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Popular Science Lecturer Collapses, Students Rush To…Twitter?

Stories like this are only hastening my arrival at a “kids these days!” state of old man intolerance and disgust. Okay, I’m sure part of this isn’t just a generation of insensitive, YouTube zomboids not reacting to an emergency but also a terrible example of the bystander effect, except, like so many other things, the […]

Posted 17 November 2010 § Family § MemoryLane § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

(Yet Another) Technological Threat To Libraries

OuiBox (warning: music autoplays) is not only an online word processor and a way to connect to various social media sites but it claims to have the ability to help you fill in facts as you write! We’re not there yet but the fact that this was posted to Reddit with a subject line of […]

Posted 28 October 2010 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – “It’s A Book” by Lane Smith

Our children’s librarians have been raving about this book and passing it around the library.  I’ve got to say I agree – it’s hilarious! (And yes, I see the irony in posting the YouTube video promoting a book that shows the advantages of old tech over new tech!)

Posted 24 September 2010 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Twitter: 10 Insights

I’m using Twitter a lot more than I used to but still mostly for the links/information that others post rather than as an active contributor myself (other than the occasional “what I had for lunch”-style tweet or FourSquare update.)  Still, this is an interesting article about some of the main things researchers have discovered about […]

Posted 07 September 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: