SB1682 and the senator who banned himself from the library

Senator Matt Murphy has a blog. That’s cool. However, read Jenny Levine’s post about the good senator. He wants to ban himself from the library. That’s not so cool.
He, of course, is the senator who introduced Illinois Senate Bill SB1682, which bans social networking sites in public libraries and public schools. And banning social networking [...]

Podcast with Jon Udell, Ed Vielmetti, and John Blyberg

I haven’t even listened to this yet - mainly trying to remember it for when I have time to download and listen. But with those three names, it’s gotta be interesting!
Here’s the link to the podcast…

Testing and a request!

My feeds have been having “issues” the last few days. Can some of you do something for me, pretty please with sugar on top? When you see this post, can you:
1. leave a comment saying you saw my post
2. tell me what rss reader you’re using
Thanks!
David

another test

sorry about this!

testing, one two…

Sorry - just testing. Don’t mind me!

Library 2.0 - Possibly Being Removed from Wikipedia?

Go get a Wikipedia account and start voting - do you think the Wikipedia entry on Library 2.0 should stay in Wikipedia? I do - you’ll see my reasons on this page.
While the term doesn’t HAVE to be in Wikipedia to exist, it’s still nice to see it there (and hey - it’s a great [...]

Zamzar is cool

Mainly posting this to remember it… but zamzar.com is cool! It’s a free file converter page - point to a file, tell zamzar what you want the file to convert to, and TADA! - zamzar converts the file to the new format.
Pretty nifty! Here’s the large list of formats they handle…

IL2006 Day 3: Closing Keynote: All the World’s a game… and all the men and women merely players

Elizabeth Lane Lawley
Aside from Jane Dysart: 1493 people came to IL2006 this year…
many2many - group blog on social software… check it out sometime
terra nova - blog on virtual worlds … hmm… check it out too
She thinks games are as important as she used to think blogging was important
Lane is into World of Warcraft
What is a [...]

IL2006 Day 3: Steven M. Cohen - What’s New in Social Softwr

A to Z…
A: AJAXB: Beta, Browster - www.browster.comC: CoComment.comD: digg.comE: econsultant.com/web2 - web 2.0 directoryF: flickr.comG: gmail.comH: hype…I: image editors: resizr.lord-dance.com, pxn8.com, snipshot.com (doesw PDFs too)J: Jenny LevineK: ???L: librarything.comM: moo.com, meebo.com, media-convert.com (EXTREMELY COOL), mojeek.com/mps, muppet.wikia.comN: netvibes.comO: OCLCP: pandora.com, purevideo.com (meta search for video)Q: ???R: RSSS: Stephens, Michsel…, snapper (screenshot extension), slideshare.netT: trackback?, typooftheday.blogspot.comU: [...]

IL2006 Day 3: A Wiki as a Research Guide

Chad Boeninger:
Had a bunch of research guides:

redundancy of resources
no interlinking
multiple edits of the same content

why wiki?

easy to add content
more room for content and nuggets
organize by categories
searchable
huge potential for building community
They used wikimedia

They use wikis for instruction, for making guides for class. They’re easy to update
il2006

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