PHPlist is a mailing list and newsletter manager that allows posting via a Web page. It works well when used for announcements, and can handle very large email address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists, but will only receive a single copy of cross-posted messages. When signing up, users can identify their geographical location, and messages can be targetted to these. You can add place holders in your email that will be replaced with personal details (such as the person’s name). Users can update their own information, and unlike many other mailing list systems, they can change their email address. HTML emails are supported.
New Personal Aggregator
fyuze is a personal information aggregator that automatically collects information from the internet so you don’t have to. Sign up for an account, tell fyuze what you’re interested in, and you’ll be able to — at a glance — see what’s new on the web every time you log on.
Open Source Audio/Video Production Tools
The ‘Open Source IPTV Production Suite’ is an ensemble of high-level animation, 3D, compositing and editing tools that are available as free, open source GPL applications. However, this is not a direct attempt to duplicate the production tools found in Apple’s Final Cut Studio. It’s an attempt to create a fully functional, professional software suite that is capable of generating high end VFX and 3D animation like those found in Shake and Motion and Maya. Don’t be fooled, just because the software is open source doesn’t mean that it isn’t of professional grade.
MAKE: Blog: HOW TO – Assemble an Open Source IPTV Production Suite
Bluetooth Driven Presence with Asterisk
At the very least, when we’re finished, you’ll be able to walk out of your home or office carrying your bluetooth phone or headset and have your Asterisk server automatically transfer your incoming calls to your cellphone. And, when you return carrying your bluetooth phone or headset, Asterisk will automatically cancel the call transfers and reactivate delivery of incoming calls to the designated phones in your home or office. As simple as this concept may sound, the devil is in the details.
Nerd Vittles » Follow-Me Phoning: Implementing Bluetooth Proximity Detection with Asterisk, Part I
OS iPod Control
YamiPod is an application to efficiently manage your iPod under Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation. It also has extra features such as lyrics support (with Web search), RSS news and podcast support, removal of duplicates, an easy note editor (with multi-page support), song synchronization, playlist export, and much more.
Ebay Adds RSS to Stores
first off is the coolest new thing on the eBay platform: RSS Feeds. With eBay Stores that enable RSS, you can now subscribe to a feed of the newest items listed in that store. PetriFinds is one of the stores that has turned on the feature already, and you can see the RSS link at the bottom of the store page.
Explain this to me?
Library Stuff has a great list of Q and A sites. You have a question, ask it there and maybe you’ll get an answer. Most seem to suffer from the lack of quality control you’d expect. John has thought about doing something like this using legal ed as a background. “Would someone explain estoppel to me?”, that sort of thing. Could work since focus would help with quality.
CLasscaster Gets ALE’d
The feature topic for the November ALE central meetingwill be an overview of Classcaster, a blog system supportingtelephony messaging and podcasting
Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts » Blog Archive » ALE Central for November 10, 7:30pm
That’s right, Classcaster gets its first non-legal ed airing on Thursday evening as I trot it out for the Linux users group.
The Other Fedora: Open Source Document Repository
Tom Bruce recommends this for building repositories of things like course syllabi and presentations.
Fedora
Fedora open source software gives organizations a flexible service-oriented architecture for managing and delivering their digital content.
eCasebriefs.com
What are Casebiefs Digital Editions?
Digital Editions are electronic versions of books that can be viewed on a computer screen. Gray Publishing & Media, Inc. now publishes and distributes digital editions to anyone on any computer running Microsoft® Windows® or Mac OS software. We use the Adobe Reader software as our viewing engine. Because Adobe® Reader software is based on the widely distributed Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) technology, we deliver digital editions with high visual fidelity in a way that fits your existing workflow.