I may have simply missed the train on this one, but maybe you did too. Alternative Teen Services posted about it in December, VOYA had an article about it but I only recently learned about My Own Cafe.
What it is? My Own Cafe is a MySpace type website hosted and [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
amazing library site for teens: My Own Cafe
7 Aug 06 – 11:02 am
solving your own information problem with your own information
2 Aug 06 – 2:57 pm
Funny story:
In anticipation for my move to Portland I’ve been scoping out all of the neat things to visit in my (soon to be) neighborhood. I plugged in my address and searched for grocery stores using google maps hoping for something other than big boxes. Happily, I found a bunch of [...]
IM and SMS not ruining Canadian’s command of grammar
2 Aug 06 – 1:45 pm
While there’ve been a few studies decrying IM and SMS’s impact on people’s ability to speak “properly,” many articles seem to think that texters are still obeying the rules of grammar and simply using a rich, shorthand language in their messages. My wife taught me about code switching, which is the process of changing [...]
Reference Boy
2 Aug 06 – 9:56 am
I still have a few days to work, but since I’ll be busy heading to the County of Los Angeles Public Library to talk about weblogs and IM for their staff day, and Wright State University for a full day of tech in library goodness, the TFML already hosted a farwell party for me. [...]
