The Free Range Librarian has a great post that I just read entitled: Speaking Truth to Power: An Action Plan for Responding to Gorman. We should all follow this plan so that the general public knows what we're thinking.
Schneider recommnds that we:

* Write the reporter(s) who wrote the article and explain that Gorman is [...]

I just read a great post over at LibraryCrunch entitled: 3 Degrees of Separation: Libraries, Technology, and Administration. I haven't read all of the other articles & posts that are referred to in this post, but it got me thinking about all the work I've had to go through to get my library Web 2.0 [...]

I'm finishing up our new Intranet and to date we have no way to handle spreadsheets except to link to the Excel files. I wanted everything to be based on the Intranet - no need to look elsewhere for help … well that will never be the case, but I just got closer to my [...]

Forget about the read/write web … welcome to the read/write/touch web!

Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pajamas for cyberspace hugs.
A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer [...]

I just found 3 nifty maps on Google Maps Mania. All three do something with eBay results & a Google Map. My favorite was the mapBid site it lets you search eBay with a zip code and then plots your results on the map … this one is the best laid out. [...]

This sounds interesting … but I was unable to test it … it wasn't responding.
Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser is:

Gollum is the name of my newest crime of invention. By reducing the complexity of information, I have created a fast and eyefriendly browser through the free encyclopedia “Wikipedia“. Originally this invention was built up for my [...]

I just read on Science Library Pad that linkroll.com (a del.icio.us clone) was put up for bid on Ebay. The winning bid was almost $2,000 … I don't know if I'd want to risk it with so many other similar & more popular sites out there … but I guess we'll see.

I was looking at some pictures I took of these stray kittens in my backyard and I noticed that Flickr knows what kind of camera (FujiFilm) I have and what software (Photoshop CS) I used to edit the picture … and more! I did not notice that before … it's not like I mind, but [...]

I just found this new service … and it's not in beta! It's called ScoopGO! and it lets you put together you own little search engine. ScoopGO! has you set up your own scoops by choosing related RSS feeds to lump together … and then makes them searchable. One of there examples:
Scoop [...]

This is a nifty little tool. Simple Tracking offers a way for you to track your holiday packages with RSS. Simple Tracking will let you plug in any UPS, USPS, FedEx or DHL number and it will either let you generate an RSS feed or immediately display your tracking information. I don't [...]

The New York Times had an article on the 20th of this month that focused a lot on the privacy of our patrons in this age of customization:
AT the library at North Carolina State University, students and faculty will soon be able to sign up for an Internet-based service that will alert them when favorite [...]

I posted the other day about not being able to see this new Amazon ProductWiki that everyone is posting about … and apparently there is an explanation. The nice people at Church of the Customer replied to my post and have posted an explanation on their own blog.
In short this new ProductWiki is in [...]

I found a new tool on the RSS Compendium Blog called RSS MAD.
RSS MAD is the largest archive of RSS feeds on [...]

I posted a few days about about Google wanting to rule the world … apparently my joke was not unfounded.
Wired Magazine had an article titled Who's Afraid of Google? Everyone that addresses some of the areas in which Google is expanding, such as video, classifieds, telecoms, operating systems, print, productivity programs and ecommerce. What [...]

I just learned about this site called LearnOutLoud. They offer video & audio lessons, lectures, and speeches on various topics. Pretty neat idea … where was this when I was in school? In addition to their catalog of audiobooks and the like, they now have a collection of free downloads.

I posted earlier this week about the ILS Customer Bill-of-Rights that John over at blyberg.net posted. This post has been commented on several other library related blogs over the past week … but the first (that I know of) reply from a vendor was posted yesterday by Talis (not the vendor we use).
I like that [...]

In my hunt for the new Amazon product wiki I found 3 new features I didn't know about.

Amazon CitationsOriginally uploaded by talia679.
First, I found this on Harry Potter Book 5. It lists the books that cite the title you're looking at … pretty nifty … and potentially handy if you're looking at a [...]

I see a bunch of posts about a new product wiki from Amazon, but no one links to examples … and out of the 20 different products I looked at I could find nothing resembling the only screenshot I could find. Are we all gullible? Did one person post about this and we [...]

Look the catalog team at my library have their own trading card.
Make one for yourself or your librarians and be sure to add it to the collection on Flickr.
My trading cardOriginally uploaded by kasia1957.

Okay … so this is a bit off topic from the things I usually write about, but I need to rant.
Who's family sends them those forwards that include warnings? Mine sure does!
I get this message the other day warning me not to try perfume from men in parking lots because the perfume isn't really [...]

I don't know why this idea seems wierd to me … I'm a big fan of Wikipedia, but a dictionary that anyone can add to just seems less trustworthy. Yep, Merriam-Webster has released an Open Dictionary:
[W]here you can 1) submit and share entries that aren't already in our Online Dictionary, and 2) browse entries [...]

I just found this new tool called immedi.at. What does it do? It IMs you when new items are posted to RSS or Atom feeds you're monitoring. Personally, I don't need to be bombarded all day with messages about new posts & news … but maybe it's something you're interested in.

I know there are tons of these out there, but I just found this one and I really like it. I was reading Library Stuff and Steven's review of Trend Sweet Trend … which lead to to the list of top links from del.icio.us … when I saw a link to the HTML Color [...]

It looks like the Library of Congress is jumping on the digitization bandwagon. Even more interesting, Google has donated $3 million in funding for the project.
Google Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin said, “Google supports the World Digital Library because we share a common mission of making the world's information universally accessible [...]

I was just reading on LISNews about RSS Submit Software. It's free, but you have to install it … so I'm wondering why I'd want to use this instead of pingoat or Ping-O-Matic which are online and don't require an install?