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Tech & Tools

This is a quite random selection of tools and technology to inspire, invoke and maybe innovate (or other words that start with the letter "i") Web journalism. Please send me a note if you want to add or subtract tools.

LAST UPDATED: March 3, 2013

360 Panorama

Photo App to easily create powerful 360 panoramas.
Site | 360Verse | Example

About.me

Misc. Quickly build your personal page .
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After the Deadline

Utility Polish your writing.
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Animoto

Video An automated MTV-style video creator.
Site | Example

Audacity

Audio Cross-platform, audio-editing software.
Site | Screenshots

AudioBoo

Audio Audio clips posted online.
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Aurasma

Misc. View, create and share augmented-reality.
Site | Video

BatchGeo

Interactive Copy, paste to create maps.
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Bottlenose

Utility track news and trends across social networks
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Buffer

Utility Scheduled your social media sharing.
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Capzles

Interactive Timeline that has a lot of design flexibility.
Site | Example

ChatStep

Misc. Private, encrypted on-demand chatrooms.
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Clue

Misc. Easy way to do a usabilty memory test on your site.
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Codecademy

Education Learn to code for free. (Makers of Code Year)
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Contxts

Utility A tech alternative to business cards.
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CoveritLive

Utility The standard tool for live blogging.
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Crowdmap

Interactive Get crowdsourced data -- mapped.
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CuePrompter

Utility Converts your browser into a teleprompter.
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Dipity

Interactive A date-driven timeline with some flexibility.
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Dropbox

Utility A free service to store your photos, docs, and videos and share them.
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easel.ly

Design Create custom infographics via browser.
Site | Video

EtherPad

Utility Awesome, simple collaboration tool. Sync.in | TypeWith.Me | PiratePad

Evernote

Utility Find your notes on any computer, phone or whatever.
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FlixTime

Video Upload images, video and audio for a quick, flashy video.
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Foursquare

Misc. The current leader in geolocation games.
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freze.it

Utility Take nearly any webpage and create an archive.
Site | Example

FX

Interactive A browser-based Flash Effect Generator.
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GeoCommons

Interactive Visual analytics through maps.
Site | Example

GoAnimate

Video Make your own animated videos.
Site | Example

Fusion Tables

Interactive Visualize and publish data tables online.
Site | Example

Goggles

Misc. Instead of using words, take a picture to search.
Site | Example

GoogleVoice

Utility Own your phone number - for free.
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hackpad

Utility Edit, organize and share docs. "The Best Wiki Ever."
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HandBrake

Utility Open source, multiplatform video transcoder.
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HootSuite

Utility Social Media dashboard for teams.
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Hoppala

Misc. Platform for mobile augmented reality applications.
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IFTTT

Utility "Put the internet to work for you" with recipes.
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infogr.am

Design Create interactive infographics.
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iRig Recorder

Audio Make quality recordings on your iPhone, iPod, iPad.
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JellyCam

Video Make your own stop-motion videos.
Site | Demo

jQuery

Misc. Awesome interactives.
Site | Example

Kaywa

Misc. Generate QR codes.
Site | QArt | Apps

kurrently

Utility Real-time search engine for Facebook and Twitter.
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Layar

Misc. Augmented-reality tool.
Site | Example

LiveShare

Photo Fast, easy group photo (and soon file) sharing.
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Livestream

Video Broadcast from your desktop.
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Let me Google that for you

Misc. Smart-ass tool.
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Many Eyes

Design Data-driven graphics made easy.
Site | Example

Meetings.io

Misc. Effortless video meetings. Embeddable.
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MeetWays

Utility Easily find a halfway point between two locations.
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Meograph

Interactive Storytelling with time and location.
Site | Example

OpenBook

Misc. Facebook isn't private.
Site | Alt Site

PhotoPeach

Photo Slideshows with audio and text — fast.
Site | Example

PhotoSynth

Photo A collective, VR experience.
Site | Ex: 1 | 2 | Video

PicFog

Photo Real-time photo results.
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Pixlr

Photo Browser-based photo editing.
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Pligg

Interactive Create your own Digg site.
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Pligus

Utility Communication and collaboration for groups.
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PodOmatic

Audio "Podcasting made simple."
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Poll Everywhere

Interactive SMS, Web and other polling tools.
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Pollmo

Interactive Super simple polling application.
Site | Example

PopcornMaker

Video Enhance video with content from the Web.
Site | Example

Prezi

Interactive An alternative to boring PowerPoints.
Site | Example

Protovis

Design Free, open-source Web-native visualization.
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Quora

Misc. Crowdsourcing questions and answers.
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realtime

Utility What's trending on Internet based on Bitly.
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SoundCloud

Audio Easily create, edit, chare, mix audio.
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SoundGecko

Misc. Convert any text story into an MP3.
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SoundSlides

Photo "Ridiculously easy" audio slideshows.
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Storify

Interactive Curating social media sources..
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Stroome

Video Browser-based, collaborative video editing.
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Survey Monkey

Interactive Easy, simple surveys - for cheap.
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Tableau Public

Design Create and publish interactive data visualizations.
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TalkShoe

Audio Browser-based studio for calling-in podcasts.
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ThingLink

Interactive Make your images more interactive.
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Timeglider

Interactive Web-based timeline software for creating.
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Timeline

Interactive Beautifuly designed timeline presentation.
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Tinychat

Misc. Chatrooms with A/V.
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tlbox

Misc. A toolbox for Web designer/developers.
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Topsy

Misc. Real-time search for the social web.
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TripIt

Utility Trip planner keeps all of your travel plans in one spot.
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TripWow

Photo Quick way to make fun slideshows.
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TweetDeck (Air)

Utility Favorite desktop Twitter client.
Site | Air

Twitter Advanced Search

Utility Best way to find tweets.
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UStream

Video Cross-platform live streaming application.
Site | Example

visual.ly

Design Community to create, share infographics and dataviz.
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Vokle

Video Platform to broadcast townhall-style events.
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Vuvox

Interactive Browser-based, Multimedia collage tool.
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Vyclone

Video Crowdsource multi-camera videos via mobile.
Site | Video

W3Schools

Education Free tutorials on Web development (not the best).
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WebPlatform

Education Community building resources for a better Web.
Site | Tutorials

Webstagram

Utility Search Instragram easily.
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Weebly

Misc. Websites made easy.
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WeVideo

Video Collaborative, mobile/online video editing.
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WidgetBox

Interactive A collection of widgets.
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Wordle

Design Generate "word clouds" from text that you provide.
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Writer

Utility Stay focused with the "Internet typewriter."
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xtranormal

Video Text-to-animation application.
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Zamzar

Utility Change audio, video, images and doc formats.
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ZeeMaps

Interactive Create and share interactive maps.
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Zite

Misc. iPad magazine "that gets smarter as you use it."
Site | Video