TechCrunch recently had a story about a new study which found that lower-income people tend to prefer Yahoo! and higher-income people prefer Google. (Shea's reading over my shoulder and goes “That's funny – I didn't know anyone preferred Yahoo!”)Anyhow, that made me think about the “Everything You Wanted To Know About the Internet (But Were […]
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CLA Student Article Contest
If you're an MLIS student or recent grad, I encourage you to enter this contest. (I can't tell you how much fame and fortune I've gained by being a runner-up last year! That does remind me – I better spend my CLA gift certificate for free swag before it expires!)— Dear Students: CLA is […]
Lateral Thinking Question of the Day – Library Version
Inspired by Barb's request for the toilet paper rolls pictured in my last entry (unfortunately, that was a borrowed picture from Flickr so I can't help out with that), I'll put out this question…One of our branches had a sign up requesting empty used Kleenex boxes be donated to the library. I assumed they were […]
CLA Young Adult Book Award Committee Needs Saskatchewan Representative
Hmmm…it doesn't seem to require that you be a librarian, only that you are willing to join CLA for the duration of the term on the jury (which is a 5 year commitment with a requirement that you read ~100 books per year. I've done nearly that for a book awards jury once but doing […]
One Red Paper Clip Redux
It's a bit ironic that the town I visited today for Internet training happens to have a small place in Internet history itself. But other than a brief discussion with the branch librarian about the events of the last couple years since a young man from Montreal was able to execute a series of online […]
"Is there any kind of like…video rental store but for books?"
(Click on the graphic to see a larger image) (via Reddit which has some good discussion about this magical, mystical place the person is seeking)
100 Books Every Child Should Read
The UK's Daily Telegraph comes in with a list of 100 books every child should read broken into three categories – early years, middle years and early teens.
A Couple Funnies From The Field
So I'm on the road doing computer & Internet training and I thought I'd pass along a couple humourous moments from the past couple weeks…– tonight, a woman wants to know an Internet radio station she can listen to while doing housework. I say that Accuradio is one of my favourites and after loading it […]
Four Things You Should Never Do To Your Users
It's a short list but it cuts to the core with a list of the essential things that are part of successful online usability. 1. Make Them Log-In By Account NumberThis is a huge one for libraries. How many libraries have databases and other electronic resources but require patrons to memorize a lengthy barcode or […]
"My computer crashed and I have a CD with all the files – how do I get my e-mail address book back?"
In homage to RefGrunt, here's a sample of some of the topics I addressed and questions I helped people with during my two “Ask The Computer Guru” drop-in sessions and two “Everything You Want To Know about the Internet” presentations today…– how to restore the e-mail address book from a crashed computer to a new […]