Archive for December, 2011

Dec 31 2011

In 2012, let’s share

Published by under Social Media,Time

Note to self:  It is time to let go of the negative attitude against Facebook, triviality, superficial nonsensical information quests, and start participating in the new hierarchy.  It is time to “practice what you preach” and put people first.  The hierarchy of the past placed the experts, the sages, the skilled and knowledgeable at the [...]

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Dec 07 2011

The Blue Screen of Death

Published by under libraries,Writing

                  Out of nowhere, my less than 2 year old well-running HP computer, suddenly confronted me with the terrifying blue screen of death. And the resulting hours of anxiety did not end well. I will spare the gory details of why so many hours of work were [...]

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Dec 05 2011

Twitter: Who, How, Why

Published by under libraries,Social Media

I often contemplate life AFTER the toppling of the hierarchy of information. User-generated content, crowdsourcing, and a host of new media formats are now the top ways we access information. And one of the most popular new modes is Twitter. Personally, I find Twitter more useful, more interesting, and more educational than Facebook. Thomas Cramptom [...]

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Dec 01 2011

TMI: Too Much Information

Published by under Future,libraries

You may think “TMI” is an acronym for innuendo or a trivial amusing anecdotal incident. I would like to use it in a different context, one that points out the fact that Too Much Information is now the state in which we live. Do you ever feel like you have reached your limit of information [...]

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