HigherEd BlogConblogging, libraries, our digital future, tech trends

by Meredith Farkas on 11/27/2005 with Comments Off on HigherEd BlogCon

HigherEd BlogCon is a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. I am thrilled to announce that I am going to be chairing the Library and Information Resource track for the conference and am excited about getting submissions from librarians who are thinking about the future of social software and …

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Happy Turkey Day!hi

by Meredith Farkas on 11/23/2005 with 1 comment

I’m in South Florida to visit family and go to my 10-year high school reunion. The latter event ought to be quite the trip. I was a little… umm…. different back then. Yeah, and that wasn’t even for halloween. I was quite the geek back then. Maybe I haven’t changed so much… 😉 I’ll be …

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Step right up to carnival #15!blogging

by Meredith Farkas on 11/14/2005 with Comments Off on Step right up to carnival #15!

Check out the 15th Carnival of the Infosciences at Ask Nettie Day. This one interests me a great deal because she points to a good number of blogs I wasn’t previously aware of — very much the goal of the Carnival.

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Social software metapostblogging, librarianship, RSS and Syndication, social bookmarking, tech trends, Wikis

by Meredith Farkas on 11/8/2005 with 4 comments

These days it’s completely impossible to keep up with all of the “Web 2.0” apps out there. I read eHub and TechCrunch and it seems like dozens of social software apps are released in beta (or even alpha!) each day. Social browsers, collaborative editing tools, RSS aggregators, social search, mashups of other social software apps …

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Fill out Michael’s survey!!!blogging

by Meredith Farkas on 11/2/2005 with Comments Off on Fill out Michael’s survey!!!

Michael Stephens’ blogger survey is up and running. Here’s what it’s all about: The purpose of this research study is to help better understand the motivations of librarians who write independent Weblogs about libraries, technology or their experiences in libraries. It seeks to identify who, exactly, are the “blog people” of librarianship. There will be …

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Any Vermont Bloggers?blogging, Vermont

by Meredith Farkas on 11/2/2005 with 4 comments

I know this message is probably only useful to Jessamyn (and it isn’t, since she already knows about it), but Cathy Resmer from Seven Days has organized a Vermont blogger metup for this Saturday: Date: Saturday, November 5 Time: 3 p.m. Place: Langdon Street Cafe, Montpelier Cost: Free, but you might want to get somethin’ …

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