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A Google a Day

lindybr1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:46:13 +0000

Here’s a site to practice your web searching skills: a Google a Day.

Be careful. You might find yourself wasting as much time here as you would on Facebook, LOLcats, or whatever your fancy. Have fun!

via @SwissArmyLib

Save the Data!

lindybr1 — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:27:10 +0000

Save the Data! From the Sunlight Foundation:

Twitter & Libraries, revisited [excel file]

lindybr1 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:35:14 +0000

It was over two years ago when I researched Libraries using twitter for a library school assignment. Back then, there were about 90-100 libraries on twitter. As much as time has allowed, I kept an updated list. Just typing them into a blog post is a bit user unfriendly, so I put the list in an excel file. The goodness that comes from this is the ability to filter and sort by academic, public and special libraries, or subspecializations like law or teens.

It is saved in dropbox (public link here) for all to enjoy, in case folks want to use it for research.

Tax Day – See Where Your Taxes Go!

lindybr1 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:03:03 +0000

For those of us scrambling to get our tax returns done, why not take a quick look to see where your taxes actually go? Whitehouse.gov’s website has a tax receipt calculator. How many times have folks filled out their taxes and didn’t have a thought as to where the money went? Or, for those on the other end of the spectrum who might’ve assumed where their taxes were going using Jon Kyl-style math, this is a nice resource to get a more authoritative idea where the dollars flow.

Oct. 1st: #followalibrary day

lindybr1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:01:27 +0000

Tomorrow – Friday, Oct. 1st – is follow a library day — aka #followalibrary – on Twitter. Read more about it on the #followalibrary blog.

#followalibrary has a lot of great lists, especially for international libraries. I also have a long list of twittering libraries (U.S.) posted in my blog – check it out. Pick a few. Tweet about ‘em. Share your love for libraries!

Bloglines Bye-Bye

lindybr1 — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:33:40 +0000

R.I.P. Bloglines. My first RSS-feeder. Thanks for keeping me organized and sharing the latest news with me. They say that sites like Twitter and Facebook killed you, but I still think there’s a need for RSS-feed readers such as yourself. The speed at which info runs through other social networking sites is fast and constant – unless I’m logged in 24/7, I’m bound to miss information if I rely on my social networks. Ah, but with you, my RSS-Reader, I never missed anything!

RSS feeders and social networking sites serve different purposes for me, so one doesn’t replace the other.

What I’m Reading Today

lindybr1 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:33:33 +0000

via @librarianbyday – excellent presentation from Marta Kagan full of statistics on social media and how it is changing our culture in many ways:

What is social media NOW?

View more presentations from Marta Kagan.

* Spiegel Today–International: The Internet Generation Prefers the Real World

* Design Mind: Elegance and the Art of Less

* New York Times: Plagiarism Lines Blue for Students in the Digital Age

* Pew Research: Millenials’ Likely Lifelong Online Sharing Habit

Hi. I’m Back.

lindybr1 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:37:33 +0000

It’s been awhile, but I wanted to say Yeah! I officially have my MLIS now. Woot!

Interesting graphic about Twitter

lindybr1 — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:47:43 +0000

From the Website Monitoring Blog:

The graphic includes fun facts about the number of accounts on twitter, types of messages tweeted, international demographics, who has the most followers, etc. It also has a nice time-line of Twitter’s growth since its creation in 2006.

Follow JFK’s 1960 campaign on Twitter (via JFK Library)

lindybr1 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:40:35 +0000

I know I’m a bit late with this, but what a cool idea! The JFK Presidential Library created a twitter account where folks can follow JFK’s 1960 campaign trail. Check it out: kenedy1960