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“I’m sure that when sidewalks came in vogue, some people had a question about whether it’s worthwhile for cities to invest in sidewalks." – Sask to Offer Free WiFi in Its Four Largest Cities

A pretty major announcement today from the Sask Government that by May, they will begin providing free wireless in the downtowns of our four largest cities – Saskatoon,

This is the next century, Where the Universal's free…

Just what the world needs (and what I need too) – another blog!I've set up a blog called The Universal, mainly as a place to link-dump stories and

Five Easy Ways To Improve Facebook

I've seen a real boom in the amount of friends I've added on Facebook in the past week or two.  I hate to use a buzzword but it

Stalking = Playful?!?

It's a loooong story but in our genealogy class, there was a bit of a revolt and a group of students ended up going to the prof to

Ask Metafilter – Some Thoughts

I recently exchanged a couple e-mails with an MLIS student who was thinking of doing a paper on Yahoo! Answers having seen one of their executives do a

505 Is Gone

Heard via the grapevine that “505 – Technology” is officially gone as a required course at FIMS.  Here's a bit of background on how this came about…  (Disclaimer:

Quote of the Day

“Why don't you look it up on DiggieFilter?”  – my mother-in-law talking about the web site I mention all the time on my blog. 😀

Friday Fun Link – Africa vs. Star Wars On The Web (Feb 9, 2007)

Sometimes an idea for the day’s FFL pops right in your in-box on a Friday morning. Here’s something fellow Librarian Activist editor, David Jackson, sent me today. “I

"Blogs, they're what old people do now."

“Blogs, they're what old people do now…E-mail is the same way. The youngest generation of Internet users don't bother with blogs or e-mail, preferring social sites such as

Web 2.0 – The Machine Is Us/ing Us

A cultural anthropology professor has put together a very engaging presentation on what exactly “Web 2.0” is all about.  (via Digg) [2007-02-05 – I love MetaFilter but man,

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