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July 20, 2007
Flash drive applications
If you're like me, you bring your flash drive everywhere. Excuse me, flash drives. As long as you're hauling data around, you may as well bring some applications with you too--especially if you're taking your flash drive to different computers that aren't necessarily yours. Found via Tara Calishain's ResearchBuzz, this list of free applications that will run off of your flash drives is an excellent resource. I think it would be a great list to share with your library users as well--especially those who use the library's computers. As Tara suggests, I concur that you should read their About page to see what is defined as portable (e.g. what your flash drive has to be able to do to run these buggers.)
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With the added security measures that have been implemented with the privacy laws I-Flapp has taken extra measures to ensure that there are no traces left behind from one computer to the other. I am able to carry my home desktop to my work, and vice versa with ease. It is the best portable app I have come across.
Posted by: suzanlawrence | November29, 2007
Great concept, but for all you Mac users - these are mostly (if not all) Windows-based.
Nick
Posted by: Nick | July25, 2007
I have found that U3 enabled flash drives can be awkward. Most of the patrons don't want or use the U3 the programs and want to just use the flashdrive as a storage device. This can be accomplished by bypassing the silly autorun run by pressing and holding the shift key while inserting the device. Sadly the nifty software will not work but at least the device is functional.
Posted by: | July23, 2007
I would recommend portableapps.com because it is a very simple suite of office products. We purchased flash drives to sell to the public, since many of our computers do not have both floppy and CD drive. It has been very successful.
I got the tip from jessamyn west's presentation at ALA, http://www.librarian.net/stax/2076/socially-portable-my-contribution-to-the-bigwig-showcase/.
Posted by: Jeff | July22, 2007
I just helped--in vain--a patron with a thusly enhanced flash drive. Alas, the security devices installed by IT on our OPACs thwarted any and all attempts to make them work.
For our environment, I recommend web-based applications.
Posted by: Ed Maurer | July21, 2007
