Twitter is now “out of this world.” On May 12, 2009, one of the space shuttle astronauts sent the first tweet from space:
From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!
Mike Massimino had been twittering for about a month about his [...]
Archive for the ‘Blogs/RSS’ Category
Tweets from Outer Space
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Trends, Wireless Communications on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Type of Blog is This?
Posted in Accessibility, Blogs/RSS, Fun on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hangingtogether.org had an interesting post which included web services that can provide information about different blogs. These blog analysis tools are supposed to provide you with more insight into the blog and its author. So, I tried it. Here’s what I found out about this blog:
Gender Analyzer — “We have strong indicators that http://libtechtexas.wordpress.com/ is [...]
Wordle is Fun
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Fun, Software, Texas on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t yet found Wordle, then find 30 minutes of uninterrupted time and play. It basically creates word clouds from either websites or narrative you provide. The result can be modified:
Change case of words
Remove all numbers from the result
Change the font and order of words
Change type of shape or its orientation
Change the colors used
Here’s [...]
Short on time, but you’re still curious about . . . everything? I think that describes almost everyone who works in a library. ;-)
DailyLit will send you installments (about 5 minutes reading time) via either email or RSS on different topics or books. You decide how frequently you want to receive them and, if you [...]
Adding Functionality to Your Website
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Money, Web 2.0, Web Design/HTML on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Engagedpatrons.org was created for public libraries to add functionality to their websites that will encourage community interaction. Each service is meant to be easily added to your website – no programming necessary. Currently, they are offering:
Library Events — also includes searching, online registration, email alerts for patrons, RSS feeds
Library Blogs — basic blog functionality, but [...]
CAPTCHAs Have Been Broken
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Security on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CAPTCHAs are a test that is supposed to identify you as a real person as opposed to a computer program. Here’s an example from Google’s Blogger:
Until lately, this seemed to be working. However, some of these CAPTCHAs have been cracked — those from Windows Live Hotmail and Gmail. Websense Security Labs also states that there [...]
LinkBlip
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Internet on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever want to know if your friends and colleagues actually click on the links you send them? LinkBlip will let you know.
This could be really helpful. You give the service your email address and the address of the web page. LinkBlip gives you a new URL to use in your email, blog, website, etc. When [...]
Study of Public and Academic Library Blogs
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Research on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Walt Crawford has analyzed hundreds of public and academic library blogs. He then provides metrics in two separate reports based on the active blogs he’s found. Both reports are quite interesting. See where you fit in!
Public Library Blogs: 252 Examples — $20 for download; $29.50 for paperback
Academic Library Blogs: 231 Examples — [...]
TV on Your Computer
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Fun, Money, Texas, Trends on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s coming! In other countries, television programs and videos are already streamed to cell phones. However, here in the United States, it’s a little different.
NBC Universal and News Corp. have banded together to provide Hulu, a free Internet service which provides television shows and movies over the web. Some of their partners [...]
