Jo Knowles - Save libraries. (Photo taken from the Meredith Public Library Web site) When I was growing up, my public library had special bags just for books. Everyone got one. You could fill it. I had my own card. My number was 141. The librarian squealed when we came. The books in the library were covered in clear film and smelled like tape. They crinkled when you opened them, like some ancient, priceless tome. I thought they were just for me. Because anyone could go to the library. You didn't have to be rich. Later, when my mom worked at the library, she used to tell us that a man would come and wash in the bathroom. My mother was the children's librarian way up in the renovated attic. She read to the kids at story hour. Sometimes, the moms talked too loud. Young, young single moms. And even later, when I got a job in a tiny public library, I would wait for the after school crowd to show up. Which would you choose?
So I waited and made piles of books I thought each kid would like. Only now. You can learn more here. Peek at Harry Potter's world as it takes shape - USATODAY.c. By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY Universal Orlando Resort honchos are keeping a veritable Invisibility Cloak over the landscape of the highly anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The multifaceted attraction in the resort's Islands of Adventure park will open this spring, but Universal won't say exactly when. Hogwarts castle, with its Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride, will feature "entirely new technology. " But Universal is mum on even the basics.
The 20-acre "world" will replicate aspects of Hogsmeade village, including Ollivander's wand shop, where the wand chooses you. In fact, since revealing some details about the $200-million-plus themed area in September, Universal executives have invoked the sort of secrecy usually reserved for, say, vital questions of national security. The centerpiece is Hogwarts castle, rising more than 150 feet and visible from beyond park boundaries.
The majority of Harry's world consists of venues in which to eat, drink and shop. Twitter Photo Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million. COLUMN: We Love Open Source Software. No, By Dale Askey Introduction Not long ago, a public university library created Citation Builder, where users enter the pieces of a citation, click a button, and have them magically formatted as APA, MLA, etc. Slick, but not really revolutionary since others have done this before. Somewhat later, another university in the same state got their code, enhanced it, and rolled out their own edition, explicitly acknowledging the other university’s work on the original product. Still later, my library hired a librarian who recently earned her MLS at the university that had created the second version of the service. Except that it wasn’t. Before offering any further observations on the ways libraries share and fail to share open source software, I should clarify my perspective on the topic.
The general topic of open source software is simply too broad to cover here. That’s all fine, but where we tend to fall flat is in the area of creating, maintaining, and sharing library-specific applications. Twitter used to manage botnet, says security expert. Why Everyone on Twitter Needs NutShellMail. How to Use Twitter as a Twool. I may get more value out of Twitter than anyone else on the planet because I use Twitter as a tool—specifically as a marketing tool—for my website Alltop and my book, Reality Check. If the concept of using Twitter in a commercial manner interests you, keep reading. If it doesn’t, then you can continue to send and receive tweets about how cats are rolling over and the line at Starbucks. Forget the “influentials.” You must buy into the theory that products and services reach critical mass because mere mortals spread the word for you.
This defies the common wisdom that a handful of “influentials” shape what the rest of us try and what we adopt. Can I tell you a funny story? Ask for help. Right about now you should be asking yourself, “Why would people help Guy like this?” Create an email list. Motrin Faces Twitter Headache Over New Video Campaign. Is Social Media Marketing A Waste Of Time? : SEO Book.com. How to Follow 101. One of the things that makes Twitter so compelling is the ability to follows the thoughts, ideas and content of a lot of people in a very fluid and dynamic way. But one of the challenges is figuring out who and how many people to follow. Do you follow anyone who follows you?
Or do you be selective about who you follow? Do you follow as many people as possible or just a few? There are clearly different schools of thought – just as there are/were different ways on how many RSS subscriptions you should/could have. 1. Granted, this approaches take time and energy but at the end of the day, you’re create group of followers that make Twitter a valuable tool. 2. For my personal Twitter account, this is the approach I’ve adopted. Again, this approach takes time because you have to do your homework by sifting through the people following you, and digging out people to follow. 3.
Some people who follow a huge number of people claim they have the ability to digest a massive amount of information.