Files Available For Downloading
This page contains links to files available for download from QD Information Services. These files are being made available for your personal non-commercial use. Unless otherwise noted, the files are in pdf format.
QD Information Services brochure describing our services.
PodChapter Exporter Now Available!
PodChapter Exporter is a drag and drop application that will take an enhanced AAC podcast file (those having a m4a or m4b file extension) usually created with Garageband and will extract the chapter titles, the links and the time codes and export them into html for creating shownotes. This software is donationware and if you find it helpful it is requested you donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society using the link in the application. Note that PodChapter Exporter requires Quicktime be installed to work properly.
Example output:
www.qdinformation.com/searching
searching@qdinformation.com
00:00 Searching the Internet
01:37 About Ed Vawter
02:08 Exalead
03:04 Google
04:10 Ask
05:03 Yahoo
06:18 About RSS
10:02 Yahoo
11:13 Fagan Finder
11:59 FeedForAll
12:31 Feeder
HTML:
www.qdinformation.com/searching< BR>
searching@qdinformation.com< BR>
< BR>
00:00: < A HREF="http://www.qdinformation.com/searching/">Searching the Internet< /A>< BR>
01:37: < A HREF="http://www.qdinformation.com/searching/about/">About Ed Vawter< /A>< BR>
02:08: < A HREF="http://www.exalead.com">Exalead< /A>< BR>
03:04: < A HREF="http://www.google.com">Google< /A>< BR>
04:10: < A HREF="http://www.ask.com">Ask< /A>< BR>
05:03: < A HREF="http://search.yahoo.com">Yahoo< /A>< BR>
06:18: About RSS< BR>
10:02: < A HREF="http://search.yahoo.com">Yahoo< /A>< BR>
11:13: < A HREF="http://www.faganfinder.com/blogs">Fagan Finder< /A>< BR>
11:59: < A HREF="http://www.feedforall.com">FeedForAll< /A>< BR>
12:31: < A HREF="http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/index.html">Feeder< /A>< BR>
Coming Soon
The following files will be available soon for downloading.
Finally, Scifinder is Native for Mac OS X
Chemistry
Better Designs for Optimization of Organic Processes (PDF, 488 KB). This poster was presented at the 10th International Conference on Organic Process Research and Development in Vancouver, BC Canada 13-16 July 2004.
What Every Chemist Should Know About Patents (PDF, 1.1 MB). This is available from the American Chemical Society website but is difficult to find so I've made it available for download here.
Thermal Hazard Potential Spreadsheet (XLS, 12 KB). This Excel spreadsheet allows you to enter a chemical formula and then calculates the thermal harzard potential based on the oxygen balance for that compound.
Proton NMR Chemical Shifts of Common Lab Chemicals (XLS, 20 KB). This is an Excel spreadsheet of NMR chemical shifts of various common lab chemicals in various NMR solvents. From the J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 7513.
Carbon NMR Chemical Shifts of Common Lab Chemicals (XLS, 16 KB). This is an Excel spreadsheet of NMR chemical shifts of various common lab chemicals in various NMR solvents. From the J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 7513.
Recent Publications
Below are recent articles you might find interesting.
Macintosh Toolbars (PDF, 1.8 MB) This article discusses various toolbars available for Macintosh web browsers. [This article orginally appeared in Searcher, vol. 13 issue 3 March 2005 page 18, a publication of Information Today, Inc. 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 USA Phone (609) 654-6266 http://www.infotoday.com].
Science.gov v 3.0 (PDF, 416 KB) This article discusses recent changes to Science.gov. [This article orginally appeared in Searcher, vol. 14 issue 3 March 2006 page 35, a publication of Information Today, Inc. 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 USA Phone (609) 654-6266 http://www.infotoday.com].
RSS Explosion in Chemistry (PDF, 3.9 MB) an article on RSS feeds being added to the American Chemical Society website and the Royal Chemical Society with the table of contents from their journals. [This article orginally appeared in Searcher, vol. 14 issue 3 March 2006 page 35, a publication of Information Today, Inc. 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 USA Phone (609) 654-6266 http://www.infotoday.com].
Recent Presentations
How the FDA Affects Drug Development (PDF, 412 KB) presented to the local ACS section in Portland, OR on March 9, 2006.
RSS: What Is It and What Is It Good For? (PDF, 520 KB) presented at the 2005 annual conference of the Association of Independent Information Professionals in Tucson, AZ, Apr 15, 2005.
The DNA of RSS (PDF, 2.8 MB) presented at the 2006 annual conference of the Association of Independent Information Professionals in Coral Gables, FL, Apr 22, 2006.
