you can play nice little flash games. Apart from being an extremely diverting pastime, the games are also quite inspiring. You might start dreaming of creative flash-based interaction designs for your Web site or of... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 8

Post Modern Knowledge Management and Social Enterprise Blogging   or "the promotion of information publishing / exchange within an organization, with an eye towards the problem of censorship." For those of you developing an overall plan for how information should be utilized, exchanged and made useful within a large international organization obstacles that block information and... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

How to Find, Identify and Mark Nearby Wireless Access Areas   Warchalking http://www.warchalking.org/ = interesting, promising Online Resource FREE Stating that there are free forces at work trying to apply new ways of collaborating, socializing and working to a system that is showing the deep wrinkles of its age is a statement that seems to fall nowhere. Knowing that wireless technology... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Monitor and Receive Email Content Updates from Any Web Site   Watchthatpage.com = must have Online Service FREE WatchThatPage is a service that enables you to automatically collect new information from your favourite pages on the Internet. You select which pages to monitor, and WatchThatPage will find which pages have changed, and collect all the new content for you.... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

How to Subscribe to an RSS / XML News Feed   Information Access Today I have received an email from Ivan, a Master New Media visitor who wanted to subscribe to Robin Good's News. He told me he had clicked on one of the little orange buttons containing the letters "XML" which are now distributed all over the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Marketing 101 - Learn Basic Marketing Terminology Online   Marketing Terms http://www.marketingterms.com/ = must have Online Dictionary FREE Are you sometimes confused by the thousands of marketing acronyms and buzz-words thrown around in the real and virtual world? Sean O'Rourke's online dictionary of marketing terms empowers you to take a vital part in the discussion by not only... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

How to Best Link Individual Pages on a Web Site Internal   Linking Strategy by Sumantra Roy 1st Search Ranking Newsletter, published January 2003 = interesting, promising Newsletter article FREE Here is an excerpt from a valuable piece wrote by Sumantra Roy in its January 2003 newsletter 1st Search Ranking Newsletter. In the answer to a reader's query Sumantra provides valuable advice on how... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Better Safe than Sorry: The Dangers of Feeling Immune on a Mac   The Dangers of Immunity http://www.macopinion.com/ columns/tangible/01/08/08/ It is true that up to now, Macs have been relatively ignored by virus makers, and except for cross-platform Microsoft Word Macro viruses (which generally don't hurt Macs, though they can interfere with operations), Macs have been immune to PC viruses... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Find Out if Your Computer Can Easily Be Attacked by Hackers with a free online test   Vulnaribilities.org - Free Online Analysis http://www.vulnerabilities.org/ = must have Online Service FREE You can check if your computer or firewall is vulnerable to attacks of hackers by running a free online scan at vulnerabilities.org. Sign up for a free-trial account and simply click a link to start a scan for... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Dangers of Autocomplete Function in Internet Explorer   This short article includes advice on how to use public computers safely (eg. in cyber cafes, libraries, etc.) by looking at the danger of the 'Auto complete' function. The article has been included in a recent issue of Oxygen3 24h-365d, the daily newsletter alert from Pandasoftware.com The latest... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Confessions of a Spam King Revisited   Guest Article by Wade Andrews Silicon Hills Media Group "Due to responses for more from the Spam King, I conducted another interview for this Christmas edition. It also seems to be a favorite time for the Spam king to work. You'll see what I mean during the interview." Wade... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Translate Individual Words on the Fly   Langtolang http://www.langtolang.com/ = interesting, promising Internet Explorer (4.0+) Add-on/Online Service FREE If you have to find translations for single words very quickly in order to maintain your online communication or workflow, you can benefit quite a lot from using the Langtolang Internet Explorer addons. 12 addons are available for translations... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Learning the Grammar of Foreign Languages Online   WebVerbix http://www.verbix.com/ webverbix/index.asp = interesting, promising Online Service FREE WebVerbix is a free on-line verb conjugator and it can conjugate verbs in 102 languages online. WEbVerbix an online subset of the software version of Verbix for Windows. Verbix is a universal Verb Conjugator that shows complete verb inflections of any... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Find Accurate Translations for Technical Terms   EuroDicAutom - European Terminology Database http://europa.eu.int/ eurodicautom/login.jsp = must have Online Service FREE EuroDicAutom is an online dictionary provided by the European Commission. It offers a database with specialized and technical terms in 48 subject fields (e.g. Telecommunications, Agriculture, Computer Science, etc.) and covers 12 European languages. You can... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Hide All of Your Desktop Icons in One Sweep   DeskSweeper http://no-nonsense-software.com/ freeware/ = must have Software Tool (Win) FREE DeskSweeper is very useful for presenters who need to frequently put their PC desktop in view to entire waiting audiences. This handy utility allows to hide easily all of the desktop icons at the click of the mouse. ... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

How to Provide Good Answers to Your Students Over the Web   EdQA - Frequently Asked Questions - Knowledge Base Software http://www.web-qa.net/ edqainfo.asp = interesting, promising Online Service starts at $ 125/month If you are an academic institution looking to improve the quality of customer service provided to your students online EdQA is an hosted solution that provides a very cost-effective... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Hyperbolic Maps for the Rest of Us   Star Tree Studio and Viewer http://www.inxight.com/products/sdks/st/ = worth knowing Software Tool (Win) FREE If you are into data visualization the name of Inxight should send some positive thrills down your spine. The company has been at the forefront of data visualization techniques for many years and is especially well... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Utilizing Visualization Technologies for Strategic Business   Applications - Vision of Intelligence by Dan Sullivan http://www.intelligententerprise.com/ 020528/509feat2_1.shtml = worth knowing Online Article FREE May 28, 2002 Dan Sullivan outlines different purposes of visualization in strategic business applications and gives an overview of traditional and innovative visualization techniques. He also provides application examples and links to selected vendors... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Browser-integrated Image Conversion and Resizing Utility   CyClops http://www.chesterway.co.uk/ = must have Software Tool (Win) FREE With CyClops you can pick up images on the web and save them in different formats and sizes within a few seconds. Simply right click on an image, select "copy", choose one of six available formats offered in a pop-up... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Who Links to Who? Visual Exploration of the Google Database   TouchGraph GoogleBrowser http://www.touchgraph.com/ TGGoogleBrowser.html = must have Online Tool FREE The TouchGraph GoogleBrowser is a tool for visually browsing the Google database, by exploring links between related sites. The TouchGraph GoogleBrowser utilizes Google's database to report the links existing between a Web URL you indicate and other Web sites. The results... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Visually Navigate Information Spaces and Taxonomies   Visual Thesaurus 2 http://www.visualthesaurus.com = must have Online Demo (Win & Mac) FREE The people at Thinkmap Inc. have recently released a new revamped version of their uniquely fascinating Visual Thesaurus. The Visual Thesaurus is a fully working interactive visual information space that allows the user to easily and intuitively... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Light-based Full Projection Keyboard for Mobile Devices   Canesta Keyboard http://www.canesta.com/ = breakthrough tool New Technology N/A A new technology allowing the use of light-made keyboards on mobile devices like PDAs, palmtops and other portable computing devices has just been released and made available to integrators. This new technology enables a keyboard to be projected onto a flat... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Guide to Usability Assessment Methods for Interactive Systems   Handbook of User-Centred Design http://www.ejeisa.com/nectar/ inuse/6.2/summary.htm = must have Online Handbook FREE Developed and published by NECTAR, this handbook on user-centred design is intended for those responsible for commissioning or carrying out usability work during the development of interactive systems. It provides a lot of useful information, references on... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Front-End to All Major Search Engines   The Search Engine Ultimate Interface http://www.faganfinder.com/ engines.html = must have Online Service FREE Roughly similar to Fagan's Google Ultimate Interface, it provides a front-end to all of the major search engines. It includes Google, AlltheWeb (Fast), Inktomi (PositionTech's Puresearch), AltaVista, Teoma, Wisenut, Northern Light, Gigablast and more. ... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Front End to Maximize Google Potential   Google Ultimate Interface http://www.faganfinder.com/ google.html = must have Online Service FREE The Google Ultimate Interface allows you to immediately utilize all advanced search options for Google's diverse services (e.g. Web search, Image search, News search) and provides you with direct access to Google's tools (e.g. Glossary, Sets). The Ultimate Interface... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

How to Access Statistical Information About Your Web Site   Web Page Information Viewer (Page Info Viewer) http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/ = interesting, promising Online Service FREE The Web Page Information Viewer (Page Info Viewer) provides access to a variety of information about Web sites from different online sources through an integrative interface. With Page Info Viewer you can, for example... a) View basic... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Powerful and Speedy Search and Replace through Files and Folders   PowerGrep http://www.powergrep.com/ = interesting, promising Software Tool (Win) from EU € 29 Think of this program as your computers personal "Google". PowerGrep allows to search WITHIN any type of files and folders on your PC for keywords. You can limit your searches to certain types of files and even search within... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Web Text Content Summarizer and Keyword Analysis Tool   Digest Source v1.1.3 http://www.digestsoftware.com/ Software Tool (Win) from USD $ 29 A direct competitor to Copernic Summarizer, this program takes entire Web pages or text files, looks for keywords (words most commonly used), and it creates a summary report utilizing the sections in which the specified keywords are most... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Text to Speech Free Application   Sayz Me http://sayzme.sourceforge.net/ = must have Software Tool (Win) FREE Sayz Me is a simple, open source (BSD loicense) text-to-speech reader that can read text aloud from Web pages, e-mails, or documents. Still in its Alpha testing phase the program nonetheless shows good promise of what the final application may... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Create and Host Your Own Simulation on the Web   Forio Broadcast http://www.forio.com/software.htm = interesting, promising Online Service FREE Forio Broadcast is a free service that allows you to create and host simulations online. "Forio Broadcast provides everything you need to get a simulation running on the web." (Developer statement) If you don't want to start from scratch, you can select... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Selecting Appropriate Tools for e-Learning Courses   EduTools http://www.edutools.info/ course/index.jsp = must have Online Service FREE The EduTools site offers you comprehensive research-based reviews of Course Management Software tools, from Web Conferencing tools to Learning Management Systems (LMS), in tabular form. You can search product reviews by specifying desired features or specific requirements of user-groups (e.g. accessibility)... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Quickly Check Your E-mail Accounts from Anywhere in the World   E-Mail Anywhere http://www.e-mailanywhere.com/ Mail2Web https://www.mail2web.com/ = must have Online Services (web-based e-mail clients) FREE When I'm about to depart for holiday, I'm always completely stressed. One hour before I have to be at the airport, my suitcase is still half-packed, I have not eaten anything and I have to disinvite all... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Check Multiple Email Accounts Simultaneously   Poppy for Windows, Version 4.0.18 http://www.yoursurfice.com/ Content/Poppy/Poppy.htm = interesting, promising Online Tool (Win) FREE Do you also waste a lot of your time by signing into and out off your diverse POP3-based email accounts every day? And are you as frustrated as me when you've finally found out that... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- February 7

Powerful, functionality-rich free alternative to high-cost image editors   Oriens Enhancer v1 = must have Software Tool (Win) FREE If you need a functionality-rich image editor but cannot afford Adobe Photoshop or Jasc Paintshop pro, you should check out Orient Enhancer. Oriens Enhancer is an easy-to-use and powerful image editor and it is FREE. It loads... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 7

Keep your mailbox spam-free with an intelligent email classification system   POPFile 0.17.9 = interesting, promising Software utility FREE If you want to get rid of spam in your email inbox, you probably either sort it out manually or apply an automatic spam filter. Sorting it out manually takes up a lot of time, but you can be quite sure... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 6

Prepare yourself for an interview with your users   Nondirected Interviews: How to Get More Out of Your Research Questions, July 2002 Face to Face With Your Users: Running a Nondirected Interview, January 2003 by Mike Kuniavsky = must have Online Article FREE Talking to your users is indispensable when you want to develop a usable interface. You... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 5

Find out how the space is distributed on your harddisks   TreeSize Professional, v2.43 = breakthrough tool Software Utility (Win) FREE 21-days Trial Professional version: $30 - $995 Treesize v.1.63 is available as Freeware Some weeks ago I was really in a tight squeeze when I was looking for interesting tools to review here. The problem was that my c: drive... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 4

Translate individual words on the fly   Langtolang = interesting, promising Internet Explorer (4.0+) Addons/ Online Service FREE If you have to find translations for single words very quickly in order to maintain your online communication- or workflow, you can benefit quite a lot from using the Langtolang Internet Explorer addons. 12 addons are available for... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 3

Application Development for the Web - Alternatives to HTML   HTML's Time is Over. Let's Move On. by David Heller = interesting, promising Online Article FREE Today Antonella has sent me a link to an article about HTML alternatives with the following description: The article lists the many reasons why HTML and current browsers are the not the tools... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 2

How to best link individual pages on a Web site   Internal Linking Strategy by Sumantra Roy 1st Search Ranking Newsletter, published January 2003 = interesting, promising Newsletter article FREE Sumantra Roy gave valuable advice on how to best link individual pages on a Web site in order to obtain a good search engine ranking in the 1st Search... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- February 1

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