Archive for April, 2008
Marketing. As Simple As….
April 25th, 2008My last post on marketing spurred some e-mails and comments, so I figured I would expand a bit. One question raised via e-mail was a general one with a simple answer.
How?
While the steps that I have taken over the years to market my abilities to attorneys is fine-tuned and a bit outside the box, [...]
We can do it!
April 22nd, 2008To help clients keep current, I read alot. Whether it be e-mail alerts, RSS feeds, or text messages, I read everything I can get my hands on that could possibly have an effect on the work of the attorneys I work for. It’s a passion of mine and always has been, believing that [...]
Twitter Thoughts
April 21st, 2008While Greg Schwartz re-examines his Twitterness, I’m finding that my Twitter groove is starting to flow again (maybe all of this stuff comes and goes in cycles). I’m figuring out the whole timing thing by not logging onto Twitter while researching. When I’m doing mindless tasks (like approving invoices, data entry), I’ll jump [...]
Happy Passover
April 19th, 2008We’re having a semi-restful weekend after one of the craziest weeks. Ever. Tomorrow, we are hosting our first Seder and then back to work on Monday.
Regular blogging should resume this week, but I’m thinking of a new format. We’ll see how that works….
Selling Twitter…Account
April 17th, 2008CNET has the ending of this unbelievable story.
Why I Sometimes Miss Conferences
April 17th, 2008The Prairie Spinner blogs about our fun conversation.
You know, my post-conference session on cool tools was one of the highlights of the show for me. I had so many great conversations with other librarians and we all learned from each other. How very social of us.
LA Times Gaming Piece
April 17th, 2008Did you catch the Los Angeles Times story on gaming? I was contacted by the journalist, but declined an e-mail interview because I always get misquoted. Well, while the piece did not misquote me, it does make me look like an old curmudgeon.
Oh well, no harm, no foul, right Tbone? [...]
Google News adds quotations
April 17th, 2008CNET News.com - “Google is extracting quotations for politicians and celebrities from news sources and featuring them at the top of the Google News results page for certain searches.”
Blogged with the Flock Browser
Library puts bcpl.net on the shelf
April 16th, 2008Towson Times - “Once best-selling service overtaken by competitors”
No Longer Friends
April 16th, 2008Courthouse News Service - “The Clark County Library District and the Friends of Southern Nevada Libraries are no longer friends. The library system seeks an injunction to stop the nonprofit from taking its money elsewhere.”
Oregon: our laws are copyrighted and you can’t publish them
April 16th, 2008from Boing Boing (via)
Doesn’t make much sense to me.
Alpha Twitter
April 16th, 2008Alpha Twitter - shows the top links pasted into Twitter. RSS Feed me please.
Twitter Ads
April 16th, 2008PDA: The Digital Content Blog - “So Twitter denied that there are ads on the system.”
How Egypt, U.S. got all a-Twitter over Cal student
April 16th, 2008San Jose Mercury News - “When Egyptian police scooped up University of California, Berkeley, graduate journalism student James Karl Buck, who was photographing a noisy demonstration, and dumped him in a jail cell last week, they didn’t count on Twitter.”
Sued by Harry Potter’s Creator, Lexicographer Breaks Down on the Stand
April 15th, 2008New York Times - “Shhh! The librarian at the heart of the Harry Potter copyright-infringement lawsuit stood up to J. K. Rowling on Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom, and then broke down sobbing.”
Oh NYT, can’t come up with a witty first line again?
We’re on Newstex
April 15th, 2008Newstex’s Blog notes that 4 ITI blogs are now being syndicated Newstex. Look out Lexis Nexis, here we come. ;-(
Google Reader vs. Bloglines
April 15th, 2008bibliosk8 does a bit of comparison…
My return to law library land
April 15th, 2008Welcome back Morgan!
R.E.M. Hall of Fame Induction- Gardening At Night
April 13th, 2008I hope they play anything from Chronic Town during the current tour. Drool.
Sexy Librarian
April 13th, 2008I had a blast at CIL this year and am just getting back in the swing of things. Lots of blogging to continue this week. Why? It’s National Library Week, of course. Yay!
The charms of a small-town library
April 13th, 2008csmonitor.com - “Modern libraries may have up-to-the-minute technology, but they lack the friendly, nostalgic feel of their older counterparts.”
Travel Writer Lied
April 13th, 2008from January Magazine. It’s an epidemic folks. Don’t believe anything you read. Sad.
Gaming Question…
April 13th, 2008The Monkey Speaks - “Librarians who are fans of gaming programs keep saying that teens are lured in by gaming, and once they’re through the door, they use the library in more traditional ways. But is there any documentation for this claim? All I keep seeing are anecdotes. Are teens who come in for games [...]
He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work)
April 13th, 2008An annoying article from the NYT.
bTittleTattle: A Friendfeed Desktop Application
April 11th, 2008SheGeeks takes a look at another Friend Feed app (desktop).
Friend Feed got some play at CIL this year, and that’s a good thing.
Wikipedia founder’s next target: Google
April 11th, 2008Houston Chronicle - “Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales built the fifth most-popular Web site by having volunteers post and edit encyclopedia entries. Now, he’s using the same approach to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the Internet search market.”
Um…That’s not going to work.
Fat Fingers
April 11th, 2008I’m a big fan of Missing Auctions. A similar site is Fat Fingers. Both show misspelled words in eBay.
REM South Central Rain (I’m Sorry) Live Vocal 1984
April 10th, 2008I just love these old clips!
Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader
April 10th, 2008From Marshall Kirkpatrick, RSS maven.
Lawsuit Claim: Students’ Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor’s Copyright
April 10th, 2008Threat Level - “University of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he’s headed to court to prove it.” (via)