Tuesday’s (11/10) Berkman Center for Internet & Society Luncheon Series features David Weinberger on What Information Was.
“It’s puzzling that even though we named an age after information, very few people can tell you what information is. And the ones with the clearest answers are often defining information in the technical sense, which is not the [...]
Library Journal is holding a free webcast called Consider the Source – The Integrated Library System Marketplace on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2 pm:
When it comes to selecting an Integrated Library System (ILS), there are many factors to be considered with respect to both commercial and open source solutions. Customer support, third party integration, [...]
Garrett suggests doing some spring cleaning on blogs, particularly those running WordPress.
I’d be a lot more inclined to follow some of the suggestions, like updating software and going through old posts, had I access to the server and had this blog far fewer than 5,000+ posts.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am thankful for all the sharing that has been happening because of weblogs. I’ve learned so much and made so many connections through blogging. Thanks!
Now it’s time for me to be thankful for my time away from computers! Yay! =)
This off-the-topic post is rather grim for Thanksgiving. If you want a cheery post for the day, don’t read this one.
This holiday season, some people are campaigning for a discussion about death and last wishes via blogs. I have decided to participate because I am always surprised at how few people have thought about their [...]
I thought some of you might want to know what my Halloween costume is. After all, on the Internet, no one knows you’re a cat.
Um … consider this an early Blogacatmas present!
It looks like the tech folks at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, who host the blogs.law.harvard.edu blogs, updated the version of WordPressμ (multiuser) they’re running. Thanks!!!!!!! It offers some nice features behind-the-scenes, but it looks like a few things on this blog are a bit wonky. At some point in the far future when [...]
I dislike talking about myself on the scratchpad. I don’t want to discuss politics here. I don’t want to use this blog as a campaign tool. But I’d be silly if I don’t mention that I’m running for one of two Director positions on the Special Libraries Association Board of Directors. Learn more
Since I recently wrote about what the data unit at Renesys does, using the recent telecommunication cable breaks as an example, I wasn’t so sure about writing about it again with the news last week. In trying to censor the popular video Web site YouTube, Pakistan inadvertently blocked most of the traffic to the site [...]
When people learn the name of my employer, the next set of questions almost always has to do with what it is Renesys does. A few days ago, two major telecommunications cables in the Middle East broke, impeding Internet access and phone calls. Two of my coworkers have been talking to lots of folks in [...]