photo: seaweed sushi pringles
Some are calling it the Jesus phone, but Jason Chen calls it a moral quandry, Gartner Group is telling IT to avoid it (really, because iTunes is scary to enterprise), Business 2.0’s Joshua Quittner is reminding the peeps it’s just a regular phone, and Wayne Smallman is whining that it doesn’t have a flash or [...]
[]Part of the Transformation Track, Transforming Your Library, and Your Library’s Future, with Technology, program coordinators Alan Gray and John Blyberg (both of Darien Public Library) described it like this:
Technology can transform your library and its services, as it is transforming the lives of your patrons. From do-it-now technology improvements to next-generation implementations, from software [...]
AT&T’s current (reasonable) voice and smartphone data plans offer 900 minutes for $60 and unlimited data for an additional $20, but previous reports about the iPhone suggested that consumers should expect to pay $60/month for service, so we’re left to wonder what’s up.
Meanwhile, I’ve been asking AT&T users about their signal coverage. I’m on Verizon [...]
“The librarian as information priest is as dead as Elvis,” Needham said. The whole “gestalt” of the academic library has been set up like a church, he said, with various parts of a reading room acting like “the stations of the cross,” all leading up to the “alter of the reference desk,” where “you [...]
Running down the up escalator = fun.
Landing upright = difficult.
escalator, running, up, down
Context: Below is the text of my virtual presentation to the LITA BIGWIG (it stands for blogs, wikis, interest group, and stuff) Social Software Showcase. The presentation is virtual, but the round table discussion is going on today, June 23rd, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Renaissance Mayflower Cabinet Room. I won’t be there, though. My [...]
Black Adder = cider + Guinness
Snakebite = cider + Harp
cider, alcohol, drinks, mixology, Snakebite, Black Adder, Harp, Guinness
One hundred years ago the country was in the middle of a riot of library construction. Andrew Carnegie’s name is nearly synonymous with the period, largely due to his funding for over 1,500 libraries between 1883 and 1929, but architectural historian Abigail Van Slyck notes that the late 19th century was marked by widespread interest [...]
I’m not saying I want seat belts, but it always takes me a moment to get used to them not being there on a train.
seat belts, amtrak, acella
MySpace, Second Life, and Twitter Are Doomed.
myspace, second life, twitter, social software
[]Web 2.0 has matured to the point where even those who endorse the moniker are beginning to cringe at its use. Still, it gave me pause the other day when Cliff (a sysop) began a sentence with “Web 2.0 standards require….”
Web 2.0 is now coherent enough to have standards? We used to joke about rounded [...]
Google Gears: create web apps that work offline
google, offline ajax, web development, ajax, offline, google gears
Two books that just happened to be sitting next to eachother in the LC files:
001 47029455
003 DLC
005 20050826211147.0
008 761229s1946 xx 000 0 [...]
Like so many women, there are days when my desire for chocolate is nearly overwhelming. However, perhaps because I am a tad high maintenance, my cravings are not satisfied by a mere candy bar. When I crave chocolate I want something rich, decadent, and freshly baked, I want chocolate cake.
When one of these cravings coincided [...]
I don’t know whether to thank the Pheonix or the fair organizers for this great ad copy, but I hope the Washington County Fair is as good in 2007 as it sounded in 2006:
An agricultural fair featuring tractor pulls, stage shows, crafts, and livestock, plus games and children’s contests. Adult events include arm-wrestling contests, [...]
