Archive for July, 2008

No more free faxing with drop.io

Posted by Nicole on July 30th, 2008 under Online Tools & Tips
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A couple of months ago I mentioned drop.io as a way to send faxes for free over the internet - well that service is no more
Because of abuse to our fax service offering, we are temporarily changing the rules for our fax service for non-premium Drop.io customers. Starting today, non-premium users will [...]

It’s really happening

Posted by Nicole on July 30th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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I posted earlier this week about a new del.icio.us - well today I have an update via Facebook that makes it sound like it’s really going to happen!
Hi fans!
We’re getting closer to launching the new Delicious, and at that time we’ll redirect the site from del.icio.us to delicious.com — so everybody will automatically get logged [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-29

Posted by Nicole on July 30th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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DropthingsFree AJAX Web Portal, Web 2.0 Start Page built on ASP.NET 3.5

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Calgoo Available for Free

Posted by Nicole on July 29th, 2008 under Online Tools & Tips
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Calgoo has always sounded handy, but I never tried it out. Today I learned that Calgoo is now available for free - making it easier for me to give it a whirl.
Never heard of Calgoo?
Use Calgoo Hub calendar sharing to…

Share calendars with family, friends & work
Avoid embarrassing schedule conflicts
Keep using your own calendar [...]

LibLime to Acquire CARE Affiliates

Posted by Nicole on July 29th, 2008 under LibLime
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Some big news out of LibLime this AM:
ATHENS, OH and BLACKSBURG, VA–July 29, 2008 -– LibLime, the leader in open source solutions for libraries and CARE Affiliates™ announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to sell select assets of CARE Affiliates to LibLime. The sale will include select products, related services and [...]

Scrabble wins

Posted by Nicole on July 29th, 2008 under Social Networking
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It looks like after months of hearing that Scrabulous was in danger of being removed from Facebook, it looks like Scrabble has won:

Not too long after Scrabble has been added to Facebook as an app (a very slow annoying app - I might add) it looks like Scrabulous has been disabled
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-27

Posted by Nicole on July 28th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Literacy Debate - Online, R U Really Reading? - Series - NYTimes.comThis is the first in a series of articles that will look at how the Internet and other technological and social forces are changing the way people read.
AmazonWatcherTired of missing hot deals on Amazon.com as they are gone within minutes? AmazonWatcher is a software [...]

New Delicious?

Posted by Nicole on July 27th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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The del.icio.us blog had a post informing us that the new del.icio.us will be released soon. Apparently this has been said before - so I won’t hold my breath, but I’d love to see some new changes soon!!
After months of work, the new Delicious is almost ready to come out of the oven. When [...]

Writing Contest for Librarians

Posted by Nicole on July 27th, 2008 under Writing
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Found via LISWire:
For Immediate Release
For Further Info
Contact Debbie Glade
Smart Poodle Publishing
PO Box 817468
Hollyood, FL 33081
smartpoodle@comcast.net
www.lillybadilly.com
www.smartpoodlepublishing.com
954-328-7465
Announcing the Smart Poodle Publishing
“What I Wish Everyone Knew About Librarians”
Writing Contest
Smart Poodle Publishing knows that librarians can make a world of difference in the lives of readers everywhere from every age and at every reading level! We feel that librarians [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-26

Posted by Nicole on July 27th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Screen2.com - Surfing Together!Now you can surf the Internet together with your friends, relatives, colleagues or clients.

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-25

Posted by Nicole on July 26th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Apple Wallpapers
DryIcons | Free Icons
Open Web FoundationThe Open Web Foundation is an independent non-profit dedicated to the development and protection of open, non-proprietary specifications for web technologies.
No benefit to doubt: Web 2.0, trust and the new library

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Open Source Book Sale

Posted by Nicole on July 25th, 2008 under Books, Open Source
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First, if you haven’t visited Bookpool - you should! They have some awesome prices on techie books. Second, now is the best time to visit because open source books from OSCON are on sale.
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Flickr & Locations

Posted by Nicole on July 25th, 2008 under Photo Sharing
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I’ve been looking through a lot of photos on Flickr lately and have noticed that not many people are putting their pictures on the map. Why is this? I love adding my traveling (never pictures taken at home) pictures on the map. This way there is always a location tag on my photos. [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-24

Posted by Nicole on July 25th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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UntangleThe best open source projects, integrated and made easier for spam blocking, web filtering, remote access and more
Library Related Conferences

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-23

Posted by Nicole on July 24th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Knol: a unit of knowledgeA knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.

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New Twitter Error Page

Posted by Nicole on July 23rd, 2008 under Blogs/Blogging, Instant Messaging
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This is so sad - they wait til I get hooked and then everything dies!

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-22

Posted by Nicole on July 23rd, 2008 under Link Sharing
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The ImpressCMS Project : Make a Lasting Impression : Make a Lasting ImpressionImpressCMS is a community developed Content Management System for easily building and maintaining a dynamic web site.

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Walking Directions from Google

Posted by Nicole on July 22nd, 2008 under Online Tools & Tips
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Finally! Talk about being behind the times! Ask has had walking directions for a long time now, but today I found Google Maps’ Walking Directions:

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-21

Posted by Nicole on July 22nd, 2008 under Link Sharing
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No Library Card NeededA List of Free Ebook Sites
Globex Designs - Gmail RedesignedAn opensource project started by Globex Designs to fully redesign the look and feel of the popular Google Gmail service. This is achieved with a Cascading Stylesheet (CSS) file which is loaded on the client’s browser overwriting existing Gmail styles.

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-19

Posted by Nicole on July 20th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Speckly - torrent search simplifiedWith torrents hiding in all corners of the ‘net finding what you want can be difficult. Sure you could go to all the sites that host torrent files one by one or you could use Speckly and search all of them in one shot.

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YouTube & Google

Posted by Nicole on July 19th, 2008 under Web 2.0
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Okay - can someone tell me why I’d want to say yes to this prompt on YouTube?

I clicked the question mark, but it just tells me how to link them - not why I’d care to link them.
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Flickr & Last.fm

Posted by Nicole on July 19th, 2008 under Music, Photo Sharing
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Oh neat!! I was playing with Last.fm today and saw that I could link my photos from concert to the concert page on Last.fm. So I put a machine tag on my pictures and all of the sudden they were linked right to Last.fm:

How cool is that? I didn’t know that you could do [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for 2008-07-18

Posted by Nicole on July 19th, 2008 under Link Sharing
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Sweetcron - The Automated Lifestream Blog Software
Library Application Program Interfaces (APIs) | TechEssence.infoHere is a list of library-related APIs that library developers may find useful.
Changing minds and persuasion — How we change what others think, believe, feel and doWelcome to ChangingMinds.org, the largest site in the world on all aspects of how we change what [...]

Powerful LinkedIn Profiles

Posted by Nicole on July 18th, 2008 under Social Networking
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So, do you have a powerful LinkedIn profile? I think mine meets all the requirements that this post points out.
Follow these tips and beef up your profile on LinkedIn.
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Gmail Contacts

Posted by Nicole on July 18th, 2008 under Email
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I just read that Gmail has improved their contact handling by not putting every address you ever contact into your contacts list.
We’ve heard from some of you that Gmail’s auto-added contacts can lead to too much address book clutter. One of the advantages of automatically creating contacts is that all of the addresses you email [...]