Shawn Walsh is the Technology Analyst for NEO-RLS. What are spyware and adware, anyway? Spyware is any technology that aids…
Category: Keeping Up
Lifestreaming, the next social act
I currently know more about the lives and interests of many of my professional contacts than I do about some…
Beyond the visual avatar
(Something kind of fun for a slow(er) Friday.) A couple of weeks ago I covered Weblins here, and someday, I…
Time to talk spam
(With a lot of credit to George Lenzer, blogger at alt.think!) Here’s some facts about email’s biggest annoyance. Did you…
The sins of library web sites
Ah, Twitter is a wonderful thing. I asked members of the Twitterverse to catalog the problems of library web sites,…
[GUEST POST] Is your library search bar friendly?
Don Yarman is the Deputy Director of Delaware County Public Library. Probably by now, you’re using a web browser that…
The web as social playground: Weblin
For the past several months, I have been experimenting with a little-known web application called Weblin. In effect, it allows…
[GUEST POST] Escaping the Brand Trap: Moving Beyond Big Name Software
George Lenzer is a Computer and Network Manager at Cleveland Public Library and blogs at alt.think. Do you exclusively use…
[GUEST POST]Ultra Low-Cost PCs: Little Laptops Getting a Lot of Love
Glen Horton is the Technology Coordinator and Assistant Director of SWON Libraries. As convenient as they are, laptops can be…
RSS, Part II: Why your library web site needs a feed
I am assuming that, by now, you have a RSS reader/aggretator of your own and you now understand why RSS…
Facebook and public libraries
“Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People…
Why Flickr for libraries?
There has been an awful lot written about Flickr, one of the top online photo-sharing sites. I’m not out to…
Why link collections are dead…sort of
I am hoping, nay, I’m practically praying, that your library does not have either of the following: A collection of…
Tag, You’re It
You may have heard about tagging (AKA folksonomies). If you’re a cataloger, the whole concept might give you nightmares. So,…
A short lesson in Netiquette
Everyone has at least one; that person (friend, family member or coworker) who thinks they have to forward every last…
First things first: RSS
RSS (usually standing for “Really Simple Syndication”), is crucial to your career. No, really, I mean it. After all, if…