I've been posting like crazy (here and over at thomas 2.0 - The Blog) about some neat tools which might be of interest to genea-bloggers:
- a great new search aggregator called Joomgel
- an easy way to make screen captures or quote web pages using Kwout
- analyze your blog writing style using Typealyzer or Genderanalyzer
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Now GenderAnalyzer - Who Writes Your Blog?
As if Typealyzer were not enough, there is a new writing style analyzer called GenderAnalyzer.
The premise of GenderAnalyzer is to determine if a blog has been written by a man or a woman. It uses artificial intelligence looking at only the homepage to make this determination.
Well, my main genealogy blog, Destination: Austin Family is supposedly written by a female, or perhaps by a male who is in touch with his "feminine voice." Hmmmmm. I'm not sure whether my masculinity should be offended or if I should just see my writing style as "gender neutral" as the analysis states.
My other blogs, I am happy to report, express the extent of my masculine writing style:
- The Graveyard Rabbit of New York Rural Cemeteries: 95% written by a man
- thomas 2.0 - The Blog: 78% written by a man(perhaps it is the technical content)
- Biglaw 2.0 - 83% written by a man
That puts me in line to be the Ernest Hemingway of the Genea-Bloggers I guess!
As for this blog, Facebook Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers, the rating is 93% written by a man. Since this blog is the work of several authors, both male and female, I wonder if that rating would change depending upon who has written the latest post?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Typealyzer: Analyze Your Blog's Writing Style
Check out Typealyzer to have your blog's writing style analyzed and pegged to a specific personality type similar to those used on the Myers Briggs tests.
See if you agree with the results and if so, you can then make a small tweak to the HTML code in your blog template and then add the widget displaying your Typealyzer badge.
Over at Destination: Austin Family I was pegged as a "practical," a "doer" or an "adventurer" which is basically ESTP (Extravert Sensing Thinking Perceiving).
So what does your blog writing style say about you?
See if you agree with the results and if so, you can then make a small tweak to the HTML code in your blog template and then add the widget displaying your Typealyzer badge.
Over at Destination: Austin Family I was pegged as a "practical," a "doer" or an "adventurer" which is basically ESTP (Extravert Sensing Thinking Perceiving).
So what does your blog writing style say about you?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Some Tech-Related Posts of Interest to Genea-Bloggers
I've been posting like crazy over at thomas 2.0 - The Blog about several technology items that will be of interest to Genea-Bloggers:
- do you know what a dying hard drive sounds like? Now you can help decipher the voices in your computer using a set of five MP3 files to assist in diagnosing a hard drive about the buy the farm
- have you ever wanted to learn the language of your ancestors or are you planning a research trip overseas and need to pick up a few phrases? Check out Free Language Learning Podcasts
- if you've wanted to test drive Adobe Photoshop or any of the other elements of Adobe Creative Suite 4, you can download a free, full-powered 30-day trial at Adobe's website.
- do you know what a dying hard drive sounds like? Now you can help decipher the voices in your computer using a set of five MP3 files to assist in diagnosing a hard drive about the buy the farm
- have you ever wanted to learn the language of your ancestors or are you planning a research trip overseas and need to pick up a few phrases? Check out Free Language Learning Podcasts
- if you've wanted to test drive Adobe Photoshop or any of the other elements of Adobe Creative Suite 4, you can download a free, full-powered 30-day trial at Adobe's website.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tabbloid - Generate A PDF Newsletter of Blog Feeds
Tabbloid is a web-based application that allows you to generate a PDF newsletter using feeds from your favorite blogs. Tabbloid is one of those discoveries that you wonder how you ever did without it.
As for uses, there are a myriad that I can think of:
- it would allow me to catch up on blog posts when I am away for an extended period of time. I could go to a business center at a hotel and print off pages or just download them to my laptop to read later
- it is great for producing newsletters for your friends and family who aren't into blogs or blog readers but have an interest in news on certain topics
- if you manage a society or an association, such as The Association of Graveyard Rabbits, it would be an easy way to generate a weekly wrap up of posts.
While this service seems to be fairly new, one limitation I've found: I can only generate one newsletter per email address. If I wanted several different newsletters, say based on different topics, I'd have to use different e-mail addresses.
Here's how you can get started using Tabbloid:
1. Go to the Tabbloid website at http://www.tabbloid.com/. Click Get Started.
2. In the Add A Feed URL: field, enter the address of one of your favorite blogs. Click Add. A confirmation message will appear. Click OK.
3. Continue adding addresses. You may receive a message that a feed could not be found for a specific blog:
4. In that case, go to the blog and see if you can find the exact feed address (for a blog using Feedburner it would being with http://feeds.feedburner.com/...). Use that address and you will likely receive a confirmation message.
5. Once you have selected all the feeds, enter the delivery information under Delivery Options. You will receive an email from Tabbloid to confirm your email address prior to your first delivery. Make sure you click Save Delivery Options when finished.
6. If you want to generate an immediate copy of the newsletter, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Generate Current Issue Now.
7. Depending upon the number feeds, the generation process may take a few minutes. Once finished, the print dialog using your default printer will appear. You can opt to print a hard copy or just click Cancel.
8. A PDF copy will appear on screen when finished:
As for uses, there are a myriad that I can think of:
- it would allow me to catch up on blog posts when I am away for an extended period of time. I could go to a business center at a hotel and print off pages or just download them to my laptop to read later
- it is great for producing newsletters for your friends and family who aren't into blogs or blog readers but have an interest in news on certain topics
- if you manage a society or an association, such as The Association of Graveyard Rabbits, it would be an easy way to generate a weekly wrap up of posts.
While this service seems to be fairly new, one limitation I've found: I can only generate one newsletter per email address. If I wanted several different newsletters, say based on different topics, I'd have to use different e-mail addresses.
Here's how you can get started using Tabbloid:
1. Go to the Tabbloid website at http://www.tabbloid.com/. Click Get Started.
2. In the Add A Feed URL: field, enter the address of one of your favorite blogs. Click Add. A confirmation message will appear. Click OK.
3. Continue adding addresses. You may receive a message that a feed could not be found for a specific blog:
4. In that case, go to the blog and see if you can find the exact feed address (for a blog using Feedburner it would being with http://feeds.feedburner.com/...). Use that address and you will likely receive a confirmation message.
5. Once you have selected all the feeds, enter the delivery information under Delivery Options. You will receive an email from Tabbloid to confirm your email address prior to your first delivery. Make sure you click Save Delivery Options when finished.
6. If you want to generate an immediate copy of the newsletter, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Generate Current Issue Now.
7. Depending upon the number feeds, the generation process may take a few minutes. Once finished, the print dialog using your default printer will appear. You can opt to print a hard copy or just click Cancel.
8. A PDF copy will appear on screen when finished:
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