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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. SpyBot Search & Destroy — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs. Ad-Aware — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs: [link].

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. The script can detect the Flash plug-in in all major web browsers (on Mac and PC) and is designed to make embedding Flash movies as easy as possible. It is also very search engine friendly, degrades gracefully, can be used in valid HTML and XHTML 1.0

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Is "Museum" a 4-Letter Word (for visitors)?

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There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. The House on F Street could be a haunted house, a ride, a movie. If you're searching outside the word Museum, why not adopt less ambiguous words with strong cultural associations?

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