For a presentation I’m giving Tuesday, I spent some time updating and revisiting my list of what university communications offices are doing with blogs and feeds. It doesn’t look like too much has changed. The list is still selective, not comprehensive.
Larry Sanger, who played a role in the early days of Wikipedia, has a new project called Citizendium, "’citizens’ compendium of everything,’ will be an experimental new wiki project that combines public participation with gentle expert guidance." More info about it is floating around.
"Digital music purchasing has not yet fundamentally changed the way in which digital music customers buy music."
From Slashdot to the BBC to Jupiter Research, I traced a trail of information to learn about a report saying iPod owners are more likely to get their music from CDs–either CDs they already own or CDs they purchase–than […]
Google has a section in their books site for banned books, along with links to more information about banned and challenged books from the American Library Association. Don’t be like me and forget that September 23-30 is Banned Books Week. I recently came across the list of books I was looking for last year. Maybe […]
OneWebDay is next Friday, September 22. Described as Earth Day for the Internet, organizers hope people around the globe will use the day to openly appreciate the World Wide Web. Interested? Look for events in your area, tell others about the holiday, and/or do something to commemorate the occasion.
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society […]
Lee Gomes shares some search tips in a Wall Street Journal piece that includes a quote from our friend Gary and some info about search engines.
Apple was kind enough to e-mail me about their recall of computer batteries. I had been checking their site periodically to try to find information about the recall, but I hadn’t found their materials yet. I just bought a new battery a few months ago. Maybe I should have waited since it qualifies for their […]
Batgirl is a librarian, so this post isn’t too far of a stretch, is it?
Autoblog, a popular blog about automobiles, has a bit about the Batmobile. It’s really awesome.
Thanks, Lincoln!
Gary wrote to me to say the search engine Ask.com now allows some non-alphanumeric characters in their searches. Especially of note is that they’re providing definitions of some smiley faces. I like Ask’s instant definitions, particularly those related to chat abbreviations. I often start those searches in Ask and move elsewhere if I can’t find […]
Garrett highlights Google News Archive Search in his weekly Library News and Notes. I tinkered with it quickly to try to find some information about Steve Irwin’s death. (I’m catching up on some of the news I’ve missed while offline.) The list of years and publications on the sidebar is nice. I wonder why there’s […]