TimmiT Toolbox

Procurement Library – references and resources to help with procurement planning

Lexical Engineering Resources – tools for language and writing

Eclectic Engineering Resources – generally useful tools including free applications for everything else

Procurement Library

Editorial skills and rates:

Definitions of Editorial Skills – Editors' Association of Canada. Good for determining scope of work for an editing project.
Ready, Set... Charge! – Editing rates depend on many factors. This short TimmiT paper explores those factors. Good if you are an editor trying to decide how much to charge or if you are a customer trying to understand the value of editing services.

Tech writing: problem words with suggested alternatives

Office software: Apache Open Office – office productivity software compatible with Microsoft Office; free software download

Dictionaries:

Canadian Oxford Dictionary – 2nd edition
Merriam-Webster – US online dictionary and thesaurus
Oxford dictionaries and thesauri – in English
Oxford Dictionaries (Lexico) – online international and multilingual dictionaries
Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles – 2nd edition
Thesaurus.com – online synonyms and antonyms
Rhyme Zone – rhymes, synonyms...
Micropedia – microagressions and their impact
NGram Viewer – not actually a dictionary but useful for checking which alternate spellings of words are (and were) most current
Word frequency data – not actually a dictionary but useful for checking if common words are actually all that common; see especially the free data.
Procurement Glossary – from the Procurement School

Style guides:

Chicago Manual of Style – The online version of the printed reference book requires a subscription. However, if you have the printed version, you can search the index online for free.
The Canadian Style – Online version of the style guide used by some Canadian companies, organizations, and government agencies
Canada.ca Content Style Guide – Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
IEEE Editorial Style Manual – Style guide for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers publications, also used by others

French/English:

Language Portal of Canada – many English and French language tools
Termium Plus – Canadian French/English terminology database
ConjugArt – Conjugation of French verbs
Lexiques et vocabulaires – Specialized Canadian French lexicons
Le grand dictionnaire terminologique – Canadian French/English terminology database

US vs UK vs Canadian English:

Reading level, readability index, writing patterns:

Free TimmiT online applications (no installation required; run in browser):

Engineering calculator: Webscalp – unit conversions, map calculations, root finding, time and date calculations, and much more
Project timer: Remitimer – on-screen stopwatch keeps time even when computer is off
Countdown timer: Loffol – on-screen liftoff (countdown) timer with audible alarm
Alarm clock: Muralarum – on-screen alarm clock with audible alarm
Clock/calendar: LaCal – date and time with 3-month calendar
Alternate timezone clock: Emitime – simple display of time and date in selectable timezone
Clocks for time zones in Canada and Alaska, also UTC
Weather dashboard: getWX – graphical display of current weather plus forecast for Canadian locations
Security: Passap – password application to generate passwords for .htpasswd
Entities: Entitne – convert symbols and accented letters to HTML entities
Text: APE – generate blocks of filler text

XML/HTML entities:

Entitne – convert symbols and accented letters to HTML entities; free TimmiT online application
List of XML and HTML character entity references – symbols and accented characters
Entity references – long list, not all of which are supported by all systems
Emojipedia
Full Emoji List – Unicode
code charts – Unicode

HTML colours:

Code validation:

Link checking:

Text generators:

Lorem Ipsum – Lorem ipsum generator, useful for generating blocks of text for testing web pages or electronic publications
Aphabet Predictive Encoder (APE) – generates blocks of filler text similar to input text with a controllable level of similarity; free TimmiT online application

Letter frequency analysis:

Other:

Internetworking: WhatIsMyIPAddress – match IP addresses and domain names, check IPs blacklisted for spam, trace email, speed test...
Forms, graph paper: Printable Paper – for the occasions when computer applications just aren't suitable
History: TimmiT History Exploration Notebook (THENotebook.ca) – history and hiking in Yukon
Maps: TimmiT Info Maps for GPS (TIMaps.ca) – detailed Yukon maps for your GPS

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