A recent post on Librarian.net reminded me that this year's list of Library's Journal's 2008 Movers & Shakers is now out. Congrats to Amy Buckland for getting the nod! (<old man voice>I remember when Amy was just a wee lass, firing off e-mails to library school-focused blogs asking about the merits of various schools.</old man […]
I recently posted the second annual “Head Tale Blog Survey” to find out a bit about the visitors to this site – how they get here, what they like about the site, what they want to see more of and so on. Here are some of the results… – 75% of respondents read the site […]
Just clearing up some things I've come across recently. I sometimes forget to make a note of where I found stuff so if I got this from you or your site, apologies in advance – feel free to post a comment or drop me a line to let me know (although admittedly 90% of my […]
I did a blog survey last year which was very informative about who's reading my blog, how they get here and how often they visit, what they like once they get here and what they'd like to see more of. For that reason, I've decided to repeat the survey again this year. I thank-you in […]
So I was giving my standard “these days, buying online or doing your online banking is as safe, if not safer, than doing it via a real world transaction” line during a public Internet session the other day when some old guy puts up his hand and goes “What about that Silent Banker virus they […]
I recently posted about the lack of access to comments being one of the main downfalls of every type of RSS reader I'd seen – web-based, e-mail based, software-based. Astute reader, Heather M. sent me the following Bloglines announcement (note how they subtly plug the ability to click ads! Those RSS ads are coming I […]
I was looking at my blog stats today and started thinking about RSS (really simple syndication for anyone who doesn't know – a technology that allows you to use an external source – either your e-mail client or a web site or a piece of software or whatever) to track your favourite sites. So, if […]
Following up nicely on yesterday's post about Yahoo Answers! (with its passing compliment of Ask MetaFilter), I see today that a MetaFilter user has taken the time to compile and categorize a master list of book-related questions from Ask MetaFilter in Wiki format. Called ReadMe, I especially like that the first question listed on the […]
Can anybody explain why I suddenly got a whackload of hits from PostSecret at the start of this month? As far as I can tell, nobody sent in a postcard that said they had a secret crush on me (or that they hated my guts) and anyhow, the links are shown as coming directly from […]
A quantitative look at the Top 25 Library Bloggers provides some obvious ones, some new ones to check out and one massive glaring omission! (via the ALA's “American Libraries Direct” e-newsletter which is frankly one of the best e-newsletters I've seen in my life.) Also from the newsletter, I wants! [Edit: compare and contrast the […]
