Creativity just amazes me. You may remember the google collaborative video effort? Basically anyone could submit a video but it had a few requirements (obviously the passing of the red envelope…) I considered participating but my video camera is not that good, plus I didn’t think my cat would enjoy having a red envelope stuck to her (just kidding!). I did wonder how it would ...
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display only selected blogger labels (tags)
Like | robinna | Sep 15, 2007 | tools/tips
For those of you who use blogger and use labels/tags, just a heads up, if you delete posts that you have labelled or try to remove labels, it may not work properly. If you need help deleting labels, check this post. A few ways around displaying all labels (and it would seem that this would be a feature in blogger at some point): Use a ...
del.icio.us testing new features
Like | robinna | Sep 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
If you are a del.icio.us user, you may be interested in knowing that del.icio.us is testing some new features. If you didn’t receive an invite (I didn’t, which doesn’t mean much…) then you can request to be added to list. I do hope that this will also mean more functionality in searching. For example in the Cataloging links page which is populated by del.icio.us links, ...
opensource alternatives to common commercial products
Like | robinna | Sep 13, 2007 | 3D, Big Data, CMS, Data, Library Catalogs (ILS), opensource, productivity, publishing, software, STEaM, STEM, webdesign
Although the introduction of this article is overly simplified in terms of the changes in library technology (I couldn’t help but laugh a little in a couple of places) , once you’re past that, the rest is a good little overview of some of the more popular opensource products. I’ve hotlinked and listed the products below, the article gives a more indepth overview. The products ...
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deleting unused labels in blogger
Like | robinna | Sep 12, 2007 | tools/tips
For those of you who use blogger and use labels/tags, just a heads up, if you delete posts that you have labelled or try to remove labels, it may not work properly. You’ve removed the label from all posts, yet there it is in the label list, with a post count. Clicking on the post count, shows no posts associated with it. What to do? ...
Opensource ILS projects and how I learned to love the library catalog
Like | robinna | Sep 11, 2007 | 3D, Digital Libraries, Libraries, opensource, software, web 2.0+
okay, pardon the bad pun on dr. strangelove… I’ve been following some of the opensource ils projects with interest. evergreen (launched by the Georgia Public Lib System), is still in heavy development. From my understanding it originally launched without acquisitions or serials checkin (eeks!) ; however from an upcoming presentation flyer it appears that acquisitions will launch or has launched very soon.Anyhow, it’s an interesting ...
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oh.. ouch… ajax slammed
Like | robinna | Sep 10, 2007 | Scripting, web 2.0+
The Web and AJAX have many deficiencies, including security holes, and much more needs to be done to iron out these problems, according to a keynote speaker at The Rich Web Experience conference in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday evening After taking the audience through a history of computing interfaces beginning with Hollerith cards to time-sharing and finally to the Web, Douglas Crockford, an architect ...
5000 resources to do just about anything online
Like | robinna | Sep 9, 2007 | CMS, Leadership, life 2.0+, publishing, social media, software, tools/tips, twitter, webdesign
5000 resources to do just about anything online I love mashable and I can’t possibly summarize everything in this article, but if you are looking for new things to do with your blog/website, or just to have a little fun on the ‘net, do take a look. You can find things such as 30 widgets for a wordpress blog, 70+ podcasting tools, 12+ twitter tools, ...
knowledge worker 2.0 – what is it?
Like | robinna | Sep 9, 2007 | Libraries, Training
Hmm, well it does sound like fun. Oh, wait, I already do some of these things… 😉 Brief synopsis (for those who don’t like to click that much): Old way => information/knowledge held in a “fiefdom” by a small group of players ; knowledge workers are limited in power and by territory, knowledge as a process, rigid ways of organizing Brief discussion of the long ...
google sky…
Like | robinna | Sep 8, 2007 | that's cool
This looks so coool. Kind of like google earth but for the sky. very very cool. ;-D article on google sky google sky website