At the end of June, Google released Google+, their latest attempt at creating a social networking site to compete with Facebook and Twitter. After the failures of Google Wave and Google Buzz, some saw Google+ as a potential “three strikes and you’re out” last ditch attempt by Google to finally gain traction in the social […]
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Kudos to Air Canada
Made it to St. John’s after a 3:30am wake-up call, a 6am departure and two three hour flights – first to Toronto and then another one to St. John’s. When I fly, it tends to be WestJet or on a charter taking me to sunny climes so this was the first time I’ve been on […]
What Really Makes A Vacation Seem Real…
…is when you can look up the long-range forecast for your destination and get a sense of what the weather might be like for your trip. One week until we’re in St. John’s – hope the sunny weather forecast holds!
Too Many Tabs Tuesday
“Men, Which Books or Movies Have Most Resonated With Your Inner Thoughts?” (AskMF) MetaSkim – a new news site that attempts to provide targeted local news (MetaFilter) YouTube now has (some really old and/or unknown and/or direct-to-video type) movies for free Google Execs and other tech experts are attending a summit to discuss the future […]
Friday Fun Link – Would You Pay For Search? How Much?
Researchers at the University of Michigan did an experiment to figure out how much Internet search was worth. They asked students to find answers to questions using the stacks (average time: 22 minutes) then using Google (average time: 7 minutes) then used the difference (15 minutes) and the average American wage ($22/hour) to determine that […]
I Predict A Riot
With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide range of opinions (many mentioned in this thread) on why this particular riot happened… It was drunken Canucks fans. It was anarchists. It was gang members/hooligans/insurgents. (I […]
Google Charges Its R&D Team With Making Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Conventional…
…”within a few years.” So frackin‘ cool if it’s true!
Random Thoughts From WILU Day One
I’m at the Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) conference in Regina from today until Friday. Here are a few random thoughts from my first day… – it’s always enjoyable to attend a conference in a different city – staying in a hotel, eating meals in cool restaurants, checking out the attractions of a […]
Five Not So Good Things About Librarians
Following up on yesterday’s post listing Five Good Things About Librarians, here are some generalizations about the weaknesses many librarians share… 1. Librarians are often extremely anal retentive What else would you expect from a profession which has the organization and classification of the world’s information as one of its core purposes? Part of this […]