Northeast, Texas. Actor Dennis Hopper, On Art. 12 Things Good Bosses Believe - The Conversation. By Robert I.
Sutton | 9:32 AM May 28, 2010. Librarians Do Gaga. GENIUS TOWN - The old fashioned phone booth that was converted into the world’s smallest library. The old fashioned phone booth that was converted into the world’s smallest library Last year, the town of Somerset England decided to convert this old phone booth into a tiny library. It can stock 100 books, along with a handful of movies and CDs. View the discussion thread. Phone box has new life as library. DOMA XXII: And The Nominees Are... - Dallas Music - DC9 At Night. Well, we did it.
Just minutes ago, we reached 300 followers on Twitter for our @DOMATweets account. The Grooviest Online Degree: Bootsy's Bachelor of Funk - Wired Campus. 21 Ways To Do Everything Better. Doing everything with quality increases your chances for success, enhances your reputation and saves you time in the long run.
People typically equate quality with skill, but quality is a by product of time, thoughts and systems. Here are 21 ways to assure quality in everything you do. See where you can apply a couple of these rules to your life. In a few weeks, review the impact. Review Review Everything Review everything you touch before you hand it off. Control. 10 Types of Bad Clients and How To Avoid Them.
10 Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill. May 26, 2010 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. It's been 37 days since BP's offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon , exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. 7 open source innovations on the cutting edge. The open source movement remains a font of innovation to this day, and not just in the commercial sector.
Numerous projects founded by universities, loosely knit communities, and individuals are exploring areas yet to be taken on by mainstream, proprietary software products. Here are just seven examples of exciting new ideas in software that you may be able to buy from proprietary vendors someday, but that you can only get for free from the open source community today. See also:InfoWorld's Best of Open Source Software AwardsTop 10 open source apps for Windows, at a glanceTop 10 open source apps for Mac OS XTop 10 Open Source Hall of Famers. Proposed cuts would cost Dallas libraries severely, City Council panel hears. Dallas officials are considering major cuts to the city's library system as they wrestle with next year's projected $130 million budget gap.
If proposed cutbacks are implemented, the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library would be closed Monday through Wednesday, cutting its hours from 44 to 24 per week. The cut would eliminate the equivalent of 96 full-time library staff positions. The American Prospect. The chorus of pro-privacy, anti-Facebook bloggers is getting louder. Facebook wants to keep track of everything you "like" -- all over the Web and even in the real world. McDonald's has signed on as Facebook's first geolocation partner.
Whatever that means. The Observer has a deeper relationship with my Facebook page than my best friend. Listen to Grateful Dead – Sugar Magnolia. Marian the Cybrarian - Advice. By Thomas H.
Benton For all the concern expressed about the imminent demise of the college library, there may never have been a time when librarians seemed more vital, forward-thinking—even edgy—than they do now. Infrastructures. HQ - MINIVAN RAP - SWAGGER WAGON - Pizza Hut Park. A Library in Your Pocket. In Vermont, it was easy to ignore the mobile computing craze until 2009.
Before that, AT&T didn’t have a presence here, so we couldn’t purchase iPhones in the state. That all changed last year, and now, barely a day goes by that I don’t see someone checking e-mail, texting, or browsing the web on their iPhone. With the growth of the Android phone market, which uses a Google-based operating system, there are even more options for mobile computing that appeal to mainstream consumers. Mobile devices are becoming difficult for libraries to ignore. In 2009, one-third of all Americans accessed the web through a cell phone or smartphone and 4.1 billion text messages were sent daily. Playing catch-up While mobile device ownership is a major trend in American society, few libraries and educational institutions have developed resources and services for mobile users.
The mobilized library website With the mainstreaming of mobile devices, libraries can no longer ignore this important trend. Tracey Thorn 'Late In The Afternoon' (Live At Home Version) Neighborhood Services. Cafe Express. Home - London 2012 Mascots. Literature gets a ride in the streets of Buenos Aires. Saying information wants to be free does more harm than good. 459 – Marge Simpson’s European Adventure « Strange Maps. Web Design Trends for 2010. Purists will say that great design is timeless. Yes, in an ideal world, we should ignore trends. Pragmatically speaking, though, there is a lot of value in monitoring and incorporating design trends, especially with regard to websites. Pet furniture. Who You Gonna Call? Who You Gonna Call? « Improv Everywhere.
( View it larger on YouTube ) | Subscribe to us on YouTube Produced by Charlie Todd and Matt Adams / music by Tyler Walker For our latest mission, we brought the movie Ghostbusters to life in the reading room of The New York Public Library at 42 Street.
The 1984 movie begins with a scene in the very same room, so we figured it was time for the Ghostbusters to make an encore appearance. Enjoy the video first and then go behind-the-scenes with the photos and report below. Why You Didn't Get the Job - Manage Your Career. By Rob Jenkins If another hiring season has come and gone, and you still haven't landed a teaching position at a community college, you might be starting to wonder if the problem is you.
Well, it's not. OK, maybe it is. Five Ways to Ensure Mediocrity in Your Organization. BBC World Service - Documentaries - Soft Power: The Art Of Persuasion. Should Your New Buildings Look Old? - The Chronicle Review. Campus Architecture by Consensus? - The Chronicle Review. May 16, 2010. Critique a Web Page in 30 Seconds or Less. The Gas Station Created from Recycled Books. Dutch artist Job Koelewijn’s works reuse everyday materials while examining our passion for consumption. Case-Study: Deconstructing Popular Websites (Opinion Column) - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement. Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Teaching 21st Century Learners. Loving: "Out of Print Clothing" [books on tees made better by a donation to 'Books for Africa'] Listomania: Five Failed Musician-Celebrity Collaborations - Dallas Music - DC9 At Night.
Tillman Skates for Libraries - You Can Help Too. Get Ready for the World Cup 2010.