Posted in AJAX, General Thoughts, Web 2.0 on Mar 28th, 2006 5 Comments »
Walt Crawford started a discussion about AJAX and breaking the back button that I want to follow up on here. First let me say that people need to note that AJAX isn’t the first web technology to “break the back button”. Java applets, Flash, some DHTML, and other embedded media objects also “break the back [...]
Posted in Presentations on Mar 27th, 2006 3 Comments »
I’ve noticed that people have been asking about my CIL presentations already so I’m putting them up ASAP. Sorry I didn’t get them up sooner, particularly for those of you at my Open Source Software for Library Websites talk. I know I flew through the content so here are all the relevant links and info [...]
Posted in BLeading Edge Thoughts, Notes from the Field on Mar 25th, 2006 1 Comment »
Project Croquet: What the web should have been…
introduced by Marshall Breeding
Marshall explained that Croquet was something that he had seen at a meeting of the Coalition for Networked information and thought was worth showing to library and information professionals to let them know what is going on with radically new internet technologies. Marshall has an [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Mar 25th, 2006 No Comments »
The Web 2.0 Challenge to Libraries
presented by Paul Miller
Doctorate in Archaeology! (I don’t feel quite so weird with my BA in Anthropology.)
Paul was really funny in his presentation. He has a great sense of humor in trying to get people to understand that people don’t think that the library is necessarily where they want to [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on Mar 24th, 2006 No Comments »
When I was uploading my photos from Computers in Libraries 2006 (I have some but none I really like), I discovered I had a ton of pictures from CIL 2005 that I’d never uploaded. Looking at them brought back some really good memories. So here’s the link to the pictures if you are interested in [...]
Posted in Mac on Mar 24th, 2006 No Comments »
First, let me say right off that I am a klutz. I can trip over a nonexistent “run” in the carpet more easily than I can breath. Things fly out of my hands, I get caught on things, I spill things, etc. So with tech toys I’m always concerned that I’m going to break them [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Mar 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Supporting the Digital World with Gadgets
presented by Hope Tillman - http://www.hopetillman.com
I blogged this session with extensive notes but they seem to have disappeared. For a fuller summary than what I have left check out Michael Sauers post on Travelin’ Librarian. The speaker focuses on the following trends in gadgets: Covergence, personalization/customization, and miniaturation (portablity). She [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Mar 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Life Online
The internet enhancing work and play
Lee Rainie, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Who’s blogging this?
Writing of a Loud Librarian
Stephen’s Web
Freedom to Connect conference
IRC channel while speaking
sometimes people say some unusual things
Time cover story - “Are kids too wired for their own good?”
8 realities of their lives
Millenials are a district age cohort, according to many [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Mar 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
The best thing about Computers in Libraries is the ability to meet and talk to new people. Already I’ve subscribe to a couple new blogs by librarians I met at the conference. Plus, I’m collaborating on a future pre/post conference with Jason A. Clark from Montana State University. He and I have similar interests in [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Mar 23rd, 2006 1 Comment »
I made the mistake of checking my work email this morning before going to CIL and was astounded to see a pile of web update requests tickets had come in. Granted “my” web developers are on the job while I’m away but I left them with a big list of high priority tasks to do [...]
