Thursday 12 November 2009

Publish any video content on any mobile device: Thirdpresence

Obviously most videos we share are posted to the internet. However, sometimes it's good to be able to share videos that run on mobile phones. With mobile access becoming a major feature in our business and social lives it is becoming more important that our sharing is linked to mobile technology. The problem is there are all sorts of operating systems - iPhone, Android, Windows, Nokia symbian and so on.

Thirdpresence is a place where you can convert your video file into one which will work on almost any mobile phone. There is a fee for doing this though it starts from a very small amount.

I'm thinking this might become really useful in healthcare where we have instruction videos that staff need to be able to access on mobile tehnology.

Easy Gannt charts & project planning: Tomsplanner.com

So I've found an excellent way to very quickly create a gantt chart without resorting to a clumsy Excel Spreadsheet version or getting lost in the mist of MS Project.

Tomsplanner is an online version which is free. It is also amazingly simple to use, flexible and produces Gantt charts of high quality. It took me 60 seconds to sign up (though I think you can have a go without signing up) and then another 60 seconds to start creating a chart. You can export the file to most programs or store online - nice feature. I liked the symbols you can use of various tasks.

It's in beta and is free to use.