If you can’t read this, raise your hand
Thu 22 Feb 2007, 10:55 pm
I screw up the blog, salvage the blog, and shuffle away from the computer.
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Archive for February, 2007
ASCII by Jason Scott: You Are Fuel
The whole dynamic of this is probably worth going into; here people were just posting stuff according to the class’s requirements, writing their dashed-off thoughts on a speech, and suddenly the asshole who gave the presentation is there in class. I wish
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Chip Kidd uses great photos by Thomas Allen on James Ellroy covers. Commenters don’t like Kidd’s type design. Kidd shows up in the comments and gets defensive.
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The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Big Mac Attack at Wilkes U.
I’m proud to have kicked off this comment thread trainwreck reacting to the idiotic Mac baiting at the end of this CHE blog post. lolz
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Four years to a social library
Thu 22 Feb 2007, 12:42 pm
Tutt Library gets a nice mention for our use of social software, which leads me to think about what that really says about MPOW (and what it might mean for YPOW.
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Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: iCranky
"So one of the reasons I’m cranky today is because most faculty development workshops I’ve attended assume no knowledge and experience on the part of those being lectured to about the latest advances in technology, learning style, and interconnectivit
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Reading the comment thread, I am suddenly thankful that the NYTimes has never linked to me.
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When good sites go bad
Mon 19 Feb 2007, 12:26 am
Walt Crawford has spent a fair amount of time this weekend trying to figure out why Bloglines isn’t picking up his posts. And he isn’t the only one. Flickr had its own problem this weekend. On Saturday morning, I was looking at my contacts’ photos on Flickr, and I noticed that Laura Crossett had what [...]
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Unsung heroes and heroines
Sat 17 Feb 2007, 11:22 pm
Kind words for librarians from the editor of The Letters of Matthew Arnold.
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"PennLabs presents new software developed by the Penn Library – and, in some cases, still under development." PennTags, subject maps, browser tools, etc.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
"An online index to historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror." Free online citation database from Texas A&M. Via boingboing.
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Jobs: "So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system? There appear to be none."
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Great web 2.0 video on YouTube
Mon 5 Feb 2007, 9:44 pm
“Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us,” a YouTube video from Professor Michael Wesch.
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The Chronicle: 2/9/2007: Time for Reading
On the need for slow reading. Advice I feel I need to take to heart, for myself and for my children. I do admire Franco Moretti, though; I think his project is something altogether different and that he claims not to read for the predictable shock value.
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Librarian Avengers » Deliver my books bitch.
How to get books delivered at Cornell: "2. The patron adds each book to her ‘bookbag’ 3. A MIRACLE OCCURS HERE 4. The patron mysteriously knows that she can have her books delivered." I love Librarian Avengers.
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