The charms of a small-town library
csmonitor.com – “Modern libraries may have up-to-the-minute technology, but they lack the friendly, nostalgic feel of their older counterparts.”
Archive | April, 2008
Travel Writer Lied
from January Magazine. It’s an epidemic folks. Don’t believe anything you read. Sad.
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Gaming Question…
The 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 actually checking things out? I’ve rarely seen it myself. I hope someone will do a study one day soon of how well gaming works as a draw to get teens to check things out – especially things with pages and print.”
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He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work)
An annoying article from the NYT.
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bTittleTattle: A Friendfeed Desktop Application
SheGeeks takes a look at another Friend Feed app (desktop).
Friend Feed got some play at CIL this year, and that’s a good thing.
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Wikipedia founder’s next target: Google
Houston 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.
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Fat Fingers
I’m a big fan of Missing Auctions. A similar site is Fat Fingers. Both show misspelled words in eBay.
Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader
From Marshall Kirkpatrick, RSS maven.
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Lawsuit Claim: Students’ Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor’s Copyright
Threat 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)
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