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style="">OPLIN 4Cast#122: <br>
Dimdim, Zamzar, Lipsum, Blogs to check out<br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">November 5, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="grame"><i><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">4casting technologies that could have an
impact on
public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1>
<p>Bill Hardison, Computer Services Coordinator at NORWELD, was asked
what four
sites he found particularly interesting at <a
href="http://www.infotoday.com/il2008/" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.infotoday.com/il2008/">Internet Librarian 2008</a>.
We thought you might like to see them, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Dimdim is an open source, web-based meeting place where you can
video conference, chat, and share slides.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.dimdim.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.dimdim.com/">Dimdim</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/09/dimdim-gets-6-million-for-open-sourced-web-meetings/">Dimdim
Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/6-free-web-conferencing-tools-librarians-will-love/"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/6-free-web-conferencing-tools-librarians-will-love/">6
Free Web Conferencing Tools Librarians Will Love</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://dimdim.typepad.com/dimdim_blog/2008/10/a-major-milesto.html"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://dimdim.typepad.com/dimdim_blog/2008/10/a-major-milesto.html">Dimdim
Blogblog</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>2. Zamzar is the place for free file conversion - document, image,
music/audio and video. Simply upload your file, select what type of
file
you want it to be, and then it will be converted and e-mailed to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.zamzar.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href=" http://www.zamzar.com/">Zamzar</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://infodoodads.com/?p=410"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://infodoodads.com/?p=410">Zamzar for
file conversion </a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.zamzar.com/faq.php"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.zamzar.com/faq.php">Zamzar FAQ</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002745.php" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002745.php">Cool Tools</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>3. Lipsum creates placeholder text (gibberish, actually) for those
who design web page layouts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://lipsum.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://lipsum.com/">Lipsum</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/pagelayout/a/lorem.htm"
target="_blank"
mce_href="http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/pagelayout/a/lorem.htm ">Lorem
ipsum dolor</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.lorem-ipsum.info/generator3" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.lorem-ipsum.info/generator3">Creation page</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.loremipsum.de/about_lorem_ipsum.html" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.loremipsum.de/about_lorem_ipsum.html ">What is
Lorem ipsum?</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p>4. Some tech and library blogs to follow, if you don't already have
them in
your reader:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.techsoup.org/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.techsoup.org/ ">TechSoup - The
Technology Place for Nonprofits</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.earlyword.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.earlyword.com/">Give ’em What
They Want - News for Collection Development and Readers Advisory
Librarians</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.librarystuff.net/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.librarystuff.net/">Library Stuff</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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