Category: Internet

TinyURL Explorer

TinyURL is a useful site that helps convert some of those mega-long URL's that some web sites give to their pages into something that's way more manageable.  The

All Walls Will Crumble In Time… (Thoughts on Creating A New Facebook Account)

Shea's been resisting for a long time but while attending a 65th birthday party last night and hearing various parents discuss whether or not they should join Facebook

Yet Five More Ways To Improve Facebook

I'm getting lots of hits for my Facebook related writings (especially my recent post on whether Facebook was replacing e-mail) so why not add to the chatter some

Friday Fun Link – 10 Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google (July 27, 2007)

The title says it all. (Also I’m in a bit of a pinch for time this week as I’m heading to a lake soon and will be sans

Reference Question o' the Day

Can anybody with better Google-fu than I find a web page/study/chart listing internet usage by profession/occupation?  I've just done some quick searching with Google but haven't turned up

Around the Horn: Highlights From Other Blogs I Read

Similar to my FFL last week, Michelle L. links to another article slamming the impact of the Potter books. If you're going to buy her book, don't buy

My Birthday By The Numbers

34 – age I turned today 25 – age someone recently told me I was really at 4 – Number of gifts Pace got from Shea today 2

When Did Facebook Replace E-mail?

Okay, we're not quite there yet (or you aren't if you're my age – I suspect 18-24 year olds are) but it feels like we're heading in that

Friday Fun Link – If Public Libraries Didn't Exist, Could You Start One Today? (July 13, 2007)

The author of the popular Freakonomics book looks at the question, “If public libraries didn’t exist, could you start one today?” “But here’s the point I’m (finally) getting

By Request – My Web Design Evolution and What Every Librarian Should Know

I finally managed to catch up on responses to the comments that have come in over the last month (my policy is to try to respond to every

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