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"Free and/or Low Cost Software Tools and Services
That Can Help Creatives"
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PC and Cross Platform Software & Web-based
Services
Remote Access &
Desktop Sharing
Provides real-time sharing of screens and in some
cases remote control of other machines.†
Good for discussing changes to graphics; documents; live presentations
etc.† Also good for support and remote
troubleshooting or training.† In some
cases you can record the sessions for archiving and to maintain
accuracy.†
Yugma
Free
and subscriptions service that allows sharing of your desktop with others or
vice versa.
More
costly screen share service.† Can be set-up
as a pay by minute service.† Used for
High Profile customers.† We pay .19
cents/min for each party with psimeeting.com provider.
Free. Flash based
editor and web location to work on documents with others in real time. †Combine with phone conversation to create long-distance,
joint editing.
MS provides sharable
space for free-form notes and documents in a Notebook model format.†† Allows for including text graphics audio
and video snippets.† Good for LAN operation.†
Microsoft
Second Life
Second LifeÆ is a 3-D virtual
world created by its Residents.† The
Second Life Grid provides multiple channels of communication, including
images, audio, video, text and voice, with both groups and individuals.
Currently being looked
into at our company.† Seems interesting.
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Project Management/Control
New Table
Provides control,
communications and monitoring of projects.†
Not strict Gantt project mgt systems but rather clear communication of
project requirements, tasks, responsibilities, deadlines and joint file
sharing.
Basecamp
From their site: Basecamp takes a fresh, novel approach to
project collaboration.† "Projects
don't fail from a lack of charts, graphs, stats, or reports, they fail from a
lack of clear communication."
Free ìProjectî from Techsmith.†† Quick recording of screen or session with
audio and distribute to Screencast.com as flash or save.
Basically record your description of desktop/program
materials and post to web or save. (max 5 min).† Good for presenting and posting your ideas or
pitch on something.† Or, for posting
quick ìHow Toísî to help a client with some software instructions.
The Best Screen Capture tool. Allows for session capture w
audio to avi also. $49.95 30 day free full function download.† A screen capture utility is an absolute
must for PC users.† Investigate it if
you currently donít have one. †
Free.† Nice little
quick color picker.† It can copy colors
as Hex, Decimal, RGB or HSV value.
Google:† Cpick
Meazure
What are the dimensions of that image? How big is this window?
Does this layout fit on an NTSC display? What color are these pixels? What
does this icon look like close up?
Set up daily/weekly Alerts for search terms of
interest.† Good for keeping track of
what is being said about your clients or any other topic.† Will email you results.
