Ahhh, more Windows Vista bashing. Joel on Software has a post regarding the 15(!) ways a user could exit their Vista experience. The post is titled Choices = Headaches.
We librarians already know this. That’s why people love looking at the books behind the circulation desk that have just been checked [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
more on simplicity (ha)
28 Nov 06 – 10:36 am
line rider
28 Nov 06 – 12:30 am
Have you played around with Line Rider yet? It is a brilliant little Flash game in which you draw the course for a sledding penguin. Seriously, take 5 minutes, get the hang of it, make your little guy race around. Done? Okay. Now take a look at this: Line Rider [...]
libraries can learn from rivendell bicycle works
27 Nov 06 – 11:55 pm
Don’t you love it when different spheres of your life collide? Today I saw an Interview with Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works that contained a few good acorns for libraries. The interview and the pullouts might make sense with some more context.
RBW is a small company that makes high end [...]
security issues in virtual reference systems, ageism
21 Nov 06 – 10:58 am
Please don’t mistake this post a bit of schadenfreude, but I was very interested to read an article titled “a spam filter for questionpoint” the other day. In it, Caleb Tucker-Raymond, the Statewide Digital Reference Coordinator for the L-net project, describes the issue of spam coming through QuestionPoint. He also does a great [...]
pixelnotes
19 Nov 06 – 4:36 pm
I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit of an office supply and writing instrument junkie. Index cards? Moleskines? Binder clips? Love ‘em. If you’re ever in Japan (or on eBay) I suggest picking up some Pilot G-Tec-C4 gel ink pens. They are better than expensive fountain pens I’ve [...]
social OPAC roundup
18 Nov 06 – 7:52 pm
Speaking of social OPACs, I came across MIT Libraries’ The Virtual Browsery (Beta) via del.icio.us/jaydatema. It appears to be another OPAC/WordPress mashup, but not yet with as many records as the WPopac from Plymouth State’s Lamson Library.
Other social OPACs include Hennepin County Library’s catalog which allows for patron reviews, having reviews from Amazon.com load [...]
flickr game: name that movie, and social OPACs
18 Nov 06 – 2:32 pm
In Flickr I recently titled and tagged a photo of mine with the name of a movie. I clicked through to see what other photos were tagged with “videodrome” and found one that is part of a flickr group called NAME THAT FILM. Group members post screenshots of films (placing them in the [...]
make your library trendy
17 Nov 06 – 12:57 am
Trendy is a dirty word in libraries, isn’t it? It conjures up thoughts of sinking resources into flash in the pan ideas, harebrained schemes and jumping off of the bridge just because the cool kids are doing it. Even though many librarians would have us be above all of that, libraries still contain [...]
qwerty warriors
13 Nov 06 – 5:23 pm
Yeah, this game nominally involves shooting aliens, but it is still great for typing practice! Everyone I’ve shown this too seemed to like it, so with any luck you will too. My high scores stink so I’m not telling.
As creatures approach, you need the correctly type the word underneath to, uh, [...]
CustomizeGoogle
13 Nov 06 – 12:32 pm
This weekend at the conference I got to spend some quality time with Jessamyn. Not only did we share one of the best wifi experiences I’ve ever had, but she also turned me on to a Firefox extension I’m wild about:
