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Everything Is Too Complicated – What Are Tech Companies Assuming We Know?

A good article which is especially relevant to libraries where we hear many tech-related questions every day and struggle with how far we go with our tech-support role, how we train staff to answer tech questions and whether “Tech Help Desk” is the new “Reference Desk” for the modern library. Think of the tech industry […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2018 § Internet § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, facebook, google, twitter, wikipedia, youtube

Friday Fun Link – Merriam-Webster “Time Traveller” Tells You What Words Were Coined The Year You Were Born

…or any year you enter for that matter. (h/t to library school colleague, ML)

¶ Posted 05 January 2018 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language

George Carlin Comments on Donald Trump vs. Kim Jong Un War of Words

Hint: it’s not really about words:

¶ Posted 03 January 2018 § Humour § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, unitedstates

A Couple Good Articles About Why You Should Give Up Social Media For The New Year

Because of how the timing worked out when I went back to university to complete my MLIS, I was fortunate enough to be able to join Facebook when it was still restricted only to people with educational institution email addresses. (That blog post is dated 2007 but how it’s written makes it pretty clear I […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2018 § Internet § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

“May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot”

Hopefully the new year will bring new leadership for the Sask NDP that will be able to build and grow the party in a way they couldn’t during the last leader’s tenure. 🙁

¶ Posted 17 December 2017 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Google’s “2017 Year in Search”

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for all the many “best of” retrospective lists and articles and posts that come out. The Google Search compilation is usually one of the best (the YouTube Rewind one, not so much!)

¶ Posted 14 December 2017 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sports § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, weather

“I Made My Shed The Top Rated Restaurant on TripAdvisor” (And Some Quick Thoughts on Fake News)

At RPL’s recent Staff Development Day, I was asked to moderate a panel discussion on fake news. The panelists included a local education prof who specializes in social media and digital technology, a journalism prof who specializes in mass and alternative media and a journalist who is the assignment producer as well as having responsibility for […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2017 § Internet § Jobs § Library § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology § United States § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, education, facebook, history, language, reddit, twitter, unitedstates, wikipedia

“Leadership Races Shouldn’t Be Spectator Sports” – Saskatoon Star Phoenix #skpoli #skndpldr

The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix had an editorial today that I couldn’t agree with more. Their point is that with two exciting, concurrent leadership races happening in each of the province’s main political parties, there’s no excuse for people to not spend $10 to buy a membership and have a lot more direct impact on either the […]