Multimedia aggregation point
December 11th, 2008 by davidw
Apture, a free app I’ve been using on this site for many months, enriches links. You select a phrase in your blog and click the magic button, and Apture suggests links to you from multiple sources and in multiple formats. You select the ones you want, and Apture then puts a link in your post that, when clicked, pops up the selected info, and will play even play the selected video or whatever that. For example, here’s an Apture link that will display info about Madonna that I’ve selected.
Now Apture has done a special data collection for Congresspeople. Great idea. In this sample from the Washington Post, Click on the little Congressional dome next to the linked Congressperson’s name to see an example.
