This was the answer to a problem of mine. I like it because it keeps the website dynamic and interesting while also providing a service to my users by aggregating content of interest to them. The Problem I manage the website of a local non-profit group. There is a section of the frontpage set aside [...]

In Information Wants To Be Free » Maslow and library technology, Meredith gives her view of the tech needs pyramid

Google As Walmart fromRetrofitted Librarian has a great explanation of why Internet sources aren’t the best way to find scholarly information.

walking paper: tech needs pyramid Below is a diagram illustrating the levels of technology needs for libraries. Just as in Maslow’s scale, those at the base are core, essential needs that must be met for survival. As we look up the pyramid, we see technologies that can be considered higher functions. It’s an interesting method [...]

Cory Doctorow has posted a point by point response to the common arguements for digital rights management.

What’s Your Brand Mantra?: Blogging the Tsunami “(Blogs) are helping us understand the impact of this event in a way that other media just can’t,” with an intimate voice and an unvarnished perspective, with the richness of local context, Ms. Jardin said. There has been an incredible sense of community and cooporation to assist the [...]