Archive for October, 2005

Wikipedia Strives to be Neutral; Its Contributors Aren’t Always

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

This Globe and Mail article linked above describes a situation where someone supposedly from one airline company wrote some bad things about a competitor in Wikipedia. As soon as Wikipedians noticed what happened, they removed the edit.

Maybe Getting User Feedback Isn’t Always the Best Idea …

Monday, October 24th, 2005

(Yes, I mean that as a joke related to the funny video available through the above link. Thank goodness for BS!)

Dreaming of Aggregators

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Is there some kind of aggregator that enables the easy sharing of selected items in it or some easy way to share specific items in a feed with other people? A few members of the audience of the talk I gave in Wisconsin discussed the need for such software. Several of them already use a […]

And the answer to the question is …

Monday, October 24th, 2005

When one of my professional colleagues told me he put a question about me on the midterm exam for the course he teaches, I, at first, thought he was kidding. Then, I felt bad for the students. It wasn’t something off my weblog, though, so it’s not like they were required to read this stuff […]

More Thoughts on PowerPoint

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

I used PowerPoint for the presentation I gave on Wednesday. Using slides makes it easier for people in the audience to see the information I’m presenting. However, I often find myself feeling “locked in” to PowerPoint. Switching from PowerPoint to browse the Web seems so clunky to me. I like presenting from a Web browser […]

sj: Wikimania 2006 in Boston

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

According to sj’s Wiki Hut of Horror or Longest Now, Wikimania 2006 will be in Boston. Details about the location are on the wiki for the bid. sj sent an e-mail to the blog group list with information about how people can help Boston host the conference. (Access to the e-mail might be restricted to […]

The New York State Psychiatric Institute’s Library and Librarians

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

This American Journal of Psychiatry article about the New York State Psychiatric Institute’s library and librarians is making its way around librarian discussion lists and weblogs. Library user and doctor David V. Forrest writes about his beloved library, the librarians, and the challenges they face.

N-Ten Conferences’ Advocating for New Technology Session

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

On Friday, I gave a case study at the Advocating for New Technology session of the N-Ten 2005 Boston Regional Conference: Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers. My notes from the session are linked above. I learned quite a bit about advocating for new technology from the other two presenters, Eric Segal […]

Great Things to do with Feeds

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Steve Rubel lists some cool things people can do with feeds. Some of these I actually covered in the talk I gave Wednesday.
I’ve seen this post in several places in the blogosphere, like LISNews, but I think someone e-mailed me about it, too … Thanks!

Changes to Manila

Friday, October 21st, 2005

It looks like the server gods changed some things yesterday.
I was so happy to go to the stories page and see the Create a New Story link at the top of the page. That’s a tweak I’ve been dreaming of for two and a half years. The other exciting changes to the Stories section include […]


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