ePrints

Well, I completed the assignment but I am still left wondering how/why I would use this as a librarian. I seems like an interesting application for perhaps high school or college professors but I just don't see how it would be helpful in terms of patron use? Am I over thinking this?

video testing

I have been wanting to try embedding a video clip (other than through Jing) so this is my test run. Fingers crossed!




Oh - sweet. I think the test was a success.

Bing.com

Well I never thought I would give up Google but I decided to use Bing.com today and I really really like it. 1) It is attractive to look at. 2) It is easy to use 3) the results were great. I haven't tried mapping yet and I have only used it for an hour or so but so far I give it two thumbs up.

Google Chrome and the "what is a browser" video.

I wasn't surprised that most people didn't know what a browser was or that they kept confusing a browser with a search engine. But what I did think was interesting is how many of them mentioned using Google but that had never heard of Google Chrome. It seems like you are not marketing yourself very well if a ton of people use your services but you don't really advertise (on your own website no less!) all that you have and can do. Hey but what do I know, I'm no marketing major.

Dystopia NOW

I was watching HLN the other day with my grandfather and they were showing live footage of the protests in Iran over the elections. It was amazing to me b/c all the footage was amateur footage from people's cell phones and I thought it was so awesome that we could see news as it was happening from the people the news was/is happening to. Then I watched the Clay Shirky: How Twitter Can Make History talk and I started to wonder if all this freedom was somehow going to lead to an anti-technology backlash. Like what if China doesn't just shut down Twitter? What if they shut down the Internet completely or take away cell towers etc. Are we all going to end up in a dystopian future that resembles North Korea? Should we perhaps be "fighting the future"?

webcams

I need to buy a webcam and I have a MAC, it was made before MACs got the Intel processor. Any thoughts, suggestions or concerns that I should be aware of during the selection process? Also I don't want to spend a ton on this so keep that in mind. Thanks!!!

Asn 4 - Zotero + Jing = the ripping out of hairs

Can I start by saying how much I hate the sound of my own voice. Perhaps if I hadn't just spent my life savings on Library School I believe I would take up mime. So for better or for worse here is my assignment.