Archive for May, 2004
A few weblog research papers
May 31st, 2004I’m going to have to study these a bit further, but here are a few peer-reviewed papers on weblogs that came out of the International Symposium on Online Journalism Synposium held in April:Blog, Blog, Blog: Experiences with web logs in journalism classes [PDF]
Eric M. Wiltse, Senior Lecturer, University of Wyoming
“This ethnographic educational evaluation examines how [...]
Technology’s Time Compression
May 31st, 2004Interesting article from Fast Company entitled, “Technology’s Time Compression”:“Time compression is the driving force behind many lifestyle changes. Just 15 years ago, most people, when asked how they were doing, would say “good.” Today’s answer is much more likely, “busy.” The state of mind has become a state of time.”“People used to plan sending [...]
See Me, Blog Me
May 31st, 2004A neat article from Time on “vlogs” or video blogs:“Boston-based music-video producer Steve Garfield, 46, is no ordinary blogger. Instead of simply posting his thoughts online in a chatty weblog like millions of others around the world, he links a Canon GL2 digital video camera to his laptop and uploads short clips of protest rallies, [...]
Ask Jeeves Weblog
May 30th, 2004It’s unofficial, but you can now get updated information on Ask Jeeves via the Ask Jeeves Weblog. Yes, there is a feed. (link via Syndic8)
iFeedYou
May 30th, 2004I just subscribed to my first non-english RSS Feed. iFeedYou seems well worth the language barrier. Half of the RSS resources that it points to are in english. Apparently, they used to have the feed in english, but it is inactive at this time. Oh well.
Fyuze
May 30th, 2004I’ve been thrilled with Feed on Feeds (and will write up a lengthy review soon, I promise) mostly because I have almost total control over it. Most importantly, it’s on my server (well, Blake’s). Today (via Del.icio.us) I came across Fyuze:“Fyuze is a “news aggregator,” a program that automatically collects information so that [...]
Most popular NYTimes stories at Blogsnow
May 29th, 2004Andreas is doing some great work over at Blogsnow. You can now see the most popular stories from the New York Times. The database is updated daily. While there are other “what’s popular in the blogosphere” resources, I don’t believe that they have the ability to limit by resource and list them [...]
Great Quote
May 29th, 2004Talking about permission marketing in the Industry Standard as a guest blogger, Seth Godin writes:“The ironic thing is that Permission (the real thing) is working better than ever, but only when it has stuff like RSS to get through the filters that are springing up all over the place. The selfish spammers have peed [...]
Another RSS jobs site
May 29th, 2004RSS-Job-Feeds.org - There is no search mehcanism here (unlike RSS Jobs) but you can break down the lengthly list by location or job type. Semi-impressive. There is no “about” page, so I don’t know where the job ads come from, but I clicked on three random ones, which led me to Career Builder. [...]
Guardian site to expand RSS services
May 29th, 2004According to dot.journalism, the Guardian is planning on releasing more RSS Feeds soon:“The Guardian is planning to launch more XML-based services in the next few months, adding to the news feed services the site already provides to both commercial clients and individual readers.”“At the moment we do not have XML feeds for anything other than [...]
More Google
May 27th, 2004I just installed More Google and was thrilled with the results. With it, you get:See page preview thumbnails
“Open in New Window” Button
Get accurate site access statistics (via Alexa)
Retrieve older versions of a site (via the Internet Archive)
Find more related web sites (via Alexa)
It’s Free. (link via Del.icio.us)Oh, there is also a blog for updates.
BlogShares - Libraries Industry
May 27th, 2004I’m not into Blogshares (no time, plus I find it boring - I should get my brother involved though), but I found the Libraries Industry section a little interesting. I figured that since I was there, I would also click over to my weblog share information and it looks like my value has gone [...]
Coming Soon - the Death of Search Engines?
May 27th, 2004If you haven’t yet read Rita Vine’s article enitled Coming Soon - the Death of Search Engines? over at LLRX, stop what you are doing and read it. Every word. I’d put in my usual quotable paragraphs, but every one is worth sharing. So, go read it. Now.
Medical News Feeds
May 27th, 2004Medical Weblogs is a community-based online aggregator for the medical profession, with sub-categories. Great work. I think the next version of LISFeeds (remember that?) should have something like this. We can break down the feeds into categories: student library blogs, academic library blogs, public library blogs, etc (and of course, have RSS [...]
IP address via RSS
May 27th, 2004Every now and then my IP address changes (it’s not static, plus every now and then I have to reset the router), so this tool will come in handy, as it will show changes in my IP address and lots of other neat stuff (DNS, etc) in my aggregator. I’ve subscribed. (link via [...]
Information Today Blogging at SLA
May 26th, 2004“The bloggers from Information Today, Inc. will be teaming up to bring you live blog coverage of the 2004 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, to be held June 5-10 in Nashville, Tennessee. To learn what’s new on the exhibit floor, to gain insights from conference session presenters, to gather a flavor of the SLA conference [...]
For Some, the Blogging Never Stops
May 26th, 2004As I was reading this article, I realized that I recognized the name Richard Wiggins. He was one of the keynote speakers at Internet Librarian 2003. And he has a blog. I also got a chuckle after reading the latter part of the article:“Some compulsive bloggers take their obligation to extremes, blogging [...]
Diocese of Oxford News Syndication
May 26th, 2004This is awesome!! The Diocese of Oxford is offering 3 RSS Feeds for their patrons. The first that I have seen from any religious organization. In addiiton, two parishes are syndicating the content on their own websites. Cool!! (link via del.icio.us)
My New “Job”
May 25th, 2004I spoke with Gary Price on the telephone yesterday afternoon for an hour. Our talk centered around search, librarianship, and other life-affirming activities. I’m glad we spoke. Having a real conversation over the phone or in person is much more personal than IM. Gary is a great guy and I’m pleased [...]
Blog session at Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium
May 25th, 2004The Family Man Librarian has a wrap-up of Darlene Fichter’s video-conference today on using weblogs as library marketing tools:“I particularly appreciated her emphasis on establishing an editor and/or editorial guidelines for library blogs to which more than one person contributes. This is exactly the kind of thing I have set up for my library and [...]
Kansas City Public Library RSS Feeds
May 25th, 2004I just got an IM from David King at from the Kansas City Public Library, who linked me to the RSS Feeds for the numerous subject guides that they have on their web site. Not only do they have the feeds, but they have an explanation on RSS, which is key. Congrats to [...]
More from Blogsnow
May 24th, 2004Blogsnow is now linking to the most popular Google searches I’ve been IMing with the creator of Blogsnow and he created a page for the most popular outbound library links from 293 library weblogs listed in the ODP, but it wasn’t even remotely interesting. I won’t even share the link.
Walt’s Blogging
May 24th, 2004I was playing around at LISNews yesterday (I know, I was bored - very bored) and found a new link to the Journal of Walt. Yes, that Walt.“With fear and loathing…
I’m still not ready for a weblog, but playing around with a “weblog lite” might make sense. Don’t expect loads of postings, and [...]
Bloggers to write books
May 24th, 2004After reading this article in the New Yorker, I wondered: Who will be the first library blogger to get a book deal? Probably none of us. We’re not exciting enough. But, you never know what could happen in this crazy world. A quote from the article:“Suddenly, books by bloggers will be a [...]
She’s put up with me for 5 years!!
May 23rd, 2004My wife and I celebrated our 5th anniversary with a trip to the north fork of Long Island. I’m testing out the the new photo-blogging feature in Blogger. Very easy and impressive.
Boogieplay
May 23rd, 2004I’ve mentioned Boogieplay in the past and still haven’t figured out exactly what is going on there, but they have added a few new features:1) You can do a search in Feedster, Blogdigger, or Waypath now. Not all three at the same time (that would be neat, though)2) You can create your own Feedlist, [...]
More on UWinnipeg Bloggers
May 23rd, 2004I’m not sure if most LS readers read the comments from the posts (they are available via RSS if you care to subscribe), so I’m going to repost a comment I received on the University of Winnipeg Library Blog Interest Group post from Sherri Vokey:“The University of Winnipeg Library began experimenting with BLOGs in earnest [...]
U of Winnipeg Library Blog Interest Group
May 22nd, 2004Geoff mentions that the University of Winnipeg Library has a Blogs special interest group:“The BLOGs (weB LOG) Special Interest Group serves as a forum for the discussion of the emerging utility and importance of BLOGs in educational settings.”This is a good idea, but in order to show library administrators how weblogs can enhance content delivery [...]
Resumes are for Dummies
May 21st, 2004A perfect article to add to my collection of “How Blogs Can Help Your Career” files, from Brenda Sandburg:“Forget want ads and recruiters. Bruce MacEwen has a new approach to job hunting: blogging.”“My motive is to increase my visibility among people interested in the management of big firms,” said MacEwen, who hopes one day to [...]
My vote against a Gay Marriage ban (well, not really)
May 21st, 2004It looks like a Tennessee Senator named Steve Cohen was the only one to vote against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages in the state. The vote was 28-1. Sheesh!!