Archive for May, 2007
Walt on Meebo Rooms
May 31st, 2007You would think that Walt has paid me off with a copy of his latest book in return for my blogging about him so much lately, but I just had to link to his post on the spam that getting into Meebo Rooms, plus reprint this quote:
“Postscript at the next coffee break: A new [...]
Joomla Stress
May 31st, 2007Eased by Tao and his great community resource.. I concur with the Flickr post. Tao is a genuine, smart, and eager to share his knowledge. Plus, he’s funny. Very funny.
Hearings on Civil Liberties in Congress
May 31st, 2007This certainly is good news. The Patriot Act will be discussed as it applies to the Freedom to Read. (via)
Griffey on Mahalo
May 31st, 2007Jason Griffey blogs about Mahalo, citing case law. Go Griffey Go!
If A Library Goes Tech, But Nobody Uses It…
May 31st, 2007…is a question that this article initially brings up. Marketing is key. Think of all of those expensive and underutilized databases.
More on Anti-Dewey
May 30th, 2007Emily Clasper shares some of her thoughts on the topic of the day.
Oy Vey Six Apart!
May 30th, 2007LiveJournal users are revolting against Six Apart. Can’t say I blame ‘em. Educating our children about the bad stuff they find on the Internet is the key. Taking the bad stuff away is not a good idea. I wonder if they were threatened with a lawsuit.
Do You Zuula? How about Mahalo
May 30th, 2007I haven’t been much impressed with new search engines lately (heck even the “oldies” aren’t that great), but Zuula looks quite useful. If anything, it’s a decent way to compare results from across the board. I added it as my default FireFox search. We’ll see. (via)
Also, the Financial Times has a piece [...]
No Dewey For You
May 30th, 2007The times they are a changin’.
Walt on Conferences
May 29th, 2007As always, the latest C&I is worthy of a big ol’ File….Print. Just in time for a boring fun time at ALA Annual. Walt even writes about Twitter. I’m not surprised to see Walt absent from Twitting. Not his thing. That’s cool Walt. It’s not for everybody and I have totally stopped telling people that [...]
Chapter 15
May 29th, 2007With all the new Bankruptcy filings going on, we’re going to need a new number to use for e-mail. I picked 15 randomly. I declared chapter 15 this morning and started over by 9:30AM. Want to get in touch with me? Call me. Have you declared e-mail bankruptcy yet? [...]
Post to Twitter Directly from Firefox Address Bar
May 29th, 2007I’m going to install this extension when I get to the office. Lately, I’ve been enamored by Twitbin, bit posting directly from the FF address bar could be helpful if I just want to get a quick Tweet out there. We’ll see. (via).
FIOS Rawks
May 29th, 2007BusinessWeek has a piece on Verizon FIOS, which delivers speed very close to a T3. I had it installed a few months back and I’m in heaven. Web pages don’t load, they just appear. Movies up to 900 kbs stream without buffering. Hallie plays all of her games without any bandwidth [...]
Social Information Overload
May 28th, 2007Marry Hodder wants to know how to manage SIO. I just dumped a bunch of social stuff that I never used. My advice: Hold onto the core stuff. For me, it’s Twitter and Flickr. I’m not even on IM much anymore.
Dude, Sell the Books on E-Bay
May 28th, 2007Scary article on CNN about a bookstore owner burning 20,000 books he couldn’t give away.
Username and Password
May 28th, 2007This is too cute:
User Name And Password - Funny home videos are a click away
(via)
VIP Feeds and Getting Help.
May 25th, 2007That’s it!
I’m creating a folder of VIP feeds in Thunderbird. Why? Because I have so many feeds in my reader that I miss important ones like this from Michelle Boule. In it, she writes:
“I suppose the real point of writing this post is so that you, my readers and friends, would know [...]
Wiki Wiki Wiki
May 25th, 2007Does the library profession need yet another wiki? Or, do we need yet anothervblog post asking if the library profession needs yet another wiki? (via).
PR is Good
May 24th, 2007Nothing like a little PR for your new library blog.
Library dials up stories
May 24th, 2007What a great idea!
Forbidden. To. Use. Copy. Right.
May 23rd, 2007I met Alice Yucht today. We were talking before my presentation for Infolink and she asked if I had seen the following short film. I hadn’t. It’s hilarious!! Thanks Alice.
Caption This Photo
May 23rd, 2007
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Originally uploaded by amarcosphoto.
1) You see kids, Dewey is our friend.
2) Michael Stipe is one cool librarian. I’m so Twittering this.
I’m Still Tumbling
May 23rd, 2007I’m still linkblogging these days because I can’t put everything I read on here.
The Four Habits of Highly Effective Librarians
May 23rd, 2007I love this:
“All too often, librarians — like all human beings — do not listen to one another. In a well-meaning attempt to be proactive we may dutifully invite co-workers or subordinates to weigh in on how we might improve some aspect of our services. If they say things we have already thought of, or [...]
OMG! Our library is, like, so cool. Just ask my BFF!
May 23rd, 2007Some Sacramento library staff members don’t like that their buildings are turning into pop culture houses. NBD, I say. I’ll just get Jackass from Netflix. (via).
Happy Birthday Meredith Farkas
May 23rd, 2007“It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle dig, dig, dig.”
- Cole Porter - Dubarry Was a Lady
Hallie’s pre-school class is singing this song at their graduation. She [...]
Lots of K.Millers in this world
May 22nd, 2007This is too funny. I feel bad for the person who registered stevencohen [at] gmail [dot] com as he gets alot of my e-mails. It happened today as a matter of fact.
4 Million Twitter Users
May 22nd, 2007This has to be incorrect. 1000 new users every hour?
Convert Files to PDF via E-mail
May 22nd, 2007Here’s a neat PDF converter tool. Send an e-mail to pdf@koolwire.com and attach a file. It will then e-mail it back to you (mine came in 20 seconds) in PDF format. Much easier than PDFexpress. (via)
Anybody Want a Walt?
May 22nd, 2007Hey Walt! Know anything about servicing small to medium sized law firm libraries? Want to move to NYC? Call me.
Seriously, good luck to my long time friend and hero on his new job quest.