During the meanwhile...

Greetings,

The Wolf is back again - after more time has passed than The Wolf had thought!

No great dramas in WolfLand, just keeping on with the day-to-day, work-a-day Wolf World.

Did manage a short holiday to Melbourne - as enjoyable a place as ever!

Though The Wolf did have an excuse for the travel - the intent to further educate the indexing side of the Wolf Mind!
Yes, you know those useful things in the back of books and magazines, or on the web (where you usually can't see them), that help you locate the information you seek!

That's right - most of the time it is done by clever human types - with a great eye for detail, terrific information analysis skills and a quick wit. This is all too often needed, as in the publishing world, for instance, the index may be the last task pre-assembly for printing and the most likely to have a scarily short time frame.

So next time you're looking up that encyclopaedia entry, recipe, history or book review - spare a thought for the (usually anonymous) creator of those last pages.

Want to know more - Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers and/or the international links page at Society of Indexers (UK) website.

A little light relief

Welcome back to the Wolf's blog.

Been a few of those weeks work-wise, so a little light relief of the LOL kind is required...

You see - even kittens know the value of their - hardcopy - Ency Brits !!

Arrr!! It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day !

Couldn`t let such an auspicious tide go past without addin' a quick piratical post - from Th' Wolf o' Th' Seas !

Be havin' a great tide all ye wannabes an' may th' seas swallow any o' th' real ones!

and...

Happy Birthday James!

Scrappy times

Well, as much as the Wolf has a conscientious objection to the idea of scrapbooking - the possibilities of the needless destruction of original and irreplaceable photos (less of a worry these digital days)... but now you can safely scrap away in a virtual manner!
Definitely need plenty of time - uploading pics, selecting decals and stickers, etc - will take a while.
A nifty and more decorative way to share photos of any occasion, especially with distant friends and it is another useful app eg. to use for the production of marketing/promotion materials.
So try Scrapblog - it's fun and free;
Here's one I came up with to try it out: http://www.scrapblog.com/6946b50947/086C21D5-B9D0

Not a Jott!

As this tool is only available to folks in the US of A, the Wolf is not too fussed by its absence here. Jott.com is a combined alerting service where you can use voicemail to the service to generate 'notes to self', calls/notes to others, etc - eg. one can phone jott, record a voicemail which can then generate a text/email that is sent to one or several. I'd have to admit that this broadcast function could be useful - if you didn't have a chance to text/email a message yourself (which would probably take the same - or less - time!) It has a variety of other features to play with, but if you need to phone a service, record a voicemail, receive a text and email to remind yourself to buy milk on the way home... you really need to take a break from technology !

Animoto sample

For your viewing pleasure !

Getting Animoto-ed

Another in the range of cool tools selected by the Wolf!
Be your own director, producer, sound editor & cinematographer all in one. There's a free acount option so you can add your images, choose or add the music and let Animoto mix you up a video clip. The Wolf made a (not really) quick sample, as you can see here. (Took a bit of time to sort, find, upload photos, edit plus the 3 steps saving the video-as-you-go were a bit slow - but likely that was the computer and the traffic in the ether!) Did highlight one good tip - prepare a dedicated folder with your selected pics in your photohost for each video you plan to make - only need about 10 pics for the 30 sec video, though it won't necessarily use them all. Liked the 'remix' option - where you can change the way the graphics morph to have a new video - without losing the original.
You can then send your creation to a blog, by email to friends, to YouTube, etc.
Certainly fun and a great new twist on a slide night!