Don’t anyone dare call me an “early adopter,” because last night, I signed myself up on Facebook for the first time. I joined up mostly because some of my coworkers are on there, and I was inspired by Michael Porter’s Social Software Showcase presentation. I also liked Facebook’s clean, basic look, and thought it made […]
I got an interesting email the other day from Ted Lee. Ted works for Meebo and wanted me to pass along a job posting. Meebo is looking for Customer Support Manager, and they think someone with reference librarian experience would be good for the position. I have no idea what Meebo is like to work […]
Just before my blog went down, I started giving Twitter a try. While my blog was down, I got to know Twitter a lot better.
And I was wrong.
Before, when I said Twitter wouldn’t appeal to me? Yeah, I was wrong. It turns out, Twitter is a lot of fun to use. Trying to squeeze my […]
Despite many people I know and respect giving Twitter reviews that range from “eh, it’s pretty useful” to “this is a fascinating and important new social trend,” I still remain skeptical about how much using Twitter would appeal to me. But it occurred to me this morning that without actually trying it out, I can […]
Even as I rationalized and defended the excitement and curiosity about Twitter in Biblioblogistan, and enjoyed David Lee King’s “Twitter Explained for Librarians,” I was wary of dipping my own piggies into Twitter. Why?
As much as I’ve gotten a kick out of John Blyberg’s rant against Twitter, it’s not because I think Twitter is “the […]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I gave Google Reader a shot when it first came out, and I wasn’t all that impressed. But people I respect have been complaining that Bloglines is sometimes tardy in updating some feeds (and I’ve noticed it myself) and singing Google Reader’s praises. So, I decided to give it another shot.
I’m still not all that […]
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Ryan Deschamps’s very brainy “no-brainer” top-10 list of Library 2.0 applications should be required reading by…well, everyone in Libraryland. So, hop to it! And spread the word!