→ Don’t talk to strangers — scan them instead.
2D codes + fabric + mobiles phones = people wearing hyperlinks to their social networking profiles. Next up is RFID chips broadcasting your profile wherever you go. It could make for serendipitous connections!
→ Why Apple is great at interfaces when others are not
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
walking paper scraps
19 Nov 08 – 6:00 am
genre X is doing things right
18 Nov 08 – 4:47 pm
Genre-X is a library book group for 20 and 30somethings at the Oak Park Public Library. They don’t always meet in the library, however. They meet at local watering holes. This is great, but it isn’t the only thing they’re doing right. They recently had a hi-lo gaming event with a [...]
drupal on the brain, drupal4lib camp
17 Nov 08 – 9:46 pm
I started my first real foray into Drupal last week while assembling a home base for DCPL’s upcoming “X Things” program. I’m way into it. I’ve always heard how very customizable and extensible it is but working with it has really opening my eyes. Catching on to the Drupal way of [...]
make libraries easy
13 Nov 08 – 9:49 am
Speaking of World Usability Day, here’s one of my latest Moo Minicards.
infinite stacks
13 Nov 08 – 9:16 am
The irony of posting a picture of these beautiful shelves on World Usability Day isn’t lost on me. I do quite enjoy them though.
[via] who writes: I’ve never wanted to be a librarian, but I’d totally love this as my workspace. Ooh! And then I could wear my cute librarian shoes! Eek!
cute signs from the port orchard public library
12 Nov 08 – 4:49 pm
The shellphone really cracks me up! Yes, they’re using the dreaded red circle and line but they’re doing a nice job creating zones and not unnecessarily attempting to ban other silent use of portable devices. The nautical theme does a good job of reflecting their community and surroundings too.
These were taken by [...]
librarian call buttons
11 Nov 08 – 3:05 pm
One of the things we’re doing in the class I’m teaching right now for the iSchool at the University of Washington is reconsidering how libraries do Reference work. I asked students to brainstorm about the topic and thought this idea from Lianne Ho was pretty neat. I’d link to her class blog but [...]
when signage goes wrong
7 Nov 08 – 6:00 am
“The Pay and Go box at the new North Oshawa medical clinic seems to have some usability issues.”
[photo by rdolishny]
what makes you mad on the web?
5 Nov 08 – 6:55 pm
No one likes a complainer but it’s still sometimes fun to share pet peeves. Amanda Etches-Johnson and I were doing just that this afternoon and then decided to take it to twitter. You can find my web pet peeves at my twitter page (or on the sidebar of this site if you’re [...]
the TFML isn’t afraid to make changes
5 Nov 08 – 8:00 am
My former place of work is making some big changes. While the library has a very traditional appearance it isn’t afraid to slaughter the occasional sacred cow and try new things. I’m sure that ricklibrarian will give us some more updates once he finishes writing his Readers’ Advisory book but from what [...]
