Tech Things Going

Was looking for some cool Siverlight demo for me to do a presentation. And manage to find one that is quite cool.

Its called WorldWide Telescope by Microsoft Research.

What is WWT?

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe

I’m totally ignorant about astronomy and if anyone out there can tell me whether this is useful that will be great. I’m find this technology fascinating.

Viewing the universe with Silverlight

Zooming in to have a good look at Mars

I found this useful tool to assist me in generating references for my assignments. This really makes my life easier and I thought it would be beneficial to share this out. In this tool, you can reference your source by:

• Referencing a Book
• Referencing a Chapter of a Book
• Referencing a Journal Article
• Referencing a Website
• Referencing an e-mail

Check out Harvard Reference Generator.

Another great tool to try out will be Great Summary, a tool that helps you summarize web articles in a jiffy.

I read a lot and i read a lot of various topics from politics, technologies, sports to any interesting reads. And like most techies, a big chunk of my reading is done online. With me doing my Masters, i need to read even more. So i always wish that there is a tool that i can use to summarize a long document to a few key points (Being a techie, naturally i rely on technology). My wish sort of come true, when i stumble upon this website call GreatSummary.

It provides a tool with some algorithm to summary an article to a few key points.

Some info from the site on how it works

How GreatSummary Works
GreatSummary uses a patent pending algorithm to identify the major topics in a document.

This is a summary how the highlights look like

So I’ve tested it out, some sites it does works well. On some sites the outputs are not satisfactory. I guess i can’t be too demanding since it’s still on the beta stage. But give it a try, I find it useful to give me a preview of the document without dwelling too long into it.

Thanks to James Yeang who posted this tool in his blog.

Try out Office Community Clip. This is a useful tool that allows you to record your voice and all the activities in the screen in your desktop.

It is very useful tool for you to:

• record your presentation and share it with others
• Share your tips and tricks via video rather than text

Download the Office Community Clip and try it out..