Get your goggles on

OK OK so I know that there are fears being raised about stalking using google’s new goggles service but… But… … ain’t it the coolest thing ever? I admit I have raised myself on a steady diet of science fiction, but I seriously like the idea of the kind of context that I hunger for [...]

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Link for Friday

Social media is making us more human Who’d ‘ve thought?  Why? Because humans use it to share with other humans?  Seems perfectly logical to me. Seems the “internet is evil” line of thinking is taking its time to die.  Television has always been the anti-social medium in my mind. Btw, how are you liking the [...]

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Cool blog i found: iLibrarian

See what happens when you take away the “must-post-on-this-day” regime? I found this cool site called iLibrarian It’s actually a blog as well, but it had a lot of cool posts on it about Web 2.0 technology. Apparently libraries aren’t Web 2.0 yet according to some Lianza conference feedback i heard last week – oh [...]

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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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Not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation

The 2006 LIANZA conference was a “talkin’ bout my g-g-generation” moment for me. I can remember sitting in the audience with my hand proudly in the air as Stephen Abrams asked audience to respond with their participation in a list of key web technologies. I can remember seeing a glimpse of the future as Michael [...]

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Reliability in the midst of chaos

A teaching student comes to the desk of my public library. She comes across as intelligent, capable, library friendly – she knows what she’s looking for and how to articulate it. She’s looking for information on different types of pen through the ages as a backgrounder to a lesson plan. She’d like book references if possible, [...]

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Library 2.0 and library users

Several librarian blogs have recently mentioned the very interesting and useful research report by Char Booth entitled “Informing Innovation: tracking student interest in emerging library technologies at Ohio University” which is available free to download in PDF format. Like many libraries, Ohio University libraries have experimented with many Web 2.0 applications in order to stay [...]

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