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 [...]
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 [...]
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. The other 2 [...]
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 [...]
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 world news: [...]
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 have any outstanding [...]
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