a few thoughts….Two of the most interesting conversations today* stemmed from a discussion of storytelling as used in magic and also in journalism (not related topics, at least for the purposes of this discussion). I’ve been trying to think of how to group these together in my mind as in each case the story is used for something beyond the
Google in talks with Verizon re: net neutrality (or not) depending on which story you read.read about it here or here or just google it. What is net neutrality? Love this video. ..and then news today that Google buys Slide, “a social application company”. read more about it here
ELI 2011 Annual Meeting—Call for Proposals Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories February 14–16, 2011 Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. We would like to personally invite you to join us at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2011 Annual Meeting, February 14–16 in Washington, D.C. This year’s gathering offers an exciting setting for interactive, hands-on learning and networking, with a variety
Interesting post at the NYT Blogs today on multitasking: For better or worse, the consumption of media, as varied as e-mail and TV, has exploded. In 2008, people consumed three times as much information each day as they did in 1960. And they are constantly shifting their attention. Computer users at work change windows or check e-mail or other programs
I can’t believe I never posted this beyond delicious.com. Sorry! So there, ya go — free cataloging tools. Yup, free. Free Cataloging Tools View more presentations from robinfay.
Call for papers: Conference on Intellectual Property, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY April 30-May 1, 2010; (cfp deadline: Feb. 5, 2010) Iona College announces the Second Conference on Intellectual Property to be held at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, April 30 – May 1, 2010. The keynote address will be presented by James Boyle.* In our second year, the
In case you didn’t hear, AT&T (iphone, among others) dropped the lawsuit against Verizon’s ad campaign (playing on the ” an app for that” by comparing the 3G coverage of AT&T to Verizon with a visual map). Read more at mashable and elsewhere. I thought it was a really clever and hardhitting ad campaign, which is saying alot in the
Yes, I did write anti wifi paint.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8279549.stm Humans are amazingly inventive, are we not?
Very interesting. This morning, the Official Google Blog announced that the search giant has acquired reCAPTCHA. The company provides a service that combines two things that Google would be very interested in: it verifies that information provided to a server has been entered by a human and, in the process, helps identify difficult-to-decipher text from book digitization projects. As such,
For those interested in Evergreen or opensource library projects…. The Evergreen Documentation Interest Group needs your input to help prioritize its activities for the next few months. Please share the following survey link widely. We are casting a wide net — we want input from as many roles as possible, from project coordinators to people working the front lines in