Cream of the Blog
Posted On Apr 11 2007At a recent conference, I was having a conversation with one of the luminaries of library and information science education. We were debating a discussion from the library blogosphere. When I asked what his students thought, he replied somewhat glibly, “Students don’t read library blogs.” Ouch. You mean, they’re not hanging on our every word? What about our poignant insights? I felt like a tree that falls in the forest only to be heard by the other trees. But maybe some vendors can save the biblioblogosphere (are we still calling it that, cuz boy, it’s hard to type, let alone …
No Foolin
Posted On Apr 4 2007“Fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.” —President George W. Bush I’m not usually one for meta-blogging (blog posts that refer to other posts on that blog), but I gotta make an exception this week. When one does a lot of writing it can often become somewhat monotonous. The writing is less monotonous when the author enjoys the exercise. This is why writing last weekend’s post about Google buying OCLC was so much fun. Yes, it was a joke. I hope no one out there is still wondering. I noticed that some people didn’t …
Google Toilet
Posted On Mar 20 2007After all this serious talk about the future of automation systems, I thought I would lighten the load with a little humor. This was another take-away from my trip to Google that I did not mention in my more formal report. It’s a picture from the restroom stall at Google. Now, I work at a state institution where we consider a toilet paper holder still attached to the wall quite a luxury. But this blows away (ahem) all the talk of free food, ping-pong, and jeans at work. Like most Google user interfaces, the options are simple and intuitive, even …