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The Mozilla project aims to preserve choice and innovation on the Internet.
Amongst other things, they produce packages such as the award-winning Firefox web browser and
Thunderbird e-mail software.
If you develop or maintain websites, check out Firefox's Web Developer toolbar - you might find it very useful.
We, at Small Spark, are proud Mozilla software users! Contact us if you would like some training on the Firefox or Thunderbird. -
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The OpenOffice.org project aims to "create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format".
The OpenOffice.org includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites.
Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.
We, at Small Spark, are proud OpenOffice users! Contact us if you would like some training on the OpenOffice suite. -
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SETwomen is a proposed new community, resource and voice for women in Science, Engineering and Technology at all stages in their career across academia, industry and enterprise.
Small Spark's Kath and Agnès have taken part in the SET women podcast that were held with nearly 40 women, based across the East of England to provide their insights on women in SET. -
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Here are links to some of interesting IT-related talks from the inspiring TED conference.
TED Talk - Anand Agarawala: BumpTop desktop is a beautiful mess
Anand Agarawala presents 'BumpTop', a fresh user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3D extreme. Enjoy!TED Talk - Mina Trott: Building a friendlier world through blogs
Mina Trott gives an interesting insight on her experience of blogging, both as an entrepreneur in that field and a blogger herself.
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IT can be used for crime, but it can also be used to fight it.
Immobilise is the worlds largest FREE register of possession ownership details and database of stolen property and blocked mobile phones. It is endorsed by all the UK Police forces and is the only system connected to the National Police Stolen Property Database. Registering your possesions on Immobilise not only greatly improves the chances of having your item returned but also helps identify criminals and reduce crime. -
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TiddlyWiki is a reusable non-linear personal web notebook. It is like a blog because it's divided up into neat little chunks, but it encourages you to read it by hyperlinking rather than sequentially.
We, at Small Spark, are finding that it is useful for information management - it's portable and text-based - and task lists.
It lets you link items to one another, which makes referencing easy.
Cambridgeshire's libraries have made a wealth of resources available to the public, which remains relatively ignored, be it on site, online and through its capable and friendly staff.
Check out its Learning Centres and the Camlearn website!
