Archive for November, 2006
FlickrLeech
November 13th, 2006Everyone say it with me.
Flickrleech, where have you been? You complete me.
What a great way to look at a good chunk of your Flickr pics on one page. If you’re like me and say, “Where did I store that freakin’ picture” often, Flickrleech may be helpful.
One Less Tab
November 13th, 2006Do you love Pandora but hatre having yet one more tab open while you work? Well, now there’s…well…it doesn’t have a name, but it’s creator calls it Wrapper Application For Pandora Running In Task Tray. Pretty self explanatory.
It rocks. I’m running it right now. Huzzzzah!
Now if someone could make on of [...]
Confabb
November 13th, 2006You know how we spend so much time trying to organize all the data flowing through the conferences we attend?
Welcome to Confabb, a new startup created by my former boss Salim Ismail and my old colleague Jon Mandell, both from PubSub. There’s a bunch of other people involved too.
Basically, it’s a conference [...]
2 Fun Weather Tools
November 12th, 2006They are predicting rain for the entire week here in NY. Should I take my umbrella to work? If you need help deciding, these two tools may help.
WeatherBonk is a neat mashup of the weather Channel, Google Maps, and other interesting tools such as webcams, seasonal weather, and more. Just throw in [...]
I Don’t Do Scoops
November 12th, 2006I usually don’t like it when someone sends me a link and asks to me blog about their product or tool. I have done it, but it’s very rare. Most of the time, it’s more fun for me to find cool stuff to blog about. I’m a librarian. I find stuff [...]
Del.icio.us Stuff
November 12th, 2006I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that the “library” tag is on the “tags to watch” section of the front page of del.icio.us. Huzzah!
The bad news? I get a big ol’ 404 when I try to access my del.icio.us bookmarks.
Fun with PhotoShow
November 12th, 2006It’s on mute by default. To hear the song, click the sound button.
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Props!
November 12th, 2006I forgot to mention this, but huuuuuge props to Newsgator for exhibiting at Internet Librarian.
As far as I know, the first RSS-specific company to exhibit at a library-specific conference.
YouTube course is a class act
November 8th, 2006The Sydney Morning Herald:
“So does exposing a bunch of 14-year-olds to the sometimes rough and raucous world of internet videos count as education?
Absolutely, says Stuart King, the Year 8 coordinator at the Melbourne private school, who is conducting the elective course. He sees it as a great example the so-called knowledge era learning that [...]
techXtra
November 8th, 2006techXtra looks really useful:
“TechXtra is a free service which can help you find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, thesis & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing.”
Read the rest of the About page. [...]
MapLib.net
November 8th, 2006I’m sure that tech savvy librarians will find creative uses of MapLib.net, which lets users upload an images and apply all of the cool G-Maps features to it, like those really cool virtual thumbtacks. (via)
Gear Up Your Research Guides with the Emerging OPML Codes
November 7th, 2006From the latest issue of Computers in Libraries:
“Think about your typical Web-based research guide: It’s a list of books, articles, and selected Web sites on a given topic. Such a guide is great for introducing users to a subject and pointing them to your library’s resources on that subject. But traditional research guides aren’t so [...]
New Job For Librarians?
November 7th, 2006From Wired:
“Using both site-scraping robots and good old-fashioned human detective skills, ReputationDefender promises to scour the internet — particularly social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Xanga and Flickr — for materials that could threaten the author’s employability once he reaches the professional world and its army of Google-savvy hiring managers.”
Librarians who love to do [...]
Maintain IT Project
November 6th, 2006Adam Wright (who blogs over at NTRLS) writes in about the Maintain IT Project. From the about page:
“Public access computers (PACs) are essential for giving communities access to the vast resources of the Internet. PACs in public libraries are often the only way for some individuals to find out about information, services, and resources [...]
The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump
November 6th, 2006So cool!!
The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump:
“From the bold to the beautiful, from the wicked to the wise, every day the Wikipedia team relegates possibly ‘inappropriate’ submissions to the garbage dump of time. Here, we make selected rejects immortal and preserve them for posterity.”
I’m totally subscribing! (via)
The Librarian
November 6th, 2006Spotted today just north of Times Square
Amberjack
November 6th, 2006Amberjack looks like a suweeeeeet site tour creator. I think I’ll use it for my next presentation, depending on how easy it is to set up. Seems simple enough. (via)
Go Topix! Go
November 6th, 2006TechCrunch has a piece on Topix, my favorite news engine. Here’s a few things to keep in mind:
“What does Topix offer that Yahoo! News and Google News don’t? A few things. When Topix relaunched in August, the company said its index had grown to include 50,000 news sources - 10 times more than the [...]
Library science examines future tech
November 6th, 2006Odd title, but a great piece about the future of library services from the Startan Daily. Stephen Abram is at the center of the article, as he should be.
What’s Hot in Social Softwr
November 5th, 2006I totally forgot to put up my presentation from IL titled, “What’s Hot in Social Softwr”.
Now, I don’t have to.
It’s been transcribed. Thanks Kate.
More Professional Changes
November 5th, 2006I’ve just announced on the PLA Blog that I’m resigning as co-manager. This was a very hard decision, but one that was necessary as my job is taking up a good chunk of time and I need whatever free time I have for other stuff. I’m so proud of what we accomplished for [...]
The New Meebo
November 5th, 2006Have you seen the new and improved Meebo? (Learn more at the Meeblog).
I’m lovin’ the chat popouts and the renaming features. Go Meebo Go.
If you are into alternative web-based chat services, I learned of Instan-T Express via Robin Good yesterday. Same concept as Meebo (and suprisingly similar looking), but there is a [...]
mypictr
November 3rd, 2006OK, mypictr is just too cool of an idea not to write about.
As many know, I love tools that allow me to edit pictures online. Well, mypictr has a nice social network piece that will edit any picture and fit it perfectly into any social network service like You Tube, My Space, and Flickr. [...]
Zamzar
November 3rd, 2006I’m basically a computer idiot.
I don’t know how to do most computer stuff. What I’m pretty good at is finding really cool stuff that makes life on the Web easier for idiots like me. I’m also darned good at helping people keep current.
Today Emily Chang link-blogged Zamzar, an online tool that lets users [...]
How To Save A Life
November 2nd, 2006I just drove over 10 hours during a 28 hour span (I had an amazing time speaking to the folks at the New Hampshire Library Association) and heard “How To Save A Life” around 10 times on various radio stations. The first time I heard it was in the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy [...]
Gmail Mobile
November 2nd, 2006I just downloaded the new Google Mobile app to my BlackBerry. Suweeeeeeeet!
Passing the Carnival torch
November 2nd, 2006How about a round of props for Greg Schwartz. He is a great guy who has done some amazing things for the library blogging community. Greg blogs today that he will no longer administer the Carnival.
And huge props to Chadwick Seagraves, who has taken over.
Chadwick, sign me up for hosting. Let’s keep [...]