Librarians have a reputation for being, uh, precise and careful when it comes to certain things, like, oh, the use of language. I thought some of you might appreciate—and perhaps even relate to—one woman’s tale of irritation that led her to start a weblog about grammar. Boston Globe correspondent Danielle Dreilinger strolled through Boston’s expensive […]
Warner Bros. and Scholastic distributed memos about guidelines for themed parties marking the release of the next and supposedly last Harry Potter book. While Warner Bros.’ guidelines attempt “to help organizations run themed events in a way that avoids fans being exploited and helps everyone to enjoy the Harry Potter books, films, and events in […]
The registration for the 2007 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium being held in Chicago July 22-24, 2007 ends today Friday July 13, 2007 The registration fee is $300 for ALA members, ALA TechSource subscribers and students, $350 for nonmembers. For further info:
http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page
posted by Rich
Sadly, the popularlity of the Harry Potter series does not mean young people read more books overall. A Boston Globe article looks at trends in youth reading habits based on a study coming out in the fall. Some youth reading rates are up, but teenagers seem to read less than other age groups. A decline […]
No matter how many of them can’t afford either the phone or the service contract for it, some of my friends can’t seem to stop talking about Apple’s new iPhone*. David Pogue of The New York Times has an amusing video of it via YouTube.
When I was at my local Apple store a few days […]
My coworker John showed me a post on the ResourceShelf about the weblog backup service BlogBackupOnline. Free while in beta, the service boasts the ability to do daily backups of the text on a variety of platforms, like Blogger, WordPress, and LiveJournal. Supposedly, the resulting file is good enough to use to restore a problematic […]
Oh, so there was a blogging librarians gathering at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference this year, but I didn’t know about it until a few days after it happened, so I didn’t go.
Johnny Diaz of The Boston Globe takes a look at the sets of some of the more popular television news programs in Boston.
“It’s a tricky formula, the psychology of colors, using certain hues on a set and in flashy graphics to attract new viewers but not alienate the loyal ones. Station managers play close attention […]
Beer and blogs tonight at the Cambridge Common, 7 pm, with the blog group.
My coworkers have been passing around this Web 2.0 definition.