Review: You Are Not a Gadget – Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier's profile reads more like a character from Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake or The Year of the Flood, than someone who followed a more traditional path to becoming…
Code4Lib Issue 14
We just published Issue 14 of the Code4Lib Journal. Read it before the bits cool.
Review: Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
At this point, I'm not going to say much about Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, because much has been said all ready. Blink is about adaptive unconscious, rapid cognition, and thin-slicing. It is…
Why Your Library Should Use Google+
I wrote a quick post about this for the Digital Gateway Blog, and will provide the bullet points here, with a few other thoughts. Why should your library invest in…
JQuery Accordion
If you check this website, you may have noticed a change. I've added a projects page that uses jquery to create a cool accordion menu. Also, threw some additional code…
Review: The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss
Magic is elusive. It contains mystery, it is hard to explain, yet it is also recognizable. In Patrick Rothfuss's, The Name of the Wind, the magic was apparent. The novel was…
Review: The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
Gary Shteyngart revels in the absurd. Whether it is in Super Sad True Love Story, or, in this case, The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Shteyngart has an eye for the ridiculous.…
How to Get Faculty Support for an Institutional Repository
Your library tech geek has been working overtime. You've got a sweet open source repository online. Resolutions were passed. Buzzwords like, scholarly communication and open access, were tossed around like…