Archive for April 25th, 2008

ROFLCon & Webcast, 4/25 & 26

Friday, April 25th, 2008

At MIT today and tomorrow, there’s a very popular (read: this conference filled up months ago) conference dealing with humor on the Internet and some Web 2.0 things called ROFLcon for ‘rolling on the floor laughing’. The organizers are kind enough to present us with a webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/roflcon-li…. It’s possible some of the ‘cast will be [...]

Perilous Patron Printing

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Rachel Singer Gordon and Jessamyn West wrote in their April Tech Tips For Every Librarian column for Computers In Libraries Magazine of getting rid of the Print icon in Internet Explorer and Firefox and replacing it with a Print Preview icon: “It’s a familiar story: A patron hits “Print”–often repeatedly–while viewing an 80-page document of [...]

17 Unbeatable Ways to Create a Peaceful, Relaxed Workday

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Zenhabits had a posting called “17 Unbeatable Ways to Create a Peaceful, Relaxed Workday:” 1. Do less. Those of you who know me by now saw this one coming. It’s very difficult to have a relaxed workday if you have too much going on. Instead, learn to reduce what you do, but choose the most [...]