Year: 2010

Poppy Politics

A few years ago, I went on record as saying that I rarely to never wore a poppy on Remembrance Day (a personal belief I admitted was the

The Library’s Role in Supporting Wikipedia

Wikipedia is having its annual fundraising drive and that got me thinking about a recent conversation I had with a fellow librarian. The discussion started as one of

Facebook: “The Wild West of the Internet Tamed to Fit Suburban Fantasies of the Suburban Soul”

Good article about how Facebook has come to replace previous ways that we tried to both conform and compete with our social peers.

Music Monday – “I guess he’s an X-Box/And i’m more Atari/But the way you play your game ain’t fair.”

Sure, the original Cee Lo Brown song is mega-catchy and will have kids getting detention after being caught singing it on the playground for months to come. But

Yumm: A Recipe Bookmark Site

I had a longish post in mind but with perfect timing, I was at work all day on Friday feeling fine then got home, immediately started shivering and

Saturday Snap – Spider-Pace in action on Halloween

Spider-Pace in action on Halloween, originally uploaded by headtale.

Friday Fun Link – AskReddit…For All Your Music Needs

What song makes you feel badass when it comes on your MP3 player when you’re walking? Suggestions for sad songs? What’s your most listened to song of all-time

10 Things I Think About (Nearly) Every Day at Work

Outside of thinking about things like my current projects or what’s in the pipeline for the near future, e-mails that need to be sent or answered and generic

Facebook: Behind the Scenes

The Daily Beast did a month-long experiment to discover the inner workings of Facebook – how it determines who shows up on your News Feed, what can influence

About Head Tale

I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.

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