February 2009
32 posts
Social Media for Business: The Dos & Don’ts of... →
Sarah Evans, Director of Communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois writes about Social Media for Business: The Dos & Don’ts of Sharing. In this helpful article on…
10 Excellent Open Source and Free Alternatives to... →
Daniel Shain rounds up 10 Excellent Open Source and Free Alternatives to Photoshop in a post on the Six Revisions blog. Here are few from the list that I hadn’t heard of before but can’t…
10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website →
If you’re a freelancer, student, or just in the job market right now, a portfolio website showcasing your past work can really give you an advantage. Smashing Magazine has put together a…
How to Present While People are Twittering →
Speaking expert Olivia Mitchell guest posts at Pistachio about How to Present While People are Twittering. This timely article discusses how the conference back channel can work for you, and is a…
Computer Hardware in Plain English →
The folks at the Common Craft Show have created a new “in plain English” video detailing the basics about such computer hardware as hard drives, RAM, and processors.
Twenty-Nine Reports About the Future of Academic... →
John Dupuis, Head of the Steacie Science & Engineering Library at York University in Toronto has compiled a list of Twenty-nine reports about the future of academic libraries. All of the reports…
Make Better Presentations - The Anatomy of a Good... →
Social media guru Chris Brogan offers speaking advice in his latest post, Make Better Presentations - The Anatomy of a Good Speech. If you have an upcoming presentation, you may want to stop by…
How to Create an iPhone Application in 30 Days →
The folks at Ten23 Software have published a 37-page guide called Building PhotoKast: Creating an iPhone app in one month . This free resource is chock full of useful tips and recommendations…
What Libraries Can Learn from Facebook →
Peter Bromberg at Library Garden discusses privacy issues in light of the recent Facebook TOS controversy in What Libraries Can Learn from Facebook.
“We know all this, and we personally…
60+ Great How To Sites and Resources →
Cameron Chapman at Mashable presents a mega guide to 60+ Great How To Sites and Resources. If you’re looking for guidance in a particular area, you’ll want to check out some of these…
Ten Essentials for Any Library Site →
Brian Mathews, User Experience Librarian at Georgia Institute of Technology, writes Web Design Matters: Ten essentials for any library site for the most recent issue of Library Journal. The…
Facebook Yields to the Crowd →
In response to user outcry regarding their revised Terms of Service, Facebook yielded last night to the wisdom of their members. According to a post by Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook blog, the…
20 Tips for Better Conference Speaking →
Cameron Moll at Authentic Boredom presents a guide to better conference speaking, providing detailed suggestions based on his own experiences over the last four years as a public speaker. The…
Facebook’s Revised Terms of Service Cause Backlash →
Facebook revised its Terms of Service earlier this month, causing much uproar among users including blacked-out avatars and a Fade to Blank protest group. The crux of the issue is that the new…
The Five Best Movie Cataloging Tools →
Jason Fitzpatrick at Lifehacker lists the Five Best Movie Cataloging Tools for those interested in keeping tabs on their collections. Be sure and read the full article for details about…
7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes →
Educause has put together another of their “7 Things” guides titled 7 things you should know about QR Codes. Quick Response codes are 2-D mobile tags which contain information such as…
Pew Report on Twitter and Status Updating →
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has published a new report on Twitter and other applications which enable users to update their status online.
Key Findings:
As of December 2008, 11%…
14 Applications for Project Management and... →
Webdesigner Depot presents a list of 14 Applications for Project Management and Collaboration. Each annotated entry includes a screenshot of the application, description of its…
20 WordPress Tricks to Improve Your Blog →
In sync with today’s tips and tricks theme, here are 20 WordPress Tricks to Improve Your Blog from Steven Snell at Design Mag. This helpful post of tutorials and plugins includes…
90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro →
gHacks publishes a mega-list of 90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro, including the best Firefox extensions, Greasemonkey scripts and desktop tools which will help make you a Gmail…
How Tweet It Is →
(Photo: Hugh Kretschmer)
Will Leitch profiles Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams for New York Magazine in How Tweet It Is.
“Twitter, founded by Stone, Williams, and Jack…
Blogs & Wikis - Shiny Toys or Useful Tools? →
Walt Crawford discusses the current state of blogs and wikis in the library field in this month’s issue of Cites & Insights. Based on his presentation at the 2009 OLA SuperConference in Toronto, his…
Amazon Kindle 2 Released Today →
Amazon introduced the Kindle 2 today which will hold over 1,500 books and retails for $359. The wireless device is just over 1/3 of an inch thick, has a hi-res 6-inch electronic paper…
The Future of the Future: Rise of the Knowledge... →
A new article in KMWorld by Art Murray and Ken Wheaton discusses the Future of the Future: Rise of the Knowledge Librarian. The authors discuss the transformation that the traditional corporate…
The Dalai Lama Joins Twitter →
His Holiness The Dalai Lama joined the popular microblogging website Twitter yesterday and already has over 13,000 followers. In other social media news, the Vatican has created a…
Gmail Experiments with Multiple Inboxes →
According to the Official Google Blog, it is now possible to implement multiple inboxes in your default Gmail view, allowing users to categorize their incoming messages, yet see…
100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts... →
Looking to amp up your personal productivity and get organized online? You might want to check out Alisa Miller’s 100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas. Miller categorizes one…
8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter →
Smashing Magazine has published a how-to guide by Paul Boag detailing 8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter. Twitter users, both new and experienced, will want to check out…
How to Take Your Data Back From Google’s Claws →
Related to today’s theme of controlling your online information, here’s a post by Stan Schroeder at Mashable about how to backup your data on all of the Google properties. HOW TO: Take…
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should... →
Nick O’Neill at AllFacebook creates an effective how-to guide for protecting your privacy on the social networking giant in 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know. Readers…
That’s Infotainment! Screencasting in Libraries →
Illustration by Jim Paillot
I have an article in this month’s issue of School Library Journal titled That’s Infotainment! If you’re interested in a primer on screencasting you might want…
Handling Negative Comments On Your Blog Post →
Jason Alba of JibberJobber.com guest-posts on Chris Brogan.com in order to offer advice to bloggers dealing with negative feedback. His article, Handling Negative Comments On Your Blog Post,…
