Archive for July, 2007
One Place
July 16th, 2007Roy Tennant: “I still believe our users want to find everything they can on a topic in one place, with one search, rather than going from place to place puzzling out each new interface. Well, now finally that’s happening in a couple of interesting ways.”
We Still Read
July 16th, 2007BBC: “Contrary to popular belief, Britain may not be a nation of dumbed-down MP3-toting philistines who prefer computer games to the mind-expanding delights of a good book.” (via)
Similar Animals
July 16th, 2007Museum 2.0: “Is “Museum” a 4-Letter Word (for visitors)?”
If you hate or love the “L” word, this post will strike a chord.
LISNews News
July 16th, 2007Blake Carver: “[T]o help celebrate the 8th anniversary of LISNews (November 2nd) this year I plan to move LISNews onto Drupal”.
Good luck buddy. 8 Years! Wowza.
Why No “Blog This”?
July 16th, 2007Denise Howell asks: “Facebook finally has me using an aggregator after six years of finding them basically useless. It’s Google Reader. So now I have my first grumble: as part of the Google OS/empire, why doesn’t Reader have “Blog This” functionality with Blogger?”
I’m sure something can be hacked, but in the meantime, there’s the [...]
No More Harry?
July 15th, 2007From Ron Charles, of The Washington Post - “O, the shame of it: a 10-year-old girl and a book critic who had had enough of “Harry Potter.” We were both a little sad, but also a little relieved.”
More on DDCless Library
July 14th, 2007NYT - “The younger generation today is wired differently than people in my generation,” said Mr. Courtright, 69. “What that tells me is we as librarians have to look at how we present materials that we have for them the way they want it.”
Don’t Mess With Librarians
July 13th, 2007Or, just don’t use the computers in the library ig you don’t want to get caught..
Searches From Those With Strange Issues
July 13th, 2007Epiar - “These phrases are bizarre enough on their own, but what really makes me shake my head and wonder is imagining the situations these poor, unfortunate, confused people must find themselves in the first place.” (via)
The Wife Wants to Know
July 11th, 2007Barbie asks a question to MySpace.
I love it that she has all of her online networks. She’s much better at it than me. I’m way to lazy to use anything but Twitter and my blog.
Feedburner Feeds Galore
July 11th, 2007Great news for Blogger.com users.
More on Peter Lyman
July 11th, 2007From Jim at HangingTogether. I didn’t know Mr. Lyman personally, but his work definitely influenced mine.
Holy Crap
July 11th, 2007Doug Marlette was killed in a car crash yesterday. Life is so precious. Cherish it every second of every day.
Caption This Photo
July 11th, 2007
Inside World
Originally uploaded by Jon D.
1) Notice that I’m being careful not to bend the spine.
OR
2) This book is great. How is it that nobody has checked it out in 45 years?
Just Turn it Off
July 11th, 2007MIT Technology Review has an interview with Evan Williams. I love this little exchange:
“TR: Couldn’t that get annoying, to constantly get text-message updates about the minutiae of your friends’ days?
EW: You can stop following at any time. You just turn it off so it doesn’t get overwhelming.”
In the picture, Evan looks like Joey from [...]
Reading is FUNdamental
July 11th, 2007NYT: “In what has become near mythology about the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling, many parents, teachers, librarians and booksellers have credited it with inspiring a generation of kids to read for pleasure in a world dominated by instant messaging and music downloads.”
R.I.P Tree in Our Backyard
July 10th, 2007Stunning pictures taken by Barbie today after a tree in our yard fell. Thank goodness nobody was hurt. The Arborist is coming tomorrow to put it out of its misery. So sad.
ALA Publishes Press Release One Year in Advance
July 10th, 2007I know, I’m being a childish, but I couldn’t resist. Sorry ALA.
And yes, if ITI made this mistake, I would point it out too. I’m an equal opportunity child.
Google Reader Vs MyAOL Favorites
July 10th, 2007Mashable puts the two head to head and Google Reader wins by a landslide. No surprise there and I haven’t even tried MyAOL. That’s how good Google Reader is.
More Info Than The Current Administration
July 10th, 2007Computerworld - “What if there were a giant database that contained your hidden insecurities, embarrassing medical questions and the fact that you still think from time to time about your high school girlfriend? Well, such a data store does exist — if you’ve ever plugged such private topics into a search engine.” (via)
:-)
July 10th, 2007Yodel Anecdotal has an interview with the guy who invented the emoticon.
Future of Law Libraries
July 10th, 2007From Law Technology News via Law.com - “What does tomorrow hold? Increasingly, we will see more remote access and use of employees from around the world. We will have professional library functions performed off-site and centralized. These functions will encompass all areas of librarianship including research, cataloging/technical services, purchasing and the use of consortia. The [...]
R.I.P Peter Lyman
July 10th, 2007Article here from NYSun via the LA Times.
At Least This Guy Is Honest
July 10th, 2007Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder - “As far as I know, I am the first statewide elected official to use Twitter,” Kinder said. “And sometime in the near future, I am going to have to find out what Twitter is.”
Maybe More People are Depressed
July 10th, 2007On Cnn.com. What an unbelievably ignorant and Tom Cruise-like statement from Dr. Ronald Dworkin
“Doctors are now medicating unhappiness,” said Dworkin. “Too many people take drugs when they really need to be making changes in their lives.”
This is how stereotypes and invalid inferences are started and continued about the mentally ill. Am I better off [...]
2 Feed added to I Tumbld
July 10th, 2007My linkblog is still going strong. In fact, last night I added feeds for my Flickr and Twitter accounts.
Lots of good stuff on the linkblog over the past few days, including a pic of Katherine McPhee (sorry, I couldn’t help it).
No Books For You
July 10th, 2007Sun Sentinel: “Laura Lopez wants dozens of books removed from two Palm Beach County high school libraries because the contents address homosexuality, abortion, and atheism.”
Twittergramming
July 10th, 2007I just recorded a Twittergram from my phone and it was so freakin’ easy. Thanks Dave Winer for doing what you do.
For me a Twittergram is a voice mail I leave for all of my friends and hoping that they call me back. I feel like Charlie Brown.
Amazon Browsing
July 9th, 2007I’m more of an Amazon searcher, but if you like to browse, see this post from Read Write Web.
What Do Librarians Do?
July 9th, 2007Caveat Lector: “[T]he next time some brainless style reporter shows up to play image games. We say no. We say “you write about what I do at work, or you don’t call me a librarian in your article.”