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Sunday, February 27, 2005

ongoing · Real Information Retrieval

ongoing · Real Information Retrieval
Summary: find a Real Librarian

Good publicity.

Library Links — laura


iPods for Libraries

Is it good, is it bad?

It’s a tool that will let libraries circulate digital materials more easily. Yes the drm sucks but it’s also why the copyright owners will allow the circulation.

Library Links — laura


Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Upgrade your users

Creating Passionate Users: Upgrade your users, not just your product

Library Links — laura


Saturday, February 19, 2005

Cutting Through

10 ways to use blogs for managing projects

Blogs aren’t just for marketing - there are many areas of the business where they can help improve information flow, reduce clutter and avoid the dreaded “but I didn’t know about that” situation. Here’s ten ways that we’ve used blogs for managing projects - both internally and with our clients.

Blogging — laura


Thursday, February 17, 2005

How to Write Killer Blog Posts

B.L. Ochman’s weblog - Internet strategy, marketing, public relations, politics with news and commentary: How to Write Killer Blog Posts and More Compelling Comments

While basic writing talent is innate, many of the skills for writing compelling blog posts and and salient comments can be learned. The basic guidelines: keep your copy lively, factual, tight, clear and short and search engine optimized.

Blogging — laura


Wednesday, February 16, 2005

What is CSS?

The Kitchen: How to Cook a Weblog � What is CSS? is a plain-language explanation of what Cascading Style Sheets are and why Geeks are so excited about them.

Website Design — laura


Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Principles of Graphic Design

I’m clearing out my drafts folder since it doesn’t require a lot of reading.
Principles of Graphic Design is a flash slide show that steps you through some of the basics. It presents some good bits of information and explains some unfamiliar terms.

Website Design — laura


Thursday, February 10, 2005

MP3tunes.com

Just a quick note. MP3tunes.com rocks! I haven’t played with it much but I managed to find 2 albums that I want to buy in 15 minutes.

High quality music with no DRM for less than iTunes. This is going to be a not-so-guilty pleasure.

Web Tools — laura


Thursday, February 3, 2005

or not

I’m having eye surgery tommorow for a detached retina. I have no idea when I’ll be on the Internet again so I’m closing comments again until I get back.

Site — laura


Something New

I received not one but two interesting emails recently in response to posts I’ve written. I’m taking it as a sign that I’m growing as a blogger to the point where readers may actually want to talk back to me. So I’m opening comments here. We’ll see how it goes.

Site — laura


open source = more cops

LA city councilman says open source = more cops, or more teachers, or actual librarians. All cities and organizations need more money and proprietary solutions can be an unnecessary drain.

Not to say you should use all open-source all of the time. But often it is just as good or better than the far more expensive proprietary alternatives.

Open-Source Software — laura


Boing Boing: Eyes on the Prize rightsholders: teacher may not screen our movie to kids

Boing Boing: Eyes on the Prize rightsholders: teacher may not screen our movie to kids

This is a public screening in an educational, non-commercial, one-time use setting.

This is what we’ve been afraid of since the copyright mess started. It’s never been about preserving the rights of the artists. It’s the profit margins of corporations versus the best interest of the public.

Copyright — laura


Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Accessibility From The Ground Up

Digital Web Magazine - Accessibility From The Ground Up covers the broad basics from the web designers’s prospective.

Website Design — laura


IM

Recent Articles

The Accessibility Checklist I Vowed I’d Never Write
Neil Gaiman: giving away ebooks sold my print boo
Simply Audiobooks webstore to carry DRM-free Random House Audio downloads
Audiobook downloads with no DRM or watermarks from Naxos
Blackstone Audio phases out audiobook DRM

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