Archive for February 7th, 2005

My List of Things I Do

Monday, February 7th, 2005

is missing two items. I forgot to put down something my manager wants me to do monthly that I never do because I don’t have the two hours to do it. I also forgot to put down “Getting my office to start using feeds for our Web sites and publications.” It would have been somewhat [...]

Communication Technologies

Monday, February 7th, 2005

I said I was going to write more about my chat with François Schiettecatte of Feedster. The more I think about how I want to do it, the more it seems like it’s going to come out fragmented over a few days. Don’t look for me to reveal any secrets about Feedster, though. As you [...]

More People Learn about Libraries’ Free Movies

Monday, February 7th, 2005

I wrote a little while ago about getting videos at local libraries instead of paying for them at video stores. noticed on Library Link of the Day

A Comic Book Webliography

Monday, February 7th, 2005

including a link to information about librarians in comics from the ResourceShelf

Giving Wikinews Feeds

Monday, February 7th, 2005

One of the ideas tossed around at the Wikinews chat on Saturday was giving Wikinews feeds. Dan100 is now posting Wikinews items to a Blogger blog with a native Atom feed and an RSS feed via Feedburner. This is a great first step, but it seems silly not to mix feeds and wikis. Maybe one [...]

EFF Against RFID

Monday, February 7th, 2005

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) opposes using radio frequency identification (RFID) in libraries. Material on its Web site campaigns against its proposed use in California libraries and encourages people to speak out against implementing the systems in libraries. The EFF claims a recently California Library Association gathering about RFID “… made it obvious to participants [...]

Do Bloggers Deserve Legal Protection Like Journalists?

Monday, February 7th, 2005

Let’s not get sidetracked by a discussion about legal protection for journalists at this point in time. While examining whether bloggers are journalists, this Christian Science Monitor article mentions a case in California where the computer company Apple is trying to force bloggers to reveal their sources for leaked news about new products. An attorney [...]

Updated Feedster Searching Doc

Monday, February 7th, 2005

I /finally/ gave up some sleep to finish updating the documentation I wrote for Feedster’s Developers Contest. I’ve been meaning to do that since early January. I can’t believe I’ve just been sitting on it for a month while my life has been whirring by. François Schiettecatte, one of Feedster’s cofounders, met with me so [...]