Chillout song. Werner Herzog Reads Madeline. TWU Libraries - Texas Library Snapshot Day. Dallas, TX. Amy and Chris wedding. Amy and Chris wedding. Untitled. Untitled. Untitled. Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens. Spiral Diner & Bakery. How to Listen to the User and Hear the Experience. Guest post by Demetrius Madrigal and Bryan McClain They are the founders of ActiveComm Labs, who specialize in user experience and human factors research.
When someone is speaking, do you think about what the other person is saying, or do you think about what you are going to say next? At ActiveComm Labs, we are big believers in communication and what it can do to improve research. Our background in communication includes many years of research and training with hostage negotiators across the country. Through this training we learned the skills and techniques that negotiators use to resolve crisis situations and how to apply them in a research setting. This article will include contents similar to the training curriculum performed by hostage negotiators. Active Listening - Overview and Concept Active Listening consists of a set of communication techniques that were originally developed by psychotherapists as a way of getting their clients to feel safe and open up.
Eye Contact Vocal Style. Sidewalk Cafe. Elements Of Twitter Style. Twitter has become hugely popular and is only getting bigger.
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Faculty Survey Tracks Changing Perceptions of Libraries. A new survey of U.S. colleges and universities has some troubling findings for libraries about their declining use by faculty, but also holds clues as to how they can maintain their relevance.
The report of the results, Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries, Publishers, and Societies (PDF file), summarized the findings as: The survey of 3,025 faculty members in 2009 is the fourth conducted by Ithaka S+R over the past decade on faculty attitudes and behaviors, and the trend shows that “the library’s physical edifice and catalog have declined steadily as starting points for research. The research process is no longer likely to begin with a face-to-face consultation with a librarian, a visit to the library’s special collections service points, or a search of the online library catalog. Rather, faculty most often turn to network-level services, including both general purpose search engines and services targeted specifically to academia.”
Role as electronic hub. The brilliance of creative chaos. George Bernard Shaw liked the tidy approach Are we able to think clearly when surrounded by mess because chaos is inherent in all our minds, even those of the great writers and thinkers, asks Clive James.
The great thing about this slot is that I can pontificate. But a wise pontificator should always remember that he won't solve a global problem in 10 minutes, or even do much more than usefully touch on it in 10 hours. There are two main reasons for that. One reason is that the global problems are, by their nature, devilishly complicated. The other reason is less obvious, because it lies within the nature of the pontificator. Modern Hobo Code. Modern Hobo Code The legendary "hobo code"was a set of covert markings used to warn other hobos about danger or to clue them into good situations.
As times have changed, a new set of code symbols have emerged to alert other hobos to circumstances in modern America. Perhaps you have seen them on your own city streets. 5 Ways to Reduce Social Media Distractions and Be More Productive. Scott Belsky studies exceptionally productive people and teams in the creative world.
He is the Founder and CEO of Behance, oversees The 99% think tank, and is the author of Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming The Obstacles Between Vision & Reality (Portfolio, April 2010). Those of us who are social media-savvy suffer from a burgeoning problem that constantly threatens our ingenuity. If we fail to acknowledge and solve this problem, our brilliant ideas may may never see the light of day. Every single minute, more "stuff" is being sent your way. E-mails, text messages, voice mails, instant messages, Twitter messages, Facebook posts... and the list goes on.
Tim O'Reilly Explains the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is the idea of a web of data provided by things like real-world devices and sensors.
It's something we've covered in great detail here at ReadWriteWeb because where there is data, there is a platform for services and mashups. When that data is intimately tied to our real lives off-line, that's exciting. The Internet of Things offers a whole new world of opportunities for improved decision making, innovative services and (unfortunately) social surveillance. 21 Most Strange and Creative Work done by Architects Part-1. Constructing a building takes time, money and man-power and, if a building is designed with new concept or design then it takes great amount of calculation, experience and innovation.
I am sure many of you have seen some incredible architecture in your lifetime and many of you might be having dreams to watch some marvelous structures around the world. Today I have come up with some of the Most Creative Works done on Buildings from Around the World which will surely amaze you in a way. So here’s the Odd Stuff Magazine’s collection of Strange and Creative Buildings around the World. 1. San Antonio International Airport - Terminal 2. Rio Rio Cantina - 421 East Commerce Street. San Antonio, TX. Letters of Note.
How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive « Library of Congress Blog. (UPDATE: Here’s a January 2013 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.)
(UPDATE: We posted an FAQ on April 28.) Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. We thought it fitting to give the initial heads-up to the Twitter community itself via our own feed @librarycongress. TLA Conference (texas library assoc) National Library Workers Day. Collecta. CIL Conference (Computers In Libraries) Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant. Dallas, TX. Listen to Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly. 14 Ways to Be the World’s Worst Web Project Manager.
There are a great number of ways to manage website projects, but regardless of your management style, there are behaviors that you should learn to avoid as much as possible. It Was All Yellow: A Pollen Playlist. Blog: Weblog for an active community of people who love the outdoors. Know someone who serves with or volunteers for a search and rescue team? Shake their hand—this is National Search and Rescue Week. The U.S. SwankoLab - A Handheld Darkroom Kit for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Op-Chart - How Green Is My iPad? Happy about "How Libraries Stack Up: 2010" report via @OCLC. The Windowfarms Project. Ghardin's Momentiles.
Ghardin's Momentiles. Listen to Belle and Sebastian – Another Sunny Day. Listen to Massive Attack feat. Tracy Thorn – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game.