Not A Pretty Librarian has kicked things off well with a first post titled “It Is Not A Tool,” covering an argument about which has more value to a teenager: a car or a computer.
On one side is the notion that “She can’t drive herself to work with a computer.” While, on the other side [...]

Posted July 25, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: car, computer, computer use, importance, internet, lib20, libraries, library 2.0, not a pretty librarian, teen, teenagers, value, web. One Comment.

Just when you thought I was done talking about how the internet really does touch everything, Lichen posts some details from the most recent University of New Hampshire Res Life student survey and it gets me going again. In order, the top three activities are:

• socializing (15.8 hours/week)
   
• studying, excluding in-class time (12.5 hours/week)
   
• instant messaging, (9.3 hours/week)

Posted March 13, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: aim, campus computing, computer use, im, instant messenger, online activity, social networking, social software, student life, survey, unh, university of new hampshire, usage survey. 4 Comments.

Somebody at Gizmodo found this Agence France-Presse story about the intersection of American surfing and bathroom habits in The Hindustan Times. It’s based on a report by the USC Annenberg School’s Center for the Digital Future. For five years running now, the center has tracked internet use (and non-use) in a 2,000 household representative sample [...]

Posted December 10, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: bathroom, behavior, Center for the Digital Future, computer use, in the bathroom, in the can, media, newspaper, on the throne, report, research, restroom, rss, Technology, wifi. 51 Comments.