One of the beautiful things about Firefox as a browser is how customizable it is. According to my stats, the vast majority of people reading this blog use that browser so I thought I'd pass along this site that I had bookmarked: I Want A Firefox Extension To… which is a collection of over 200 […]
Most people reading this are probably familiar with LibraryThing, a web site that allows you to easily enter and catalogue your books, see the libraries of others (including those with a similar collection to yours) and much more. But LibraryThing is not the only site in this area. Shelfari is the latest addition to the […]
Here's a new blog that regularly posts answer to reference-type questions. (via MetaFilter)
Amanda Etches Johnson did a post today where she mentioned the “Top 10 Blog Usability Mistakes”. I'd seen this before and intended to do something in response but never got around to it. But there's no time like the present.1. No Author BiographyWell, contrary to some people who think this blog is purely an exercise […]
My absolute favourite project at library school last year was a presentation I did for a class called “Shaping of News & Information Through Technology”. The seminar-style course was offered jointly with the journalism department so we had about 16 LIS students and 6 or 8 journalism students. Given the title of the course and […]
Found this via another site. It uses the number of sites linking to your blog to calculate a value for that blog. (I guess my IPO will be a bit longer in the making. LibrarianActivist on the other hand… ) Head Tale My blog is worth $7,339.02.How much is your blog worth? LibrarianActivist.org […]
This is a bit of an old story by now but Time magazine recently named “You” as their “Person of the Year”. Many people reacted to the decision negatively saying it was a cop-out and the ultimate gimmick to sell magazines from a magazine that arguably hadn't chosen the proper newsmaker of the year since […]
As I've mentioned before, my favourite web site on the Internet is MetaFilter – a community weblog where any member can post and comment on stories which range from technology to news to pretty much anything else you can think of. The site has members from around the world who encompass all worldviews but tend […]
So it's 3:45am on December 28 and I'm back in my own bed after a few days of riding the sleigh around SE Saskatchewan (well, to Shea's parents in Weyburn, my parents in Indian Head then back to Regina today.) Right now, I'm surfing around to catch-up on my regular blogs and here's some of […]
Here's a big surprise – I love lists! And the end of the year, is the absolute best time for them. A web site called Fimoculous has compiled links to various online lists of best movies, music, books and various other categories for the past few years. Here's a direct link to the Books section […]
