Five interesting new technologies, all of them free:
Open Media Network:
The founders of Netscape have launched an online distribution system
for video content that uses Kontiki, a BitTorrent-like high-speed
peer-to-peer downloading technology, RSS-based notification and a TiVo
like programme guide. Content can be delivered to PCs, iPods, mobile
phones and TVs. First version only works with Windows and IE. Because
Kontiki strips out any unauthorized copyrighted content, look for this
tool to be quickly eclipsed by less restricted portals.
MoonEdit: MoonEdit
is a simple wiki-like document collaboration tool that can be used in
conjunction with a Skype conference. Each member of the conversation
has their own colour and cursor, so participants can see who is
contributing what to the shared document. Not yet available for Mac.
Browster: This
is a very promising tool that scans search result pages (and you can
use it on other web pages as well) and places a small button in front
of each link on these pages. Then, simply by moving the cursor over the
button, you get a complete display of the target page. In a search,
this allows you to quickly scan all the results target pages without clicking on them.
This has some fascinating potential and some interesting implications.
I suspect that it will register as a 'page visit' to all target pages,
of indeterminate length, potentially playing havoc with page count
tools if this technology becomes popular. I tried it out on my home
page, as a means of allowing me to browse my 400-link blogroll without
clicking on each link. Alas, this was too much for the system to handle
-- after the 50th link it crashed my computer. Never got to see if it
would also display my comments and trackbacks without having to click
on them. But if bandwidth and cache issues can be resolved, this
technology could really break out. This version works only with Windows
and IE.
YouSendIt: This tool
keeps a copy on YouSendIt's server of any file you send it for seven
days, no matter how large, and a message to the person you want to send
it to with the link. So regardless of size limits of your, or your
recipient's mailbox, you can 'send' large multimedia files to them.
Some discussion group users are using this tool to post the address of
these files, allowing anyone to access them.
IHMC ConceptMap: This
tool allows you to prepare sophisticated concept maps and system
thinking diagrams. Unlike mind maps, which are simple tree diagrams,
concept maps allow you to document n-to-n relationships of concepts,
and feedback loops. All users need to download the free software, which
is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. ConceptMaps kept on the
vendor's server can be shared and collaborately changed by multiple
participants, as explained by the concept map shown above. (Thanks to Roger for the link)
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