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Category Archives: Technology

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – E-Books Edition

Bev Slopen is a Canadian Literary Agent who is experimenting with e-books to “learn what authors and publishers already know about the area”. Oyster, a “NetFlix for books” has launched.  The obvious rejoinder is “A Netflix for books?  We call that the library.”  But the reality is that libraries operate on a loaning model and […]

Posted 09 September 2013 § Canada § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – “Terms and Conditions May Apply” Documentary

Shea and I are watching a great documentary as I type this – you should too!  (Er, it’s on NetFlix and they’ll track that you watched it of course.)

Posted 06 September 2013 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Internet § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Couple Reasons I Really Like Doug Stanhope

Doug Stanhope is a fucking awesome comedian who is cool with people torrenting his stuff…   And “his stuff” includes brilliant material like this… And this…

Posted 05 September 2013 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“The Spot Where You’re Sitting Is Now Its Own Internet Kingdom”

Wired magazine tells the story of a British entrepreneur who has designed a system that can designate every three metre space on earth using a three word code. What3Words.com is a system that’s much more accurate and memorable than current GPS, postal codes, street addresses and other similar techniques to designate addresses.   For example, […]

Posted 04 September 2013 § Internet § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Reddit Launches Multi-Reddits

For the past few weeks, Reddit Gold members (those who pay an annual subscription fee) have been able to beta-test a new feature called Multi-Reddits. That feature has now gone live for all Reddit members. With thousands of sub-reddits, it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Multi-reddits allow you to combine similar reddits into […]

Posted 02 August 2013 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

How Much Happens Every 60 Seconds On The Internet?

A lot!

Posted 30 July 2013 § Infographic § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Four For The Price of One (Friday Fun/Saturday Snap/Sappy Sunday/Music Monday)

We were out of town this weekend for Shea’s parents’ 40th Wedding Anniversary so I didn’t get around to blogging as we were pretty busy the whole time. Instead of going back and post-posting (er, is that a word? Backdating posts to keep my “daily post” commitment going anyhow), I thought that, this time I’d […]

Posted 29 July 2013 § Family § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § Photo § Sad § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

How Facebook Changes Your Brain

An interesting article about the ways that Facebook affects our thinking… We learn to see the present as a “future past” and focus on how we will document, and self-document, even as the events are transpiring around us. And what happens? It distracts us. In the process of tweeting, posting a Facebook status, choosing the right […]

Posted 25 June 2013 § Internet § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. Perhaps because I usually cherry-pick the best TEDTalks when watching online, both years I’ve gone in expecting all TEDx talks will be stellar too.  But honestly, […]

Posted 05 June 2013 § Humour § Internet § Library § List § Meme § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Getting Excited for @TEDxRegina #yqr

Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year.  Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my employer is funding me plus a few other colleagues to attend.  Yay! That is *exactly* what I was saying last year about how libraries need to ensure […]

Posted 29 May 2013 § Library § Meme § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,