Category Archives: Internet

When Memes Collide: Kiki Challenge & Baby Shark Challenge

Kiki Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hgv_uOFpg Baby Shark Challenge: Combined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHGk-hQl4Fc More on Metafilter.

Inside A Google Data Center

 

Retro Friday Fun Link – The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain

This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!

Nine Thoughts on Facebook Birthday Wishes As I Enter My 45th Year (9 = 4+5. Getit?)

The history of Facebook birthdays is not all that exciting, but some habits?—?like uploading videos and tagging people?—?the company had to teach. Wishing someone a happy birthday on the platform came naturally, and it’s now a function Facebook owns. The platform didn’t introduce notifications for birthdays until 2013; before that, the side of your feed […]

Owning People Online Is The Left’s Path To Victory

  According to recent polling, a staggeringly small portion of the 22-to-45-year-old demographic watches cable news, and in fact almost 50 percent of young people do not watch traditional TV at all, instead opting to get their content from online streaming services, social media, and the like. I’ve been a big believer in the power of the […]

“Dearest Father…” #SecondCivilWarLetters Wins Twitter on American Independence Day

My Love,Dusk. We're in position overlooking MAGA camp. I see their sentries' red hats in the dim light of their tiki torches and it steels my nerves. At midnight, we strike. May our battlecry, "Happy Holidays," strike fear. Send Kale. – Matthew#secondcivilwarletters — D-Fo (@ThisIsDFo) July 4, 2018   It’s quite clear that the increased […]

Why Did #HumboldtStrong Resonate So Strongly?

The outpouring of support after the horrible Humboldt Broncos bus accident that killed 16 people and left 13 more injured has been unprecedented. People from not only across Saskatchewan and Canada but indeed, from around the world, have sent money and condolences. Tonight, the GoFundMe page that originally aimed to raise $10,000 and is about […]

Going Viral for Good – #SaveSKLibraries, Broncos’ GoFundMe

A couple stories of the importance of being able to “go viral” in the digital age. Today was Budget Day in Saskatchewan and it was confirmed that, after being cut by $5 million last year, the library funding that was restored after public outcry, would remain in place, leaving library funding stable, at least for […]

How A Wardrobe Malfunction Led To The Creation of YouTube

I did not know that. Most remarkably, we have Nipplegate to thank for YouTube. Co-founder Jawed Karim told USA Today that he was inspired to create the video site in 2005 after not being able to find any footage of the incident online. It’s also too bad that Timberlake missed an opportunity during his performance […]

Everything Is Too Complicated – What Are Tech Companies Assuming We Know?

A good article which is especially relevant to libraries where we hear many tech-related questions every day and struggle with how far we go with our tech-support role, how we train staff to answer tech questions and whether “Tech Help Desk” is the new “Reference Desk” for the modern library. Think of the tech industry […]