T214 &Useful Links 11 Feb 2011 03:12 pm
Gettin’ Gliffy With It
Needed to draw a spray diagram for TMA01 on T214 – there may well be a tool for this on the Course Software CD, but a) I haven’t looked at that yet, b) at home I’m a Mac user and they usually don’t support us too well, and c) while I do some work on the office Windows PC when things are quiet, I can’t install things on it without invoking the wrath of the IT Gods. So I needed a web app that could do the trick.
Enter Gliffy. It’s a “freemium” diagramming web app – and, for what I’ve been using it for the past few days, it’s pretty darned good. “Freemium” refers to the business method of letting users have free access to certain levels of a tool & charging them for more advanced ones – in Gliffy’s case, it’s the groupwork and collaboration tools that come with a price tag. For basic use drawing spray diagrams and the like for TMAs, the free option is perfectly good enough. Could have used this when I was doing M359 (SQL), I can tell you…
on 21 Feb 2011 at 15:49 1.rutty said …
It looks really useful. Will install it on my iMac at home when I get a chance and give it a go
on 23 Mar 2011 at 02:32 2.Mary said …
You can also try out LucidChart. Even on the free accounts, you can make unlimited number of diagrams and invite a couple collaborators to edit with you in real-time.