Nick Bradbury, the creator of FeedDemon and Topstyle, will now be working for Newsgator. He explains the move in this post on his blog. Nick explains that the idea behind this move was born out of his support forums. Basically, his customers wanted the ability to use the desktop aggregator, FeedDemon, on multiple machines. Nick's... Continue Reading →
Why Colleges Blog
mStoner.com has a good article about colleges that blog to recruit potential students: In seizing on the blogging phenomenon, admissions offices and alumni associations are benefiting from the freshness and honesty that the very medium of blogging suggests. There's an immediacy to blogging, an unvarnished reality to it--even when the feedback function is disabled and... Continue Reading →
I Can Live Without It, Honest
Starting at about 8 a.m. yesterday, we have been experiencing an interesting lesson about our dependence on (or addiction to) technology. Yesterday morning, one of the raid arrays malfunctioned on one of then main campus servers. The server that was impacted held faculty, staff, and student net id and email information. As a result, nothing... Continue Reading →
Guerilla IM Survey
Last week I ended one of my library instruction classes with a spur-of-the-moment survey by asking how many students in the class had used our Ask-A-Librarian service. Four students raised their hands. I then asked how many students used IM, and nearly every one of the 25 students raised their hands. I asked them if... Continue Reading →
Weblogs in Education
"Weblogs in Education: the Possiblilities Are Limitless!" has a good collection of educational blogs. The site lists tons of blogs and articles about blogs, and even has links to presentations and workshops about blogging. Link via Information Literacy Weblog.
Academic Library IM Survey
Schwagbag has just begun a survey about using IM for digital reference in an academic library setting. The questions that UNLV are asking are simple and to the point, and should provide the library with some useful information to help them gear up for an IM reference program. I'll be interested to see what the... Continue Reading →
Blogs with 6 Strings
The Guitar Blog has "the latest guitar news and guitar-related information from around the world." Also, another Guitar Blog (same name, different blog) includes "Guitars and guitarists, basses and bassists, guitar news and products, weird guitars, bizarre guitars, wonderful guitars... Links to interesting guitar sites and products found on the internet."
Friday’s Question of the Day
During my two o'clock desk shift yesterday afternoon, I had a business student come to the desk and ask a rather unique question. He explained that his group was working on their second project of the quarter, and he admitted that he really needed some serious help searching online databases. I told him that I'd... Continue Reading →
Just Another Manic Monday
My son has been ill for about a week, so my wife and I have been swapping on/off days. As a result, neither one of us has been able to get much work done, even with trying to stay on top of email from home. I have been attempting to play catch-up today which, at... Continue Reading →