The Atlantic Monthly takes a look at the techniques and deeper meaning of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.The Toronto Star presents word clouds of previous Inaugural Addresses including Obama's. (Thanks to Sandra M. for this link.) Oh, and my former classmate, Ian L., got a shout-out on the highly-trafficked (and one of the first) Internet blog, […]
Technology site TechCrunch is expanding beyond being one of the best sources for news about Web 2.0-type companies and have been driving development of an inexpensive, touchpad computer they've dubbed the “CrunchPad“. When launched, it will likely have WiFi, a camera, flash memory (instead of a hard drive), a full Linux install and retail for […]
Is there any other song to choose today, on Martin Luther King Day in the US and with the inauguration of Barack Obama happening tomorrow? (I don't know about you but I've got my PVR set to basically record CNN for 24 hours straight!)
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Posted 20 January 2009
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This post on TechCrunch is showing up on most of the major link aggregators I visit (MetaFilter, Reddit, etc.) so I thought I'd post it here. Although libraries aren't Google by any stretch of the imagination, we do live in similar worlds so there's probably something to be learned from the discussion about how to […]
Wordie is a site that “lets you make lists of words and phrases. Words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic, whatever. Lists are visible to everyone but can be added to by just you, a group of friends, or anyone, as you wish.”
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Posted 18 January 2009
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A visualization of all nouns in the English language arranged by semantic meaning.(via MetaFilter)
Steven Chabot, my colleague (and roomie) from the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit is looking into some of the reasons why men enter the profession. Anything related to gender and libraries is a personal interest of mine so I'll take a shot at helping him out (and I'd encourage you to do so too – […]
About a year ago, I got a “Claim of Copyright” notice for the montage video I made of photos around Pace's birth using the song “Tippy-Toeing” by Loretta Lynne. When I first read it, I thought the music label (Universal) was saying they were going to take down the video unless I could prove I […]
About once a month, give or take, RPL hosts an Education Institute presentation that staff members can attend. Today's session is Micheal Stephens giving his annual “Top Tech Trends” presentation and I was looking forward to it quite a bit. Unfortunately, both Shea and I got hit hard with the flu last night so instead, […]
