Robin Good: StatSilk offers a set of free downloadable software tools to create professional-looking stat and trend charts. StatPlanet can be used to create anything from basic interactive maps to advanced infographics. StatTrends is tailored to create interactive graphs and charts. Key features include: -> Multiple graphing and charting types -> Select countries by clicking on them in the world map or country selection window. Statistics and details for the country selected are displayed inside popups and visualization components. -> Animate changes over time -> Zoom into map regions -> Hide or reveal details - Change the level of detail by hiding or revealing interface components, country names or statistics. -> Customize the colors and value ranges of maps and graphs. -> Export maps for use in other applications or publications. Examples: http://www.statsilk.com/examples Try free web-demo here: http://www.statsilk.com/software/stattrends Features: http://www.statsilk.com/features and here: http://www.statsilk.com/features#components Downloads: http://www.statsilk.com/downloads (Win only) Find out more: http://www.statsilk.com/ 
Robin Good: SoftMaker Presentations is the presentation graphics program available inside SoftMaker Office 2012 – a Windows-and-Linux-only suite of applications that is fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint (and Office). SoftMaker Presentations replicates all of the classic Powerpoint functionalities while adding powerful efects, animations and transitions. SoftMaker Presentations lets you create any kind of presentation, be it a slideshow, a video or a collection of HTML pages, and to pass it around as a PowerPoint file. Key features include: -> Opens and saves PPT and PPTX files of Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2010 faithfully, including those with password protection -> Font embedding ensures that presentations retain their fonts even when viewed on other computers -> PDF file output of slides, outlines, handouts, and notes -> Design templates give you impressive results fast. -> Animations and slide transitions - > Hundreds of object and text animations available -> Ready-made animation schemes that animate entire presentations at once -> Insert movie and sound files -> Outliner -> Interactive presentation of slide shows with virtual pen and highlighter -> Fully Unicode-enabled, including Arabic -> Free-of-charge technical support 30-day free trial version: http://www.softmaker.net/down/ofw2012eval.exe Cost: €69.95 There is also a Linux version. 
Robin Good: Present.Me is a web app which allows you to easily combine your presentation with your own talking head video, in perfect sync. First you upload your image slides or presentation file (PowerPoint, PDF, Excel, Word, OpenOffice or Google Docs) and then you can record your video from your webcam while playing back the slides at your own preferred pace. You can also pause and restart any time. Present.me now features a "trim" function allowing you to cut out mistakes and errors you have made and allows to create also presentations with your audio only (no video). The final presentation can be shared online on all major social networks or embedded in any site or blog. There is both a free plan, allowing for up to 3 presentations of 15 mins, as well as paid plans costing $9 (30 presentations of 60 mins and no ads) and $39/month (unlimited). Review by TheNextWeb: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/05/05/present-me-is-slideshare-meets-youtube-for-creating-on-demand-online-presentations/ Demo: http://present.me/tour Pricing: http://present.me/plans More info: http://present.me/ First covered here: http://presentationtools.masternewmedia.org/p/651958223/record-your-own-video-in-sync-with-your-presentation-present-me on Nov.11 - 2011 (Thanks to Giuseppe Mauriello for bringing it again to my attention) 
Robin Good: Maxgif is a simple web app that takes the URL of any animated GIF file and converts it into a self-standing web page, where your selected GIF is displayed over as a full-screen image. The service is free to use. My test example: http://maxgif.com/18i Try it out now: http://maxgif.com/ 
Robin Good: If you are looking for professionally-looking templates for POwerPoint, I suggest you to give a look to the dedicated search engine section on Slideworld: http://www.slideworld.com/ppt_templates/powerpoint-templates.aspx Here you can find a wide variety of professionally designed PowerPoint templates / slides that can be purchased online and then edited and personalized on your computer. More info: http://www.slideworld.com/ (Thanks to Baiba Svenca for having uncovered this) 
Robin Good: After Google has closed its excellent image editing tool Picnik, a new service has appeared that has all of the characteristics to replace effectively the now defunt Google service. PicMonkey is a feature-rich, free online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads are necessary. Key features include tools to:
Unique additional features include:
The interface is extremely elegant, simple to use and effective. Free to use. Try it now here: http://www.picmonkey.com/
Robin Good: Vix.tv is a service that works in tandem with Microsoft Kinect and your presentation to make it possible for you to appear in front of the content you are presenting. The Kinect webcam captures your image as you present and overlays it on the presentation content you are delivering to your online audience. Works with any existing content: PowerPoint, desktop software, web pages, Prezi... anything. Key features:
A free basic account includes 50 hours of private hosting per month, video overlay, and quality set at 360p. Paid accounts offer more hours and higher quality. See an example: https://vix.tv/view/h6 See how it works: http://bit.ly/HFdoPA Pricing: https://vix.tv/pricing N.B.: Vix.tv works only on Windows 7 and Windows Vista PCs. More info: https://vix.tv Robin Good: Smart Dot is an "appcessory" for your iPhone which plugs in your headphone jack. Smart Dot works as a laser pointer, remote mouse and trackpad controller making it an excellent tool for presenters. "By combining a laser pointer and Smart Phone, ‘Smart Dot’ is an exciting new product that allows the use of both a physical and virtual laser pointer simultaneously." In fact, by downloading the free ‘Smart Dot App’ for iOS and Android OS, the actual laser pointer and a virtual mouse pointer on the screen can be shown at the same time. When not attached to your iPhone the Smart Dot laser pointer can be inserted into the supplied stylus for safe keeping between presentations, and it can provide a useful tool for drawing or writing on your iOS devices. For more info: http://tangram.kr/smartdot_eng/ 
Robin Good: Google Search Stories Video Creator is a free web service which allows you to specify up to seven queries that utilize one among Google search engines, and which then creates a video clip of those searches. Each one of the searches can be run against a specific Google search engine between Google News, Google Web Search, Google Blog Search, Google Maps, News, Products and Books. Once the video is ready and you are fine with it you can upload directly to your YouTube channel. Free to use. Examples: https://searchstories-intl.appspot.com/en-us/ Try it out now: https://searchstories-intl.appspot.com/en-us/creator/
Robin Good: SlideshowBox is an elegant and well-designed collection of stylish HTML and Flash slideshow gallery templates that allow you to create, customize and publish photo slide shows by using your favorite RSS image feed or XML source. "24 Flash and JavaScript - based on jQuery - slideshow templates with background music." "SlideshowBox includes 12 HTML5 (based on The HTML slideshows are available as embeddable SWF objects (they require Flash Player 9+) and some of them as pure JavaScript/jQuery You can add photos to your SlideshowBox Examples: http://www.slideshowbox.com/slideshow-templates-examples.html How to use it: http://www.slideshowbox.com/how-to-use.html Online panel (to choose and customize your photo slideshow look and feel): http://www.slideshowbox.com/online-panel.html Free version with watermark: http://www.slideshowbox.com/free-download.html 
Robin Good: Here is a handy short guide to nine free infographic creation tools that can be utilized to create enticing visuals, word charts and data-based infographics without having special technical skills. Useful. 8/10 Check them all out: http://www.infographicsarchive.com/create-infographics-and-data-visualization/ (Unearted by Andres Taborga) 
Robin Good: The MeteorMic by Samson is a supercool looking high-quality desktop condenser USB microphone that can be utilized to record high-quality voice for interviews, presentations or voice overs for video clips. Key specifications:
List Price: $149 More info: http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/usb-microphones/meteormic/ on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Samson-Meteor-Studio-Microphone-Cardioid/dp/B004MF39YS
Robin Good: Slideshare has just released a new app which allows you to present slides live with multi-party real time video inside Google Hangouts. Key features:
Find out more or try it out now here: http://www.slideshare.net/hangouts |
Robin Good: SlidePresenter is a web service which allows you to upload the recorded video of your speech and synch with your PowerPoint presentation before publishing it online. Key features include: - Sell presentations online - Private or public - Share on social networks - Analytics Free basic account available (max 15 min video-presentation/month) here: http://www.slidepresenter.com/registration/free Pricing: http://www.slidepresenter.com/account/choose-package 
Robin Good: Symbol is free web app which allows you to easily pic any type of symbol character available in its extended and well organized collection and cut it and paste it into any document, web app, or social media channel. Recommended. 9/10 Try it out now: http://www.piliapp.com/symbol/ Robin Good: Easel.ly is a new web app which allows you to create, edit and publish your own infographics. Easel.ly makes it easy to add visual, icons and graphic elements by providing a rich library of ready-made elements that can be dragged and dropped on your infographic. Infographics are created by selecting a ready-made template which can be edited and personalized in every possible aspect. You can also upload your own images and save the final work in your preferred format among JPG, PNG, PDF and SVG. Free to use. Try it out now: http://www.easel.ly/ 
Robin Good: If you are an iPhone user here is a uniquely useful article from the Wall Street Journal, providing lots of tips, resources and advice on how to snap up great pics with your iPhone camera. This mini-guide lists some very useful apps, tools and techniques that can be put immediately to good use. Very useful. Resourceful. 8/10 Full guide: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577305702578426084.html 
Robin Good: Slidevana has just released its full set of over 150 slide templates for PowerPoint (Mac and PC). The Slidevana templates collection (which was available until now only for Keynote for Mac) allows anyone who does not graphic design skills to assemble professional-looking presentations by editing directly the content of the sample templates provided in this collection. In addition, if you are not fully satisfied you can ask for a full refund, and, from my own experience, their customer support service is very good. Key features and tour: http://www.slidevana.com/tour FAQ: http://www.slidevana.com/support More info: http://www.slidevana.com/ 
Robin Good: Here is a good collection of 12 tools dedicated to data mapping and visualization. Many of these tools are free to use. Resourceful. 7/10 Full guide: http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/05/part-4-the-essential-collection-of-visualisation-resources/ Robin Good: Projectorfy is a new iPad app which allows you to engage participants at a live event by running Tweetwalls, polls and public announcements on the event official screens. Create live polls that attendees can vote for using their mobile device and see the results projected live during the event. Projectorfy can work with TV screens, projectors, or computer screen displays as long as they have they are compatible with one of these types of video signal: Composite Resolutions supported: 640 x 480 720 x 480 1024 x 768 1280 x 720 (720p) 1280 x 1080 (1080i) A WiFi connection is also needed. Frequently asked questions: http://www.projectorfy.com/faq.php 
Robin Good: OpenStreetMap is a user-created free editable world map that can be used like a wiki. The data is free to download and use under its open license. Try it out now: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ 
Robin Good: If you are looking for a map of any part of the world that you can freely adopt, customize and use for your online project, the maps.stamen.com is now available online. You can call up any location on the planet and select between three different map styles: a) Terrain (USA only) b) Watercolor b) Toner
"maps.stamen.com, the second installment of the City Tracking project funded by the Knight News Challenge, is live. These unique cartographic styles and tiles, based on data from Open Street Map, are available for the entire world, downloadable for use under a under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, and free. Also, check out how the watercolor maps have been created." (Source: http://tulpinspiration.tumblr.com/post/20002323504/maps-stamen-com-is-live)
Robin Good: Thanks to Alessio Palmieri who kindly suggested to give a look to it, here is another excellent alternative for anyone who is looking for a highly portable, battery-powered sound speaker. The X-Mini II Capsule is a unique superportable speaker, which can fit in the palm of your hand while producing a very good and powerful sound. Not only. The X-Mini Capsule has a battery life of at least 10 hours and it can also be daisy-chained to other X-Mini Capsule speakers to creare an even more powerful sound system. Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.3 x 23.6 inches Price starts at around $20. Please note: Everybody seems to love them at first, but if you have enough time to read the actual customer reviews, you will find out that durability, battery issues and quality of construction may come to disappoint you. Full set of X-Mini speaker models: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_pc?_encoding=UTF8&node=172282&field-brandtextbin=XMI 
Robin Good: The new Logitech Mini Boombox is the ideal portable speaker to bring with you if all you need is portability, good sound, ease of operation and affordability. The Logitech Mini Boombox has them all. Among its key features is the ability to connect to most any type of device, including laptops, smartphones, tablets and any Bluetooth enabled device. The internal integrated auto-recharging battery is declared to last to up to ten hours of music playback. All features and controls can be commanded via a touch interface. Find out more: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/1201/8725 
Robin Good: Zoom.it a free service from Microsoft allows you to create an infinitely zoomable image by simply providing a link to a high resolution image already posted on the web. "Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image, no matter how large. Check out Deep Zoom Studio for examples of this technology in action." You can also submit web site pages or PDFs. Image file formats supported include JPEG, PNG, SVG and TIFF. The service is free to use and requires no registration. More info: http://zoom.it/pages/faq/ Try it out now: http://zoom.it/ |
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