Category: Internet

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

Chris Dixon (1972 – 2007)

(Chris liked this photo I snapped of him after a 503 class so much that he asked me to send it to him for possible use in his

Facebook Round-Up

When did this blog go from a wide swath of technology-related stories to “Today's Facebook news is…” 😉  But Facebook is booming – I'm finding and being found

Toronto Is The Facebook Capital of the World

A MetaFilter thread discussing an essay entitled “Viewing American Class Divisions Through MySpace and Facebook” leads to this interesting nugget: Toronto has the most Facebook members of any

How *Does* A Google Query Work?

Here's a great answer to the question of what exactly happens when you do a Google query. 

Friday Fun Link – Does Internet Filtering Work? (June 22, 2007)

In keeping with the topic of the day over at my other most favourite site on the Internet, LibrarianActivist, here’s a report on internet filtering from the National

Good Web Sites About…Designing Web Sites

I can't remember if I ever mentioned it on this blog (probably knowing me) but I'm currently volunteering on the web site redesign task force of the Canadian

Link Dump

I don't do a lot of link dump posts but I've had a few things sitting open in tabs for the past couple weeks that had the potential

Friday Fun Link – The Best Places To Get Free Books Online (May 18, 2007)

LibrarianActivist has highlighted a couple sites in the past that offer free e-book downloads but this page has a comprehensive list of all the options online for getting

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