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Category: Keeping Up

[GUEST POST] Everything you ever wanted to know about spyware & adware (but were afraid of the answers)

Posted on September 2, 2008October 14, 2008 by Laura

Shawn Walsh is the Technology Analyst for NEO-RLS. What are spyware and adware, anyway? Spyware is any technology that aids…

Posted in Keeping Up, softwareTagged adware, guestpost, shawnwalsh, spyware1 Comment on [GUEST POST] Everything you ever wanted to know about spyware & adware (but were afraid of the answers)

Lifestreaming, the next social act

Posted on August 26, 2008September 13, 2021 by Laura

I currently know more about the lives and interests of many of my professional contacts than I do about some…

Posted in Keeping Up, RSS, Web 2.0Tagged friendfeed, lifestreaming, socialaggregators

Beyond the visual avatar

Posted on August 22, 2008September 5, 2008 by Laura

(Something kind of fun for a slow(er) Friday.) A couple of weeks ago I covered Weblins here, and someday, I…

Posted in Keeping Up, Web 2.0Tagged avatars, soundbadge

Time to talk spam

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Laura

(With a lot of credit to George Lenzer, blogger at alt.think!) Here’s some facts about email’s biggest annoyance.  Did you…

Posted in email, Keeping UpTagged email, spam2 Comments on Time to talk spam

The sins of library web sites

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Laura

Ah, Twitter is a wonderful thing.  I asked members of the Twitterverse to catalog the problems of library web sites,…

Posted in Keeping Up, usability, Web 2.0Tagged design, twitter, usability6 Comments on The sins of library web sites

[GUEST POST] Is your library search bar friendly?

Posted on August 8, 2008October 14, 2008 by Laura

Don Yarman is the Deputy Director of Delaware County Public Library. Probably by now, you’re using a web browser that…

Posted in Keeping Up, Web 2.0Tagged donyarman, guestpost, opacs, search, searchboar, usability

The web as social playground: Weblin

Posted on July 31, 2008July 31, 2008 by Laura

For the past several months, I have been experimenting with a little-known web application called Weblin. In effect, it allows…

Posted in Keeping Up, Web 2.0Tagged avatars, social, weblin

[GUEST POST] Escaping the Brand Trap: Moving Beyond Big Name Software

Posted on July 22, 2008October 14, 2008 by Laura

George Lenzer is a Computer and Network Manager at Cleveland Public Library and blogs at alt.think. Do you exclusively use…

Posted in Keeping Up, softwareTagged brands, competency, flexibility, georgelenzer, guestpost, software

[GUEST POST]Ultra Low-Cost PCs: Little Laptops Getting a Lot of Love

Posted on July 1, 2008July 11, 2008 by Laura

Glen Horton is the Technology Coordinator and Assistant Director of SWON Libraries. As convenient as they are, laptops can be…

Posted in Gadgets, Hardware, Keeping UpTagged Gadgets, glenhorton, guestpost, pcs, ulpc4 Comments on [GUEST POST]Ultra Low-Cost PCs: Little Laptops Getting a Lot of Love

RSS, Part II: Why your library web site needs a feed

Posted on June 26, 2008June 26, 2008 by Laura

I am assuming that, by now, you have a RSS reader/aggretator of your own and you now understand why RSS…

Posted in Keeping Up, RSS, Web 2.0Tagged RSS

Facebook and public libraries

Posted on June 18, 2008July 11, 2008 by Laura

“Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People…

Posted in Keeping Up, Web 2.0Tagged facebook, socialnetworking, web2.02 Comments on Facebook and public libraries

Why Flickr for libraries?

Posted on June 10, 2008July 11, 2008 by Laura

There has been an awful lot written about Flickr, one of the top online photo-sharing sites. I’m not out to…

Posted in Keeping Up, Web 2.0Tagged flickr, photosharing, siloing3 Comments on Why Flickr for libraries?

Why link collections are dead…sort of

Posted on June 4, 2008June 11, 2008 by Laura

I am hoping, nay, I’m practically praying, that your library does not have either of the following: A collection of…

Posted in Keeping Up, RSS, Web 2.0Tagged bookmarking, del.icio.us, siloing8 Comments on Why link collections are dead…sort of

Tag, You’re It

Posted on May 30, 2008September 13, 2021 by Laura

You may have heard about tagging (AKA folksonomies). If you’re a cataloger, the whole concept might give you nightmares. So,…

Posted in Keeping UpTagged follksonomies, tagging, web2.01 Comment on Tag, You’re It

A short lesson in Netiquette

Posted on May 27, 2008September 13, 2021 by Laura

Everyone has at least one; that person (friend, family member or coworker) who thinks they have to forward every last…

Posted in Keeping Up

First things first: RSS

Posted on May 16, 2008June 5, 2014 by Laura

RSS (usually standing for “Really Simple Syndication”), is crucial to your career. No, really, I mean it. After all, if…

Posted in Blogs, Keeping Up, RSSTagged RSS2 Comments on First things first: RSS

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