http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-21365 Heather Sun, 03 May 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-21365 I suggest that everyone read "The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900" by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking. I suggest that everyone read “The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900″ by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-26913 Heather Sun, 03 May 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26913 I suggest that everyone read "The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900" by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking. I suggest that everyone read “The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900″ by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-26914 Heather Sun, 03 May 2009 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26914 I suggest that everyone read "The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900" by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking. I suggest that everyone read “The Shock of the Old:technology and global history since 1900″ by David Edgerton. Very thought provoking.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-21306 Heidi S. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:38:28 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-21306 Going through this list, I was a little surprised at the items we still use in our library, because I had thought we were moving right along with the times in many ways. We are a small town library, and it is difficult to get everyone on board with new things, but we're working on it. Landline phones.....we still have two of these in the library. (We'd have to because we bad cell phone use in our library!) Floppy Disks.... I must admit that almost everyone here uses something else for storage, but we still have to have disk drives available in our computers for those that simply haven't made the switch. Wristwatch...I was VERY surprised at this one. I don't know anyone yet who LIVES by their cellphone or computer. There are many times that am still out in the world where I need to know the time and don't have my cell with me. (Goes back to the landlines, maybe?) Typewriter.....Okay. We even have people come up to the front desk when they hear someone typing on our one and only typewriter in the library. Some people have never heard one "live" before, and for others, it is a lost sound. (We'll have to wait until our one and only typewriter user retires in order to get rid of it. She is stubbornly stuck to using it.) DVD's......We just got rid of the last of our VHS movies and now have switched to DVD's exclusively. Please don't make us switch again!!! Going through this list, I was a little surprised at the items we still use in our library, because I had thought we were moving right along with the times in many ways. We are a small town library, and it is difficult to get everyone on board with new things, but we’re working on it.
Landline phones…..we still have two of these in the library. (We’d have to because we bad cell phone use in our library!)
Floppy Disks…. I must admit that almost everyone here uses something else for storage, but we still have to have disk drives available in our computers for those that simply haven’t made the switch.
Wristwatch…I was VERY surprised at this one. I don’t know anyone yet who LIVES by their cellphone or computer. There are many times that am still out in the world where I need to know the time and don’t have my cell with me. (Goes back to the landlines, maybe?)
Typewriter…..Okay. We even have people come up to the front desk when they hear someone typing on our one and only typewriter in the library. Some people have never heard one “live” before, and for others, it is a lost sound. (We’ll have to wait until our one and only typewriter user retires in order to get rid of it. She is stubbornly stuck to using it.)
DVD’s……We just got rid of the last of our VHS movies and now have switched to DVD’s exclusively. Please don’t make us switch again!!!

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-26912 Heidi S. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26912 Going through this list, I was a little surprised at the items we still use in our library, because I had thought we were moving right along with the times in many ways. We are a small town library, and it is difficult to get everyone on board with new things, but we're working on it. Landline phones.....we still have two of these in the library. (We'd have to because we bad cell phone use in our library!) Floppy Disks.... I must admit that almost everyone here uses something else for storage, but we still have to have disk drives available in our computers for those that simply haven't made the switch. Wristwatch...I was VERY surprised at this one. I don't know anyone yet who LIVES by their cellphone or computer. There are many times that am still out in the world where I need to know the time and don't have my cell with me. (Goes back to the landlines, maybe?) Typewriter.....Okay. We even have people come up to the front desk when they hear someone typing on our one and only typewriter in the library. Some people have never heard one "live" before, and for others, it is a lost sound. (We'll have to wait until our one and only typewriter user retires in order to get rid of it. She is stubbornly stuck to using it.) DVD's......We just got rid of the last of our VHS movies and now have switched to DVD's exclusively. Please don't make us switch again!!! Going through this list, I was a little surprised at the items we still use in our library, because I had thought we were moving right along with the times in many ways. We are a small town library, and it is difficult to get everyone on board with new things, but we’re working on it.
Landline phones…..we still have two of these in the library. (We’d have to because we bad cell phone use in our library!)
Floppy Disks…. I must admit that almost everyone here uses something else for storage, but we still have to have disk drives available in our computers for those that simply haven’t made the switch.
Wristwatch…I was VERY surprised at this one. I don’t know anyone yet who LIVES by their cellphone or computer. There are many times that am still out in the world where I need to know the time and don’t have my cell with me. (Goes back to the landlines, maybe?)
Typewriter…..Okay. We even have people come up to the front desk when they hear someone typing on our one and only typewriter in the library. Some people have never heard one “live” before, and for others, it is a lost sound. (We’ll have to wait until our one and only typewriter user retires in order to get rid of it. She is stubbornly stuck to using it.)
DVD’s……We just got rid of the last of our VHS movies and now have switched to DVD’s exclusively. Please don’t make us switch again!!!

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-2/#comment-21302 davidleeking Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:54 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-21302 Connie ... our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg... and I like my arms and legs). Connie … our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg… and I like my arms and legs).

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-26910 davidleeking Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26910 Connie ... our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg... and I like my arms and legs). Connie … our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg… and I like my arms and legs).

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-26911 davidleeking Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26911 Connie ... our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg... and I like my arms and legs). Connie … our library still uses beepers (and will for probably a few more years still). At least, until we get a new voip phone system (that costs an arm and a leg… and I like my arms and legs).

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-21298 connie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:22:55 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-21298 A criminal is a person who stilll uses a beeper. My ex-husband is a very sneaky, ex-con, who is a convicted child molester. It is just simply amazing the manipulating games these monsters play. They also never sign up for a cell phone plan. Buy those cheap phones at walgreens, walmart & use the phone cards so they arent traced. Scum of the earth is the majority of beeping idiots left. A criminal is a person who stilll uses a beeper. My ex-husband is a very sneaky, ex-con, who is a convicted child molester. It is just simply amazing the manipulating games these monsters play. They also never sign up for a cell phone plan. Buy those cheap phones at walgreens, walmart & use the phone cards so they arent traced. Scum of the earth is the majority of beeping idiots left.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/04/14/gadget-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-26909 connie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=1091#comment-26909 A criminal is a person who stilll uses a beeper. My ex-husband is a very sneaky, ex-con, who is a convicted child molester. It is just simply amazing the manipulating games these monsters play. They also never sign up for a cell phone plan. Buy those cheap phones at walgreens, walmart & use the phone cards so they arent traced. Scum of the earth is the majority of beeping idiots left. A criminal is a person who stilll uses a beeper. My ex-husband is a very sneaky, ex-con, who is a convicted child molester. It is just simply amazing the manipulating games these monsters play. They also never sign up for a cell phone plan. Buy those cheap phones at walgreens, walmart & use the phone cards so they arent traced. Scum of the earth is the majority of beeping idiots left.

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