Tags are great, I really like them. I’ve used tags myself and they tend to be really useful, but I’ve also found them confusing and unnecessarily complex. For example, if you glance to the image on your left you’ll see the tag cloud for my del.icio.us bookmarks. Look at the unbundled tags. If you look [...]
For a long time I was using a Mac at my work. I’ll freely admit that I am a Mac person. I enjoy using them and I know how to make them do what I want. Recently I moved into a new position in which I was given a Windows machine. It’s been a bit [...]
According to an article over at CNet kids are moving away from email. They’re saying they use it to communicate with old people. I can feel my inner Michael Gorman beginning to stir. There is a luddite inside of me that wants to get out. It’s like… luddite vomit. I can taste it at the [...]
Over at Information Wants To Be Free Meredith has an interesting post up about The Boundaries of Disclosure. It stems from another blog post that gets a little personal. I’ve been thinking about what I will say and won’t say on this blog and I’ve decided that I’m going to treat it like a conversation. [...]
Don’t be scared by the acronyms (ILS = Integrated Library Service). I’ve been reading the Chicago Public Library strategic plan lately and I was especially interested in this part (found on page 17, 2nd column about half way down). The Chicago Public Library will launch a completely redesigned website in conjunction with the 2006 introduction [...]
I’ve had conversations with people about the digital native. I’ve used the term myself many times, but have we ever thought about what it REALLY means to be a digital native? This term drives me a little crazy because I think people have the wrong idea about what it means. I am not a digital [...]
I know this has been around for awhile but I just recently found out about it. (CPL you should take advantage of this and advertise it so that people know it’s there for them to use, be sure to include a warning about privacy!) Library Elf allows you to create an account that links to [...]
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