Yesterday libraries got some love in a post titled “Librarians stake their future on open source” on digg. There is (only) one semi-contrarian comment in the bunch. In response to the comment
“Yes, there are a lot of people who work at a Library on digg. ;-)”
someone chimed in with
“i guess [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
books and libraries on digg
verbotomy
If you’re a librarian I bet you have a thing for words. Here’s the game for you. Verbotomy is a bit like a structured version of Wordie. However, instead of listing words that you like you’re presented with a definition and you have to create the word for it. Also included [...]
rescuing data from the OPAC
Part of the long and major redesign of the Thomas Ford Memorial Library website mandated a browsable list of the feature films available. The idea, I’m pretty sure, is to have an online version of the title list binder that sits by the movies. There are a number of ways I could have [...]
the librarian dialogues
This afternoon I stumbled across “A short comical satire about a group of librarians that take their job very serious” uploaded by YouTube user f4tk1dx. The person that wrote this movie must have worked in a library before.
free wifi in portland!
Portland’s airport is one of my favorites. It is clean, attractive, and easy to get to the gate. And importantly, once at the gate, there’s free wireless.
Yesterday, Portland released a free, advertising supported wireless network throughout the downtown and nearby area east of the Willamette.
12 blocks and it’ll reach me!! [...]
game as web interface
Steffen P Walz, a game designer and cultural anthropologist designed a great navigation system for his website. There are four mini games, each an archetype of a game genera: Achiever, Killer, Explorer, and Socializer. When the website viewer/game player completes a small task, the content on the web page changes. There’s also [...]

comment prone
My post on the game/toy Line Rider, appropriate titled line rider appears on the first page of results for the google search for, you guessed it, line rider. How did i figure this out? After a number of random comments from young peopke appeared on the post, I figured the post had to [...]