The Curious Case of Rankings

One of the curious things about Social Media/Blogging is the trend for some of us to be statistics watchers, and to be interested in comparative rankings. It’s something I have to fight the urge to do, mostly unsuccessfully. So I was interested when this link came through our incoming link notices. Ken is compiling rankings of [...]

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Something awful this way comes

One of my favourite tasks in libraryland is that of deselection. Imagine my delight when, a few months ago I discovered a blog called Awful Library Books – a wordpress sister blog no less, and one which more than a few of you may know as it has been featured both on nz-libs and Sideswipe [...]

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Un/conscious use of tools

A tool, according to my favourite cheap and cheerful reference source is “an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other.” Goodness. Here’s a clarifying example: “A hammer typically interfaces between the operator’s hand and the nail the operator wishes to strike.” OK, [...]

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Twittering on about Twitter

Twitter seems to be the latest topic everyone’s talking about. Many people can’t see the point, others are hooked. What’s the deal? What is it? What’s it for? When I first came across Twitter a couple of years ago, I wondered what the point of it was. It appeared to be for brief updates on [...]

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