Aaron Schmidt and Sarah Houghton-JanRather than blogging every single slide, I am pulling out key notes that can apply to my specific library. Make your library website two-way. This will allow them to give feedback. We allow this on our blogs, which are moderated. Also, our FAQs allow for users to submit questions. Blurring of... Continue Reading →
Connecting Second Life and Facebook
This goes in the tech-to-try pile:Giving your Facebook profile a Second LifeIf you are like me, you probably have some of your Second Life friends among your Facebook friends. And until recently, we had no good way of connecting the two worlds. But now we can; and there isn't just one, but two Facebook applications... Continue Reading →
Take the Clif Bar Challenge
Clif Bar encourages you to cut back on global warming, and your love handles, by taking the Clif Bar 2 mile challenge. Since 40% or U.S. urban travel is 2 miles or less, riding a bike for short errands is easier than it seems. Are you up for the challenge?
Problems with Pidgin and Meebo–or–the chocolate has melted a little
Char has posted some problems we've been having with using Pidgin and Meebo. I personally log into all my IM accounts and my Meebome widget with Pidgin, and it works just fine. I'm able to get all my IM's and meebome conversations in one single place. It's also very nice to change my status in... Continue Reading →
How to Justify your new bike
Bike Radar has a humorous article about justifying your new bike. It offers several suggestions for convincing your spouse/significant other/self that it's okay to buy a new bike. One suggestion is as follows:It's less expensive than a humongous HDTV. This will take a little bit of preparation, but is well worth it. For about three... Continue Reading →
What do bicyles say about the library?
When I was out for lunch today, I took a few pictures with my Treo. The one below shows the bike racks in front of our student center. Note how empty the bike racks are. The library is literally about 100 paces from the student center's door. Take a look at the picture of the... Continue Reading →
A Year’s worth of bike commuting
Not me, but this guy. Noah chronicles his year of bike commuting on his KC Bike Commuting blog. He offers some good points about bike commuting, including the health benefits, environmental friendliness, and the cost savings. I've been trying to bike to work once a week. My commute by car is about 3 miles one... Continue Reading →
Installing Share This WordPress Plugin
I spent about an hour this afternoon messing with the Share This plugin and installing it on my Business Blog. I got the plugin working just fine, but it does not come with the Facebook sharing feature installed by default. To install the Facebook feature, I followed these directions. Unfortunately, installing the Facebook feature... Continue Reading →
MeeboMe and Pidgin is like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Update: 9/23/2009 I haven't used this setup for well over a year, as for some reason it stopped connecting to the Meebo Widget. However, the newest version of Trillian works great with the Meebo Widget, and I have written a guide that details how to set it up. ------------------------- Hey, you got your meebome... Continue Reading →