Sharewood Picnic is Robin Good’s weekly basket of hand-picked goodies discovered and found in the last seven days; it includes new Web sites, software tools, and online resources that can further enable your ability to become effective independent publishers online.

You are welcome to test, download, and freely use any of the little gems listed here below. They are all powerful digital weapons to start more actively participating in the user-driven publishing revolution I am chronicling on this site.

This week, Sharewood delicacies include:

• RSS Aggregator
• RSS Updates Via Instant Messenger
• RSS Reader for non-technical users
• RSS Server-based Newsmastering engine
• Recently accessed files and folders tracking software
• Automatic Recommendation System
• Flash-based slideshow creator
• Visual map-based geo-tracking of your Web site visitors
• Reference video footage to GPS records
• Newest Webcam technology from Logitech

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