Archive | January, 2010

31 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Zotero Groups & Libraries

I took a webinar on Zotero taught by Jason Puckett earlier this month and since then I have been playing a bit more with it. I installed the beta release of version 2.0 which includes the ability to share libraries and store data online. This means that you can see my public library by visiting [...]

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31 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My delicious bookmarks for 2010-01-29

Smart Computing Article – Open-Source Programs vs. Fee-Based Applications More of my links

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30 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My delicious bookmarks for 2010-01-28

Why there is a CMS in your future More of my links

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29 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Free version of TypePad Available

So, you all know I’m a strong WordPress supporter – and you may not know – but I’m no real fan of TypePad because it seems so restrictive for my purposes. That said, I have friends who do like and use TypePad and the point of this site is to share things I learned – [...]

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29 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Got me a Poken

So the folks here at PLAN learned about Poken from Helen Blowers who learned about it at the UGame, ULearn conference in Delft. A Poken is basically a little 4 fingered USB character that stores your virtual business card. You then go to Poken.com and enter in your contact info and when you ‘high 4′ [...]

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27 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Twitter Trending

I logged into Twitter today to find a new box on the right side of my screen: This new option allows for you to see what topics people that are local to you are talking about on Twitter. I think it would be great if I could enter in my zip code (or postal code [...]

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27 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My delicious bookmarks for 2010-01-25

My Kansas Library on the Web — WordPress & Koha Widgets WePayCollect and Manage Money TLists – Search. Curate. Join.A directory of Twitter Lists More of my links

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26 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My delicious bookmarks for 2010-01-24

DVD FlickDVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio [...]

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25 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

2009 Library Automation Perceptions

Marshall has published the results of his annual library automation perceptions report. The top findings are as follows: Products and companies focusing on smaller libraries and narrower niches generally receive higher perception scores than those involved with larger, more complex organizations that and that serve multiple types of libraries. Apollo, a system adopted exclusively by [...]

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23 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My delicious bookmarks for 2010-01-21

DrizzleAn Open Source Microkernel DBMS for High Performance Scale-Out Applications More of my links

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