Archive for July, 2007
CIL 2008
July 9th, 2007The call for presenters is out. I will be there with bells on. Will you? How about submitting a presentation?
They Compare
July 9th, 2007Jill Stover - “Whether consciously or not, patrons are always comparing you to your competitors and asking themselves how you’re different from them.”
I love everything Jill publishes. If you don’t subscribe to her blog, what are you waiting for? She has taught me a lot over the past few years.
Commenting R.I.P.
July 9th, 2007Chris Pirillo: “Blog comments are… just about dead.” - I tend to agree with Chris. Then again, I always agree with Chris.
Top 10 useful Yiddish words
July 9th, 2007If you have ever hung out with me at a bar, you know that I use some of these words. Totally true and worthy of a read. (via)
Steve Matthews Goes Solo
July 8th, 2007Good luck on the new gig Steve. I’m sure you will soar to new heights.
In A Handbasket
July 8th, 2007Newsday: “Andrew Keen is convinced the Internet is sending us all to hell”
Vacation
July 8th, 2007We spent a week in Florida, visiting Disney, Miami, and various other places. A blast was had by all. Flickr set here.
MIT is Del.icio.us
July 8th, 2007The MIT libraries is using del.icio.us to update their virtual reference page. Easy cheesy. (via)
Unofficial Google Advanced Search
July 8th, 2007Suweeeeet! Bookmarked. (via)
PR[e]SS Releases
July 8th, 2007Tara teaches us how to use Google News to monitor press releases via RSS.
Blogiversary Wishes
July 8th, 2007Congrats on 2 years of blogging Mr. Abram.
Wikis in Plain English
July 8th, 2007Click To Play
Brilliant!
Liberrrians
July 8th, 2007Flickr set of lots of librar* pics/comics.
Ah - they come from John Hubbard, who recently updated his essay. Cool!
Best Reaction to Silly NYT Article
July 7th, 2007On Twitter, Jennpb.
Use-A-Bility
July 7th, 2007New York Times: “Sometimes there is a huge disconnect between the people who make a product and the people who use it.”
Power to the Readers
July 7th, 2007Ken Jennings: “The Internet is letting me down”
So, he asks his readers to help out.