Archive for the ‘Social Software’ Category
Google Buzz
Just a test to see if this WordPress blog shows up in buzz. It says it’s linked.
12 Seconds
I’ve seen a few folks tweeting lately with a “12seconds” preface (followed by a link). I haven’t clicked on any before because (usually) there isn’t much in a 12seconds tweet other than a link — I need a little more incentive to click on a link in a random tweet. Anyway, my click [...]
Flickr and Capital One Mashup
An interesting mashup… Capital One now allows you to use one of your Flickr photos as the image for your credit card. I really love this idea. I can create a card with the Yale Library catalog, an image from my trip to the Netherlands, or a picture of my kids.
I’m not a [...]
Chirp, Chirp, Chirp
It’s been very quiet here lately. I’ve not been blogging much on my personal weblog either (though for different reasons). Part of the reason I’ve been so quiet here is that I’ve just not been doing much that is interesting (and|or) noteworthy — mostly just updating software (and systems), installing new third party programs, etc.
I [...]
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Lorcan Dempsey nails it, in my opinion, with his latest weblog entry, Making data work – Web 2.0 and catalogs. Among other things, it pulls together an interesting collection of links in support of his idea that we need to “make data work harder.” All of it resonates with me.
One of his links, O’Reilly’s “What [...]
The Marriage of Firefox and Unalog
Dan just recently added the ability to batch edit keyword tags in Unalog, his infinitely useful social bookmarking application (can you tell I’m a fan?). So like a good metadata, cataloging, programming librarian I decided now was the time to start cleaning up some of those wildly divergent keyword tags I’ve been assigning. After all, [...]