Very snarfyALA, General, Wikis

by Meredith Farkas on 6/8/2005 with Comments Off on Very snarfy

I must apologize for the lack of posts this week. I’ve come down with a horrible cold (bordering on the flu) and I just haven’t felt up to doing much of anything. I can’t believe I was healthy all winter while cooped up inside and now that the weather is warm and beautiful, I’m stuck …

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“The Price of Indifference”General

by Meredith Farkas on 5/26/2005 with 4 comments

I just saw this article, by Henry Raymond, in the Chronicle of Education that rivaled even the worst of my interview woes: The committee members repeatedly warned me that their students were not as academically equipped as my current students, and that I’d have a terrible time adjusting to a new caliber of teaching. (My …

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Camtasia vs. CaptivateGeneral

by Meredith Farkas on 4/16/2005 with 24 comments

Note: This review is from 2005 and is not relevant to current versions of Camtasia and Captivate. A few years ago, my husband bought Camtasia 1.1 so that we could create software demos for his business. While there were certainly a number of problems with the software, it gave us what we wanted, and we …

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Bill Maher and I are on the same wavelength!General

by Meredith Farkas on 2/19/2005 with Comments Off on Bill Maher and I are on the same wavelength!

In the LA Times yesterday, Bill Maher echoed the sentiments I expressed yesterday about what is going on in our country and how it is reflected in today’s high school students. Of course he’s way funnier than I am and somehow finds a way to make even serious concerns hilarious (and thus, more palatable). Take …

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Cool tool for bookmarklet multitaskingGeneral

by Meredith Farkas on 1/31/2005 with Comments Off on Cool tool for bookmarklet multitasking

Are you torn between using furl, del.icio.us, and the growing number of similar sites? Well worry no longer friends! Steven Cohen just posted about one of the cooler bookmarklet tools I’ve seen. Delicious Furled Tea Bookmarklet Maker allows users to post websites to several bookmarking sites (del.icio.us, furl, Connotea, etc.) at the same time. It …

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PLA blog is up!General

by Meredith Farkas on 1/13/2005 with Comments Off on PLA blog is up!

The PLA Blog is now up and running! It will have some great public library-related reports from the ALA Midwinter Conference by some very familiar faces in the library blogging world. It’s almost as good as being there! I’d wanted to go, but couldn’t really justify the expense considering my current lack of employment. I …

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5 Things I likeGeneral

by docwolf on 1/7/2005 with 4 comments

Meredith asked me to write about 5 things i think work pretty well. And i do as i’m told. So here they are. 1) Konica/Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV This is a so-called ‘film scanner’ or ‘slide scanner’. It lets you scan 35mm film negatives or slide positives into the computer. The resulting output is …

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If the NY Times says it…General

by Meredith Farkas on 12/9/2004 with Comments Off on If the NY Times says it…

The New York Times has an article on how libraries are reaching out online and about the resurgence of e-books. It’s not exactly earth-shattering, but so nice to see the New York Times recognizing what’s going on in libraries today.

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Holiday gifts for geeks (like me)General

by Meredith Farkas on 12/6/2004 with Comments Off on Holiday gifts for geeks (like me)

Can’t think of what to get for the geek on your list? Take a look at some of the holiday product guides and 2004 best of guides from Wired, Ars Technica, PC Mag, Forever Geek, Extreme Tech, and Think Geek. And if those weren’t enough, Gizmodo has a huge list of holiday gift guides for …

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Hope for those with Linux-compatibility issuesGeneral

by Meredith Farkas on 12/3/2004 with Comments Off on Hope for those with Linux-compatibility issues

I’m surprised I hadn’t heard more about this news before I found this encouraging CNET article via Librarian’s Happen. Apparently, Adobe is moving into open source software development and marketing. They won’t specify exactly what their plans are, but the fact that they are hiring a Director of Linux Market Development and a computer scientist …

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