iCyte – a tool for saving a whole webpage or part

I have downloaded iCyte – a tool for saving a whole webpage or its part.

ICyte can be used tiogether with Firefox and IE browsers and you can read info with other browsers ( I have used Chrome).

A short excerpt from the tool homepage
“Familiar workflow

Cyte enables you to highlight and save text on any webpaeg, allowing you to recall the most relevant information. You can save sections of webpages or the whole thing.

Powerfull search tools

Webpages you Cite are saved forever on our server, letting you return to your research even if the webpage has been deleted or modified.

Simple user sharing

Invite colleagues and friends to join your projects, discover new research, and share information.”

• I have tested it using a slow internet as I live now in the village. I could only access to it and save a few  information pieces. But I did not tested a search and other features.

15 Effective Tools for Visual Knowledge Management

I have read very interesting list of Knowledge visualization tools. Read both  the post and comments. They can be used when you carry on research.

An excerpt from the blog

Most traditional personal knowledge management (PKM) or personal information management (PIM) applications offer the same basic set of features:

* Storage of notes and documents
* Search functionality and keyword/tagging capability
* Outline view in a traditional hierarchy, or user-defined views
* Task management, calendar, and contact management (mainly PIM, not KM)

These are essential features, however don’t offer too much to the more visually-inclined knowledge junkies. For visual learners and information visualization fans, having a graphical representation of knowledge and seeing how things relate is a must have feature.  Luckily, in the past few years there has been a rise in the number of knowledge management applications that offer this capability.  The following is a list of interesting /unique / effective tools for knowledge management and information visualization (not listed in any particular order):

Text analysis tool VocabGrabber

I have tried an awesome text analysis tool VocabGrabber.

You can see both words cloud (different size of words ) and visual map of the selected word and related words (Visual Thesaurus).

A short excerpt:

“VocabGrabber analyzes any text you’re interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the “Grab Vocabulary!” button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

Select any word on the list and you’ll see a snapshot of the Visual Thesaurus map and definitions for that word, along with examples of the word in your text. Click on the word map or the highlighted word in the example to see the Visual Thesaurus in action.“

Office 2010 with the new Screen Clipping Tool

I have read very interesting info about Web clipping using Microsoft Office (in the future).

Microsoft OneNote has a built-in screen clipping utility that lets you capture any part of the desktop screen with one click. And it’s smart because if you screen capture a web page with OneNote, the URL of the page is automatically added to the screenshot image so you can always make out the source from the clipping. This immensely useful screen clipping feature of OneNote is now part of Office Word 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 as well so you may no longer need a separate screenshot program for basic screen captures in documents and presentations

and the second clip

Certain test builds of Office 2010 are floating around on various torrent sites but if you want to test-drive a (legal) preview version of Office 2010, do put your name on the wait-list. The final release of Office 2010 is expected to happen sometime in the first half of 2010 – see the Office video trailer.

Free Online Research tools

Read Bob Rankin website and check his list of free reference and Web research tools.

You will find both web resources (encyclopedia, dictionaries etc) and tools. The list lacks of typical Web research or Web clippings tools (Evernote, Webnotes, Zotero, Ubernote etc) but you will find Web resources in different sectors, e.g. medical advic e, business and financial research,  language translation, movies, music, genealogy, US government etc.

50 Terrific Social Sites for Law Students and Lawyers

See at interesting list of 50 Social sites for Law students and Lawyers.

They are grouped in different categories but lack of Web research category.

I wrote a comment about it.

Online Web Research Services

I recommend to visit Weblog  Online Web Research Services

A short excerpt

“How to do effective Web research:

• Use search engines effectively
• Focus your research on quality STM information only
• Find hidden scientific information online
• Locate peer-reviewed, subject-specific directories
• Set up subject-specific alerts that automatically e-mail you the latest news

we also offer web research on a variety of subjects such as:

• Web Research and Online Data Entry
• Web mining and listing
• Web research and Red Flag Report creation
• Online research and database creation
• Web search and more”

You should visit and one link  Outsourcing Web Research.

MindRaider – personal book and outliner

I have found an interest tool MindRaider but lack of time to try it.

A short excerpt about it

“MindRaider is personal notebook and outliner.

It aims to connect the tradition of outline editors with emerging technologies.

MindRaider mission is to help you in organization of your knowledge and associated web, local and realworld resources in a way that enables quick navigation, concise representation and inferencing.”

2009 Webware 100 – Vote Now!

Look at list of tools where you are invited to select the 10 best ones in each category.

An excerpt
“There are 10 categories you can vote in you are encouraged to vote in each. The top 100 Web 2.0 apps are selected by Webware readers and by the users of the products we cover. Vote for your favorite products to give them a chance to win Webware 100 awards. There are 10 categories you can vote in you are encouraged to vote in each. Note: There will be a special 11th category where Webware editors select the best products in unique categories, such as Rookie of the Year. These will be announced, with the rest of the winners, on April 19.”

There are 10 categories but lack of Web research (web clipping) category. The most interesting categories can be Search, Productivity and Browsing categoriesy.

In any case it is usefull to study the lists of each category.

Rafe’s welcome to Webware 100
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Exploratree – a simple tool for idea generation, problem solving etc.

I have started to try a simple very easy to use graphical tool Exploretree.

There are a number of graphical templates that support your thinking process when you develop ideas, solve problem, explore, analyze or  evaluate different perspectives. All support recommendations are  included into graphical templates (named as thinking guides)  as text excerpts that later can be deleted.
You can easy add more graphical icons to your picture that can be copied and pasted to Word file or Powerpoint presentation.

A short clip about Exploratree:

“Exploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too.

This is the Beta / trial version of Exploratree so please do send us your suggestions and comments so we can help make the next version better.

The Exploratree web resource has been developed by Futurelab and emerged out of our work on the Enquiring Minds project.”

With Exploratree you can:

• Use our ready-made thinking guides
• Make a new thinking guide from scratch
• Use it to set class projects
• Print them out (they can go as big as A0)
• Change and customise thinking guides, you can add or change text, shapes, images etc.
• As a teacher, you can set up the sequence that you want the thinking guide to be revealed in, so that you can stage the thinking activity
• You can fill in a thinking guide and complete your project on the website
• You can present your project
• You can send your thinking guide to a whole group of people
• You can submit a thinking guide for comments, so it can’t be edited but just reviewed
• Work in groups on the same thinking guide

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