Like many other companies these days, One Laptop Per Child decreased the size of its workforce.
Yes, some of the folks I know from there are no longer employed. It’s not appropriate for me to announce who that is in this space, so I’m not going to do that. If you’re hiring tech people, you want [...]
The Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System is holding the NMRLS Systems Librarians meeting on Friday, December 12, 2008 at NOBLE in Danvers, Mass at 9:30 am:
An informal meeting of librarians in the Northeast Region interested in technology and computing issues.
Next Meeting Topic: Mini & not-so-mini sessions on gadgets, gizmos, software, freeware, web apps, plug-ins, widgets [...]
A while back, the software company CodeWeavers said if five things happened, they would offer their software that allows Windows programs to run on Linux or Macs, CrossOver, for free today (10/28/08). Those things have happened. Step up today to download the goods. Since their site is overloaded (surprise!), a streamlined version asks for email [...]
Dan Lester of the Boise State University Libraries gave a talk called “Who Moved My Ultrafiche & 8-Tracks: Insights For The Future:”
Dan, who’s retiring on October 31, after 43 years in the library field, gave a slideshow of the changes in technology over the years:
Picture showing Videodisc player and OCLC Catalog Card Printers.
Technology failures: [...]
Sarah Houghton-Jan of the San Jose Public Library and Shannon Staley of the San Jose State University Library gave a talk called (Microsoft) SharePoint for Libraries: Streamlining Your Intranet Management. Both of them created a joint intranet using Microsoft SharePoint, a free content management program. It offers shared workspaces and documents, wikis, blogs, [...]
The October 5 Sunday New York Times had an article on gaming called “Using Video Games As Bait To Hook Readers”:
“The online game that Mr. Haarsma designed not only extends the fictional world of the novel, it also allows readers to play in it. At the same time, Mr. Haarsma very calculatedly gave gamers who [...]
Rachel Singer Gordon of the Liminal Librarian blog is looking for regular reviewers for technology-related titles for her new online publication called Tech Static:
“The Tech Static, a new technology book review outlet for librarians launching this November, is seeking regular reviewers for technology-related titles. Please be comfortable with technology and with the prospect of reviewing [...]
Nodevice has a comprehensive database of Windows drivers, manuals and dll files:
“We have a massive collection of drivers from all the major manufacturers that includes a vast number of Printer Drivers, Scanner Drivers, Video Drivers (Graphics Cards) and Sound Card Drivers. We offer tons of Motherboard Drivers, Chipset Drivers, USB drivers, CD Rom Drivers, [...]
Intelliverb created an inhouse search engine for error codes and messages called “ErrorKey”:
“ErrorKey is the tool you need to quickly get an answer for errors you encounter.
We first implemeted ErrorKey as an in house application to help us in our work by quickly get resolution to errors. After sharing it with a group of friends, [...]
O’Reilly Media is holding Ignite Boston 4 on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Hennessy’s Hooley House, 25 Union Street, Boston at 6 pm:
“From 6:00-6:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs (Friends of O’Reilly), alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, we’ll have a [...]