Some Links Collected from the NewsTools 2008 Conference

Submitted by kahley on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 00:57.

One of the coolest things I experienced at the conference was the onslaught of interesting and relevant projects, websites and startups mentioned in the break-out sessions. Here are some of the links that I collected from various discussions at the NewsTools 2008 conference.

Microformats (web-based metadata-formatting)

OpenID (open source metadata platform)

SIMILE project at MIT (seeks to enhance inter-operability among digital assets, schemata/vocabularies/ontologies, metadata, and services)

OrgNet (social network analysis software and services)

Archive.org (not-for-profit internet library)

CurrentTV (Al Gore’s collective online-to-television media project)

Daylife (News, image, and quote aggregator)

All Voices (open news, image, discussion aggregator organized graphically by location or catergory)

TubeMogul (online video analytics and distribution)

ooVoo (video conferencing and IM application)

Yahoo Live (allows users to broadcast video in real time)

Mogulus (live online video switcher and streaming tool)

Operator11 (live online video switcher and streaming tool)

Citizen Media Law Project (law guide for citizen media creators with or without formal legal training)

Kiva (transparent lending platform to 3rd world entrepreneurs)