Monthly Archives: November 2008

voices in the static

 
If you happen to subscribe to my Flickr photostream you maybe remember some seemingly random images of television static a bit ago. While I do think they’re pretty to look at in their own right, I didn’t upload them for everyone’s enjoyment. There was a greater purpose. These are individual frames from [...]

file under: libraries in which i’d live

The Glaspaleis in Heerlen, The Netherlands, built in 1935. It is a former a fashion house, and now contains the town’s public library, a movie theatre and art gallery.
The library is spread over four floors and is the big attractor with 250,000 visitors per year, which also benefits the other occupants. Conversely, its collection [...]

use a mobile device for authentic text communication

One theme I noticed at Internet Librarian 2008 was authenticity. I heard at many different presentations that we should be aiming for having authentic conversations with people on websites, be authentic in our marketing efforts, and be authentic when communicating via IM or SMS. I’d even argue that since our OPACs are becoming [...]