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There were three recent posts that got me thinking a lot about the growing necessity to have tech-savvy people in public services positions. The first was Dorothea Salo's post about…

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The CloudBook has landed!

Today my CloudBook ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) arrived. It just came out on Friday and is only being sold by one company thus far. I was lucky enough to be one…

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Tech-NO-lust

After reading Rochelle Hartman, Steve Lawson, Jenna Freedman, Dorothea Salo and Laura Crossett's posts about their "Tech-Nots", I started thinking about what it means to be tech-savvy. I was once…

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Saying goodbye to 2007

When I look back to the beginning of 2007, I'm really surprised at how much has happened in just one year. At the end of December last year, we were…

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My Top Technology Trends for 2007

When I was asked to be one of the Top Tech Trend experts, I knew I wasn't going to be able to attend the actual panel session this year, because…

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Well, I said yes.

Last night, I got an e-mail asking if I'd like to join the LITA Top Technology Trends panel as one of their experts. And it didn't take me more than…

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If I just had 15 minutes each day

Stephen Abram wrote a column for Information Outlook on Learning 2.0 called 15 Minutes a Day: A Personal Learning Management Strategy. So it got me thinking. If I had 15…

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Congratulations Roy!

My good friend, Roy Tennant, has just accepted a sweet job at OCLC, and he didn't even have to leave Northern CA! I don't quite understand exactly what he'll be…

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Nintendo Wii: Meredith’s Mii

Nintendo Wii: Meredith's Mii Originally uploaded by SirStan. I have a Mii! I have to say, I thought I could wait until the summer or next Fall to buy a…

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Casey rocks and everyone knows it!

I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded…

free the information! tech trends

While at Internet Librarian, I learned about the Maintain IT Project. This three-year Bill and Melinda Gates funded initiative is designed to identify best practices for maintaining public access computers.…

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Firefox 2 is my new best friend

Can I just tell you how much I love Firefox 2? I'm usually the last person in the world to download an update, but I'd heard such good things about…

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Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries October Conference – Mystery Topic

Staying Informed by Bill Garrity, Dartmouth University "Being geeky doesn't make us losers." We all have personal requirements for how we get information. Bill doesn't want to have to go…

The CloudBook has landed!

Tech-NO-lust

Saying goodbye to 2007

My Top Technology Trends for 2007

Well, I said yes.

If I just had 15 minutes each day

Congratulations Roy!

Nintendo Wii: Meredith’s Mii

Casey rocks and everyone knows it!

MaintainIT

Firefox 2 is my new best friend

Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries October Conference – Mystery Topic

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