social media and time

Mendeley Citation Manager
Mendeley plugged in to Open Office, originally uploaded by petaj.Another tool for researchers. This one is competition for Zotero, Endnote, Refworks and other bibliographic reference managers. It is also competition for the social citation cites too, as there is both a desktop client and a web library that are easily synchronis

Fair shake of the source bottle - QULOC
The day started out overcast and warm in Brisbane as attendees from Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation members trooped into the Queensland College of Art at South Bank for the seminar on Open Source vs Proprietary sofware for Libraries on Friday. The event was cutely named- Fair Shake of the Source Bottle, borrowing from @KRuddPM's use of the much discussed colloquialism.Andrew Bennett of the University of Queensland set the scene nicely with an opening presentation picking up on the history of the open source software movement. Unfortunately my notes from that session disappeared with one unwise click in Scribefire so I

iPhone apps and capturing whiteboards and more
I’ve started using White by Qipit for sharing whiteboard scribbles and diagrams and potentially for handwritten on paper notes with colleagues. The free Qipit online pdf service is ceasing and is moving into the mobile device arena to provide digitisation services. I purchased this iPhone app, and I’m happy with it. But if you are thinking of going down this path you might want to try out JotNot and

Project Management Wave and new toys
One of the better Google waves I’m following is exploring the types of functionality that project managers would like integrated into Google wave. What I like about the wave is that it is focussed in topic, even though there are quite a few people contributing. In addition to the interesting ideas, I’ve also found links to some cool PM tools which have been embedded in the wave. Tom’s Planner – free beta accounts for this Gantt chart creator are available. It lets you work directly in the chart view, roll up the time scales and export the image for inclusion in a presentation or report. Some templates are provided so y

Wibiya toolbar trial
If you are reading this in a feed reader you won't be able to see the Wibiya toolbar I've installed on this blog. If you are reading this via the blog site, then you will probably have seen a notification pop up on the site and may have taken a look at the utilities appearing at the bottom of the page.Wibiya adds some social media tools to the page. The toolbar adds the following to the page:blog search and web search boxtwitters by me and about "inn0vate" (keyword)rss subscription buttontranslate this page featurerecent postsrandom post