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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? [...]
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.
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. ;-(
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.
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.
National Library Week
April 10th, 2008Eco-Libris celebrates with a special interview.
Lookybook | View Book
April 10th, 2008
The Colbert Report - REM interview - April 2nd 2008
April 6th, 2008Hilarious!
Lots of FriendFeed Tools
April 6th, 2008Over at FriendFeed Watch.
I’m on FeedFriend. When I am really busy during the day and don’t have time to open my aggregator until I get home, I get a summary e-mail of what my friends have done throughout the day. Very useful.
When I’m Not Blogging…
April 6th, 2008…I’m still reading my Reader. Everything I share goes over to I Tumbld…. When I blog, the posts go over there as well. So, why not just subscribe to that feed?
Should the public library no longer be public?
April 3rd, 2008Tewksbury Advocate - “As the national economy plunges further into recession, gas prices continue to hike, and the price of living continues to climb, local governments like Tewksbury that are already wrought with fees and cuts are exploring the notion of privatizing the public library.”
Dispatches from The Brian Lehrer Show
March 31st, 2008Take a listen as Scott Douglas talks about his new book.
I received a preview copy and finished it awhile ago, but forgot to blog about it. Shame on me because it was fantastic. There were probably many times throughout the reading where the passengers sitting near me (I only have time [...]
Best last lines of novels
March 31st, 2008AJC - “The literary journal American Book Review has come up with its list of 100 Best Last Lines from Novels, and like all such lists, it’s a fun time-killer.”
The list is here.
It’s The END of the World (as we know it)
March 29th, 2008Enjoy your Saturday evening.
Half Hollow Hills Memories
March 29th, 2008Ellen sent in a new blog from Half Hallow Hills Public Library, one town over from me. Very cool.
She’s also putting the pictures up on Flickr.
A Week Off and Feeling Better
March 29th, 2008Thanks for all of your emails and comments. I am now convinced that I did nothing wrong last week regarding my Twitter incident. That makes me so happy and after a week of thinking about it (and getting a well rested break from Twittering), I figured out what to do.
This afternoon, I made [...]