Apps are popping up everywhere. LinkedIn announced earlier this week that they too were adding apps to their site. The first invite to add an app I got was from SlideShare. With the SlideShare app on LinkedIn, you can display presentations on your LinkedIn profile. You can browse presentations from your network and find out [...]
Social Networking: A Research ToolIf you thought social networking was for the younger set à la MySpace, or for friends connecting for fun and pleasure on Facebook with its 100 million users, look again. More of my links
I wasn’t able to talk on the recent Library 2.0 Gang podcast cause of all of the travel I have been doing. The topic sounded great though: “Library 2.0 Gang 10/08: Financial Crisis or an opportunity?” Unless you have been living under a stone for the last few months, the turmoil in the world financial [...]
I’m catching up on blog reading after ages away from home and found two new APIs from the New York Times. First the TimesTags API: Today we’re releasing the TimesTags API, which is the gateway to a lush garden of Times metadata. What’s so great about metadata? Well, you’ve probably heard that “information wants to [...]
From Library Journal: Let Mikael Jacobsen take you on a guided tour through the creation of customized and embeddable maps using Google’s My Maps. Be sure to read this month’s InfoTech feature (Google Maps: You Are Here) to see some innovative map uses at Franklin Park Public Library and elsewhere, and then check out the [...]
PlumYour place to share the things you care about with people you care about. More of my links
I love LISJobs – it’s a great site to keep an eye on to see what’s going on in the library market and today Rachel Singer Gordon has a big announcement – a New LISJobs site!! For immediate release: October 24, 2008 Contact: Rachel Singer Gordon (rachel@lisjobs.com) LISjobs.com launches new website Villa Park, IL — [...]
I mentioned that I was waiting to hear more from Tim about the LibraryThing Reviews for your library catalog. Well, Tim has finally posted about it – and it’s even more awesome than I thought. Tim compares the LibraryThing service to ChiliFresh and shows that LibraryThing is going to give you a far superior number [...]
SynkronSynkron is a simple Qt application for synchronising folders. Skitch.com + Skitch = fast and fun screen capture and image sharing. Color me crazy – 10 best online color tools – Download Squad 13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux – Download Squad More of my links
I love LibraryThing (and the staff at LibraryThing). They come up with the best tools (aside from the tools from the LibLime developers hehe). Anyway, I just got a sneak peak of ‘Reviews at my Library’ from LibraryThing after reading a short post at the Thingology blog. We’ll be at Internet Librarian in Monterey, CA, [...]
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