Sunday, June 24, 2007

Jay Cross on Informal Learning

What is said here could be used in any workplace setting. We are looking at a revolution in the way we learn AND the way we work together. Great piece!

Trailer for "Hollywood Librarian"

The Washington Post did an article on the premiere of this film at ALA in D.C.
Here's the trailer:

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

C|Net's 100 Best Webware Apps

C|Net just came out with this list of the 100 best webware apps. Some are familiar, like FireFox, Opera, IE, Google's Reader for RSS feeds, Netvibes, Safari, StumbleUpon, MyYahoo, GMail, LiveMessenger, Trillian, Meebo, FaceBook, Friendster, Digg, MySpace, ChaCha, LinkedIn, etc.

But I'm new to: OpenID, DeviantArt (sounds scary!), Me.dium, Pando, AllPeers, Wikia, and many others.

All apps are divided into 10 categories (kind of like the Dewey Decimal system...):

  • Browsing
  • Communications
  • Community
  • Data
  • Entertainment
  • Media
  • Mobile
  • Productivity & Commerce
  • Publishing
  • Reference

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Proof that More than One Search Engine is a "Good Thing"

"Try more than one search engine for different results." That's the line I give to my Internet searching classes. Here's a study funded by Dogpile.com in collaboration with U of Pitt and Penn State: Different Search Engines, Different Results: A Research Study by Dogpile.com

New Way to Promote Books Using Web 2.0 Technology

TurnHere and Simon & Schuster are teaming up to create a new Website called BookVideos.tv: the Story Behind the Story.

Here's the description from the Website:

"BookVideos.tv offers compelling video stories that give readers insights into some of the world’s best authors. The social media video site offers the back story about the lives, personalities and the inspirations of these engaging writers. We created Bookvideos.tv to give readers the real story behind the story. It is the place where your favorite books and authors come to life, and it’s also where you can engage with the literary community on a whole new level. Using the site’s variety of social media tools, you can embed an author video on your own Web site or blog, email it to a friend, or share with your book club. You can also subscribe to the videos using RSS, add them to del.icio.us, or Digg your favorite new title. Readers are encouraged to come back often as new videos are added on a regular basis."