I’ve been saying “goodbye” — figuratively speaking, of course — to a lot of things I’ve used in the past. For instance, I recently said “goodbye” to using Firefox in favor of Google Chrome. Now I am saying goodbye to … Continue reading →
Posted in family man librarian, flickr, google, iphone, photos
|
Tagged flickr, google, iphone, iphoto, photography, photos, picasa, picasa web albums
|
Yesterday I quit using Firefox and switched completely to the dev channel for Google Chrome. The main reason for switching is that I got tired of waiting for Firefox to start up. I realize that it can be slow due … Continue reading →
Recently I added a widget on the lower righthand side of FML for Google Friend Connect. Honestly I am not sure of how useful this feature will be but if you are interested please add yourself to my list of … Continue reading →
Monday afternoon I accepted an offer to take a job in a different group within the library where I work. Basically what I’ll be doing is leading efforts to implement and expand search and taxonomy company-wide. A lot of work … Continue reading →
One of my work responsibilities is to maintain the Voyager integrated library system from Ex Libris. A new release (7.0) is now available and one of the features that is getting the most publicity is the new web interface to … Continue reading →
Posted in endeavor information systems, ex libris, google, library systems vendors, voyager
|
Tagged basic search, endeavor information systems, ex libris, google, particular product, technology time, Voyager product manager, web interface
|
A recent post from the Publishing 2.0 blog really got me thinking. Somewhat provocatively titled, “If Your Users Fail, Your Website Fails, Regardless Of Intent Or Design,” the author shares his views on the extreme importance of user experience in … Continue reading →
Michele decided to give Cohen and Tristan what they wanted today: mohawk haircuts. Keegan calls them punk haircuts. Here are photos from the haircutting session. Don’t they look cute?
Jon Udell of Microsoft recently referred back to a quote from Sergey Brin, Google co-founder, who stated the following in response to a question about RDF and the Semantic Web: “Look, putting angle brackets around things is not a technology, … Continue reading →
Posted in family man librarian, google, jon udell, microsoft, rdf, semantic web, sergey brin
|
Tagged co-founder, google, jon udell, microsoft, rdf, search platform, sergey brin, technological solutions, technology look
|
When it comes to the Internet, faster is better, just about always. I have been thinking a lot about this since reading a post about this issue in the Official Google Mobile Blog a few weeks ago. In that post … Continue reading →
Posted in family man librarian, firefox, flock, google, google mobile, opera, safari, web browsers
|
Tagged author, course Internet Explorer, google, Internet access, library technology, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Official, search response time, technology gadfly, web browser, web browser habits
|
