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I have 5,407 images on my computer to serve as references and inspirations for my artwork. These images have been gathered over the last nine years. Since Pinterest provides a somewhat attractive interface for creating mood boards, I decided to start creating boards to share with my creative partner. Immediately I began to run into [...]
I am about half-way through the videos for the first week (due date 10/16) for the Introduction to Database course. The class is open and available for free to all who wish to spend their fall learning about databases. On their Twitter account, they mention that they have 70,000 people signed up. The [...]
I have a Nook Color–which is amazing! This weekend I decided to listen to an audiobook while sewing and since we lack portable CD players in my house, a downloadable audiobook is just what circumstances ordered. I have been making my way through a physical copy of The Night Circus so I logged in [...]
OverDrive launched the ability for patrons to check out OverDrive library books on their Kindles today. Word flew fast on Twitter which I was absently monitoring while doing other tasks at work. A few hours after the initial tweets I noticed that my library’s OverDrive ebook collection had indeed been Kindlized. As soon I had [...]
I recently heard of Codecademy but did not get a chance to try it out until yesterday while watching the computer labs at work. What is it? Codecademy teaches you some basic Javascript functions. On the front of their website, you have the option to either click the green Get Started button or just [...]
I was made aware of the Boston Globe’s new website thanks to a Gawker article. To put it simply, the content adjusts itself in response to the width of the browser. This function is called responsive design as explained in an A List Apart article.
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The Javascript [...]
Today I was conferring with @spiderbrigade about a project we’re working on together. Somehow we got off the topic of navigation schemes to the topic of school media specialists.
My Student Experiences
School media specialists (or school librarians, take your pick of moniker) are charged with managing your children’s libraries. When I [...]
Let’s repeat yesterday’s lazy format:
Taking the car in for an oil change. I’ll be sitting in the lobby reading my #cataloging book. #libday6 Turns out I can’t read about #cataloging while people are talking at the oil change shop. #libday6 My new computer parts are here! I intercepted the UPS guy just before [...]
It’s right after midnight here so I’ll just post my relevant tweets:
Googling recent alumni for ALA COA stuff. #libday6 @meozan :D Would you like to be on the @lisuncg #libday6 feature next week?! I’m working in the @lisuncg computer lab pre-bangs cutting this afternoon: http://bit.ly/fHqxbT #libday6 I’m disappointed how many alumni are [...]
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