Monthly Archives: April 2008

Mainstream Music!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Andy

I participated in a focus group tonight for a local radio station and based on the song selection, I’m 100% sure it’s our classic rock station. The songs ranged from 80s hair metal to 60s protest songs, with singer/songwriters from … Continue reading →

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TechTips Blog

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Andy

So a few weeks ago, I began distributing tech tips every Friday afternoon to our library staff via our internal mailing list. My goal in doing this is to share some of the more helpful web services and tools that … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps Crashes My IE

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Andy

The following scenario has recently happened to me on multiple occasions on different WinXP systems: I visit weather.com Type in my zip code for local weather I switch to radar view to see how close the weather system du jour … Continue reading →

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Highlights from Wikis: Managing, Marketing, and Making them Work

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Andy

Use wikis for internal library communication, collaborative tools for larger organizations (and reach out to users). Must define a purpose for the wiki or a problem it can solve. Built a reference wiki to maintain internal docs; using Biz Wiki … Continue reading →

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Highlights from Lee Rainie’s Keynote at CIL2008

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Andy

There have been massive changes in web consumption since 2000 – 75% of adults now use internet, 54% have broadband at home, 78% own cell phones. Wireless access is bringing back email back in vogue (really?). Cloud computing changing everything, … Continue reading →

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