When I’m working online or browsing the web I often see something interesting and want to share it, but it can be a very tedious process either capturing and sending a screen image or a short video sequence that I might want to record. Jing is an easy and free way to solve that problem.  It’s a downloadable application for Windows and Mac that sit on your desktop in the form of a very small half-sun at the top of the screen waiting for your use. When you see something you want to capture on the screen, you click the sun, then click capture and away you go.  Once you’ve grabbed the image or video sequence you’re given the option of sharing it by posting it the screencast.com site (you get 2 free gigabytes of storage) or send it to your Flickr or post it to your own ftp server for later use or sharing. You can also annotate the image with text and arrows to better explain your point. No matter where you post it, you’re rewarded with a URL that you can use to share via email, a blog, or a social network. I’ll the folks a Jing take a shot as you might use Jing.  Here’s a question from their FAQ.

How in the world am I ever going to use this thing called 'Jing'?

Think of Jing as a supplement to all your chat discussions, email threads, forum posts and blog entries. It sits nicely on your desktop, ready to capture and share your stuff at a moment's notice. Simply select an area of your screen, capture it as an image or record it as a video, and then click Share. Jing conveniently places a URL to your content which you can paste into any of your conversations.

Download Jing for Windows or Mac. <