Now - these aren’t for me - I like reading my feeds in an aggregator - but you might be interested. Original Signal offers two pages one for Transmitting Web 2.0 and one for Transmitting Gadgets. They’re each a page full of feeds from popular Web 2.0 and Gadget blogs - pretty handy [...]

Today is BlogDay 2006.
BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On this day every blogger will post a recommendation of 5 new blogs. In this way, all Blog web surfers will find [...]

A funny comic to end your day.

I worked from home on Monday and had IM open so I could talk to my teammate (who was in the office). I used to be an IM junky when I was in college - but that died down pretty quick once I got a “real” job
Anyway, while I was on [...]

I finally finished reading A Blog’s Life an article by Mary Whisner in the Law Library Journal (AALL). What a great article!
Mary walks us through the process of setting up her first blog and it’s successes (and failures) along the way. I like stories like this because it shows people that while a [...]

I just learned about AllPeers - another Firefox extension. This lets you create a list of contacts who you can then share files, webpages, photos, and any other files you have on your computer - or you find on the web. My husband and I are installing it so that we can play [...]

In case you didn’t already know the newest issue of Lisjobs’ Professional Development Newsletter - Info Career Trends is out. This issue covers writing for publication.

Are you reading Download Squad? If you’re not, you’re missing out on all kinds of neat tools.
I just read about Link Alert - a Firefox Extension that changes your cursor based on the type of link you’re about to click. So if you’re about to click a PDF link it will add the [...]

The FlickrBlog has announced that you can now geotag your photos, browse photos by location - and view them on a map! This looks like fun, I’m going to have to go play with it.

I don’t know why this sounds familiar - but I just read about Google Webmaster Central (possibly for the second time) on Download Squad.
From here you can use any of the following tools:

Site status wizard
Find out whether your site is currently being indexed by Google.
Google’s blog for webmasters
The latest news and info on how Google [...]

Why is it that when open source is mentioned some people (librarians/techies/programmers/etc) get mean? I have not had a chance to read Software and Collaboration in Higher Education: A Study of Open Source Software by Paul N. Couran (Principal Investigator) and Rebecca J. Griffith - but after reading some comments I will be making [...]

Originally uploaded by talia679.
I went to the library tonight with my husband (he needed something else to read). A pink poster caught my eye - it was a for a DDR Competion at the

Almost 2 months ago I wrote about our basement disaster. Well as of 5 minutes ago the carpet has been laid and our basement is almost done!! They are coming back tomorrow for the finishing touches - but everything is rebuilt, painted, upgraded, and beautiful!! Just thought I’d share with everyone - maybe [...]

I read over on blyberg.net that Google Book Search was including Find in Library links so I went to Google Book Search and did a search for my handy “PHP Cookbook” - no library links - then I did a search for “Anna Karenina” - no library links. What am I missing?
Bruno [...]

Today I learned that everything I’ve learned is subject to change. Let’s back up - when I started by first job out of college I learned that they (the big mysterious “they”) had changed the rule about the comma before the word “and” (example - apples, pears, and oranges - should be: apples, pears [...]

As you know, I’m always reading about new online tools. I like to try them out before I write about them (if I have time) - this brings me to my pet peeve. I don’t like it when I can’t see a demo (or screenshots) of a tool without first signing up. [...]

From the web4lib mailing list:
Dear Web4Lib,
After learning about Web/Library/Librarian/etc. 2.0 stuff over the past month or so, I’ve decided to undertake a practical Librarian 2.0 experiment.
Librarian Fit Club
I’ve got two objectives:
1) Using a variety of social networking and collaborative tools, build a web presence that would allow librarians to experiment with these types of tools [...]

You’ve heard of webcasting, podcasting - and a few others - but have you heard of Shopcasting? I just learn about a new site called ThisNext from the Business 2.0 Blog.
ThisNext is a shopcasting network where you can recommend, share and discover great products.
But what is Shopcasting?
It's a product playlist — a [...]

I just stumbled upon a list (it’s a bit old) of the 50 Best Firefox Extensions for Power Surfing - I haven’t finished the list but I have already found 4 or 5 new extensions that I want - so I wanted to share the list with you in case you missed it the first [...]

Yesterday I got my first blog-related phone call! Yep, George D called me out of the blue because he had just read my Touched a Nerve post (which was a response to my State of our ILS post) and wanted to chat (and rant) about III and the future of catalogs in general. [...]

I have finally signed up for del.icio.us.
There are only so many tools I can keep track of - but I found myself emailing myself links to articles I wanted to read at a later date and I thought - why am I doing this? So if you’re interested in what I’m bookmarking [...]

A while ago I signed up to test out Farecast an airfare predictions engine. Today I got an email that makes me very happy:
Farecast is happy to announce that airfare predictions for flights out of Philadelphia (PHL) are now available at Farecast.com.
Actually they now have 55+ cities to choose from - which is a [...]

I have seen this announced in a few places so far (so you might already know about it) and wanted to share it with you all.
Meredith Farkas, Amanda Etches-Johnson, Dorothea Salo, Ellyssa Kroski, Karen Coombs, and Michelle Boule have planned a free online learning event to take place in Febrary and March of next year [...]

Meredith has a helpful post over at TechEssence.Info for libraries who can’t afford to hire someone with programming skills. She points to online resources that will help you find someone with the technology skills you’re looking for. Read her post at Getting help from tech experts when you don't have any on-staff. [...]

That’s right - skip 2.0 through 4.0 - I just watched this video about a hydrogen powered car by GM. This has absolutely nothing to do with what I usually write about, but I just had to share. Watch this video about the GM Highwire a car that requires no oil or gasoline, [...]