Category Archives: social software

Customer vs. container, content vs. service

Posted on September 25, 2009 by abigail

Lots of interesting ideas floating around this week about the future of publishing, much applicable and relevant to libraries. First up, the Scholarly Kitchen’s blogging of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s IN conference keynotes, with an interesting comment about “diffintermediation” … Continue reading →

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Twitter – what’s the fuss?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by abigail

I set up a Twitter account almost two years ago and then promptly let it languish.  Until this week I had tweeted a grand total of maybe five times.  I wasn’t sure why I needed it, and since hardly anyone … Continue reading →

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On joining the conversation again

Posted on January 20, 2009 by abigail

I’m not much of a joiner.  I don’t like bandwagons and I am highly suspicious of fanaticism.  I was a late supporter of Obama – excuse me, President Obama! – for this reason: so many people were so into him.  … Continue reading →

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Twittering

Posted on May 20, 2007 by abigail

I think I first read about Twitter on Creating Passionate Users, but soon thereafter it started popping up on a lot of library blogs I read.  I didn’t want to get crushed in the stampede, so I waited out the … Continue reading →

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Site Updates

Posted on March 6, 2007 by abigail

To cope with some serious anxiety while waiting for my spouse to come back from an interview and waiting to find out whether we’re getting the apartment we want, I added some stuff to this site. There’s a del.icio.us feed … Continue reading →

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I Still Heart LibraryThing

Posted on February 28, 2007 by abigail

From this Thingology post: Some day, if we have enough shared users [with Cork'd], LibraryThing can recommend books based on the wines you drink! Awesome!

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Passing Time with the AADL Catalog

Posted on January 22, 2007 by abigail

I’m in the Atlanta airport for a good while, waiting for my flight to San Antonio for Open Repositories, so I shelled out for wifi access. And now that I have, I’m going to find things to do online until … Continue reading →

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Traditional Publishing and the Web

Posted on July 27, 2006 by abigail

Two interesting pieces recently came across my aggregator on the topic of the web’s impact on traditional publishing. The first is an article in the Chronicle, “Book 2.0,” about an experimental book format that allows readers to comment on the … Continue reading →

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NPR Story on MySpace

Posted on July 27, 2006 by abigail

A short piece on All Things Considered reveals that mother and daughter have very different perspectives on the site, online privacy, and the nature of the web.

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Facebook

Posted on June 12, 2006 by abigail

Last week I decided to register with Facebook and see what all the fuss is about. Wow-ee, is it eye-opening! In addition to my Binghamton e-mail address I have an alumna e-mail address for my alma mater, so I registered … Continue reading →

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