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While I was scoping out EchoDitto, I saw a note about a new citizen journalism entry in Wikipedia.

I met Joshua of EchoDitto at the Votes, Bits, & Bytes conference and promised him I’d blog about EchoDitto because their work might interest some of you. They specialize in helping “non-profits, corporations, political candidates, elected officials and political organizations” harness Internet technologies, like wikis and weblogs, to work to their advantage, whether it’s raising [...]

Scott Johnson of Feedster writes about deciding to hire Mike Rowehl after meeting him at BloggerCon III and spending some time with him. Sometimes, it really is all in who you know and who you meet at conferences.

I added the department Tools to this weblog for items related to the tools, like Rojo, Onfolio, and instant messaging, I’ve written about.

I think some of my readers who know I do unofficial bug testing and can break anything will find this amusing. Also, you news librarian folks might want to pay attention. I discovered a minor date problem while searching in LexisNexis. When doing some issue monitoring, I search for dates behind and ahead of the [...]

The Research Buddy Firefox plug-in sounds similar to frassle it and Onfolio in that it can enable users to grab material from the Web quickly while browsing and store it so they can use it later. Steven Cohen observes that this could be a great tool for librarians. I think bloggers might find it to [...]

Hey CJ, how much has M been bugging you about this? The Associated Press reports J.K. Rowling has finished the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. via the owl post

This news is old, but I hadn’t noticed it before. The New York Times recognized 27 librarians for outstanding public service earlier this month. Honorees receive $2500 and a plaque. The press release doesn’t specify why The New York Times chose these librarians over the other 1400+ nominees from around the United States. from LIS [...]