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Marqueed

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Marqueed is a Web application that allows users to share image files and comment on and mark-up those image files.

Marqueed is useful for collaborating on images remotely. While numerous tools exist for commenting on and editing text with others online, fewer tools are available that allow users to comment on and edit images online. As the jobs of technical communicators expand beyond producing text—and as technical communication jobs move to remote workspaces—collaboration tools such as Marqueed become more valuable.

You can sign up for an account and begin using Marqueed on the product’s Web site.

Google Drive can be used in a similar fashion, but it is not designed specifically with discussing images in mind.

GoVisually is a similar Web application to Marqueed that has a few more features but with a less simple design and use.

Session Buddy

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Session Buddy is a plug-in for Google’s Chrome browser that allows users to save and label Internet “sessions,” which gather all windows and tabs that are open when the user saves using Session Buddy.

Technical Communicators often rely on numerous information sources while writing. Many tasks will require the same resources. Session Buddy allows users to save groups of resources with names that can be useful for technical communicators.

You can download Session Buddy from the Google Chrome App store.

Session Buddy only works in Chrome. However, other developers have produced similar products for other major browsers.

Session Manager is available on Firefox.

A different Session Manager is available on Internet Explorer.