beSpacific announces Google’s release of its aggregator, Google Reader. The service is restricted to people with Google accounts, which is why I’m pointing to the frequently asked questions page instead of the tool itself.
ls mentions it, too.
Addenda 10/13: A reader reports Google Reader drops the links in blog post titles of Manila blogs.
10/14: LISNews also [...]
A Copyfighter’s Musings shares some reflections on the copyright implications of projects like Google Print and the Open Content Alliance.
beSpacific notes Karen Coyl shares some ideas about documenting copyright status for digital materials.
The radio show Weekend America discusses the search for and use of open wireless networks, including some of the legal issues in today’s program.
Video bloggers are getting together on Sunday, October 9, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 6 pm. Details linked above.
The blogosphere and my e-mail inbox are buzzing with the news about Kebberfegg, a new tool that allows people to set up keyword searches using various sources delivered through the magic of RSS feeds via OPML or HTML. (I’m assuming you probably know what HTML is. OPML is outline processor markup language. It’s what aggregators [...]
This brief Information Today article includes some scenarios about how people lose their laptops, some suggestions for safeguarding the machine while traveling, and links to useful sites.
Because of a pricing dispute, Cogent Communications Group and Level 3 Communications, major Internet service providers, are at odds with each other. Level 3 stopped allowing some customers to access Web sites or send e-mail to customers on Cogent. The government currently does not regulate Internet activities of this kind, so there is no guarantee [...]
I’m still seeing new posts about Technorati/Edelman surveying the blogosphere, so when I tried to complete the survey, I was a little surprised to get the error message I got. The survey closed earlier this week. Edelman has begun analyzing the results and as a site for the data.
“I might be a federal agent,” read a shirt someone wore to the dance.
“I can’t dance with you,” I joked, “because I’m a librarian.”
And now I sit at home reading about how the American Library Association filed an amicus brief with several other organizations supporting the American Civil Liberties Union’s emergency appeal to the United [...]
Steven Cohen writes about using weblogs as a presentation medium. I find his post timely because for most of the talks I’ve given, I’ve used this weblog to run the talk. However, for my upcoming talk in Wisconsin, I realized the blog won’t work very well and I should use something more standard, like PowerPoint.
I’m [...]