Summary: Direct Link to the show Subscribe to the feed Shownotes: Hello again, Welcome to Ourtech Technology Podcast - Episode 6 "Where basic information comes easy". Today’s topic in Tech speak is “ anonymity on the web” and ofcourse some productive tools in Gadgets n Tools and hot Oven fresh news. In this episode you might notice a slight voice difference compared to my previous podcast episodes. I have recorded this episode directly on odeo. On odeo one can record online without downloading anything. You just need your mic and a internet connection. You can share or download your recorded content in mp3 format. A great experience I must say. 1) Tech Speak: Anonymity on the web. You me and anyone else can be anonymous on the web. Anonymity allows people to feel more free and disinhibited to discuss/chat otherwise embarrassing or stigmatizing topics but it can also be a community’s biggest enemy. Anonymity allows people to hide behind their computers while saying whatever they want with little ramification and web is the only place where you can become anonymous and get away with it.You get to take on a completely diffrent identity or personality. It’s like a split personality but with a conscious mind. For more pls download the podcast 2) Gadgets and tools: For any filmmaker editing is his lifeline Eyespot and Jumpcut are two websites which offer great online editing. Well they are no Premiere or Avid but nevertheless offer good editing features. You can remix your video with other member’s video and share it with the publisher's consent ofcourse. Give it a spin BuzzShout is a collaborative review site for new web companies. If you have something to say to or about a web 2.0 company, this is the place you can visit . Anyone can suggest a new company . Submissions go through a moderator before being posted.Once a company is included in BuzzShout, any member can review it. Vyew (View) lets you collaborate in real-time with other users in a web based meeting room. There are 2 ways to start a meeting 1) anonymous meeting ( I wonder what is anonymous!!!!) (requires no registration) and you can invite up to 2 users, 2) if you register free, you can invite up to 20 participants and get a few other member benefits. Vyew offers photo sharing, whiteboarding, file sharing, screen captures, and can run from your browser without the need to download anything . But you require flash and java. Check out it’s site for more info. Jajah lets you make VOIP calls from your normal phone, landline at a very low cost. How it works? On the website you simply enter your phone number and the phone number of the person you'd like to call. After you press the call button your phone ring and when you pick up jajah initiates the call. What you need is a internet connection and a phone line to receive calls. 3) Oven freshnews -Tech news A) Finally the much anticipated google calendar has released. It’s in beta right now. New users can register for it too. Integrated with Gmail, the calendar service gives users the ability to easily create, share and discuss multiple calendars and events. . Events are either entered into the calendar or Gmail will find mention of an event and automatically add the date to your calendar. To find an event, a new search-bar has been added to the e-mail service. Google's goal was to make the service "drop-dead simple," said Carl Sjogreen, product manager for Google Calendar. "We heard from our users about their frustration with the current tools," explained. Google wanted to breathe life into the calendar concept through sharing and simplicity,The free Web-based event planner is another step in Google's pursuit of Microsoft's domination of productivity applications. It also begins the entry of the Internet powerhouse into social-networking. B) Some of you might have heard this few days back, Apple Computer's surprise software release allowing the company's newest Intel-based Macs to run Windows which is something like Virtualization a superior alternative method of achieving the same effect. Apple’s Boot camp beta installs Microsoft OS in a partition and gives the user a option of either using Microsoft OS or Mac OS whereas with Virtualization you can run both the OS’s at once with slight drop in performance. But as of now Apple is not keen on Virtualization and is happy with dual boot option.
