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Amazon Releases Info on Most Highlighted Kindle Books and Passages

How many times have you been reading a book, come across a great quote and then, unless you're really anal diligent and somehow transcribed it, ended up forgetting all about it?  I've always thought that the tipping point for e-books would be something that easily allowed you to track these quotes as you came across […]

Posted 05 May 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing Is Alienating Half the Population

Here's a good article poking holes in the fallacy that only women read.  It's actually a bit of a chicken and the egg thing – do only women read because publishers only produce books targeted at women because those are the ones that have been the most successful in the past?    This is probably true […]

Posted 29 April 2010 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Crowdsourced Library?

I recently gave kudos to the book “Crowdsourcing” which I'd just finished reading.  You know a book's a good one when you're still thinking about it a few days later and you know it's a great one when you keep thinking of ways its lessons might apply in your everyday life beyond that.  Very briefly, […]

Posted 28 April 2010 § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Ultimate Chill-Out Vibe On A Crappy Sunday Morning When You're Trapped Inside…

Open this page in one tab.  Open this page in another tab.  Enjoy!  (via Reddit)

Posted 25 April 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

50 Best Book People to Follow on Twitter

Can you write a novel in 140 characters?  I bet these folks could!

Posted 14 April 2010 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Single Coolest Piece of News to Hit Librarianship Ever

As a profession, librarians constantly struggle with the fact that we aren't exactly regarded as a “cool” profession.  (Man, there are times I miss working in publishing – a life full  of wine & cheese parties and awards banquets, I tell you!)  Sure, librarians are trying to update their image – getting articles in the […]

Posted 04 April 2010 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – "Happy New Year Luie!" (March 19, 2010)

I was going to save this for Music Monday but it's too good to not share right away.  As one YouTube commenter observes, is this like looking at the roots of the delta slide blues guitar style?(via MetaFilter)

Posted 20 March 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Future of Publishing

Make sure you watch to the end…

Posted 19 March 2010 § Internet § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Archival Footage of "Sask Sampler Book Archive Launch"

I recently bought a gizmo to convert old VHS tapes and other analog signals to a digital format.  As I was getting it set-up for the first time, I picked a couple clips I had from around ten years ago – one where I'm featured fairly prominently and one where you get to see my […]

Posted 27 February 2010 § Canada § Main Page § SaturdaySnap § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

FTRW 2010 – Friday Fun Link – "Straight Outta Compton" Edited to *Only* The Profanity

For how demonized some albums are, when you cut it down to just the “bad” parts, it really puts things in perspective.  19 seconds.  42 seconds.  29 seconds.  0 seconds.  10 seconds.(via MetaFilter)

Posted 27 February 2010 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,