Check out Perceptive Pixel's new multi-input touchscreen technology for HCI* (not much at the website yet but I'm assuming that's going to change). ZOMG!! I am in such drooling technolust for this thing... Read more about Jeff Han and his vision for the future over at FastCompany. This is not your father's touchscreen interface...
*Human-Computer Interaction
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
April 9, 2007
February 26, 2007
Librarians as Books, Books as Librarians
How cool! DaveyP at Self-Plagiarism is Style has a spiffy little batch of code that'll create a portrait of you out of book covers. (Bookify me, baby!) He's getting more and more librarian requests for book mosaics - check 'em out over at his blog (he's up to the third page of images!) Kudos, kudos, Dave!
February 22, 2007
Random Thoughts du Jour
Today is my Friday, as tomorrow is a work holiday (Rodeo Day... only in Tucson do businesses and schools close for the rodeo). Some of the things bouncing around in my head:
* Drupal ain't so bad after all! I found my Rosetta stone; more coming next week after I've had a chance to implement some of what I learned. (check out The Cherry Hill Company)
* These are just too funny. (found via Caveat Lector)
* LibraryThing users contributed some really cool images for the "10 million books / valentines / presidents book pile contest". Check out the winners! Then go check out the Flickr group for all the participants. (found via the LT Blog)
* Since when did the proper name for something become so offensive? (found via lots of blogs; Jessamyn summed it all up best. Sheesh.)
* This situation is just abhorrent. If you've read this for any length of time, you've probably picked up on the fact that I'm a military brat. My dad was in the Air Force; both my grandfathers were in the Army Air Corps. I went to school on an AFROTC scholarship, and if I hadn't blown my knee out in basic I'd most likely be continuing the tradition. I still feel very strongly about the military, especially how veterans are treated. This is... horrific and disgusting and intolerable.
OK. *deep breath* back to your regularly scheduled library-related postings...
Another beautiful 79° day in sunny Tucson.
* Drupal ain't so bad after all! I found my Rosetta stone; more coming next week after I've had a chance to implement some of what I learned. (check out The Cherry Hill Company)
* These are just too funny. (found via Caveat Lector)
* LibraryThing users contributed some really cool images for the "10 million books / valentines / presidents book pile contest". Check out the winners! Then go check out the Flickr group for all the participants. (found via the LT Blog)
* Since when did the proper name for something become so offensive? (found via lots of blogs; Jessamyn summed it all up best. Sheesh.)
* This situation is just abhorrent. If you've read this for any length of time, you've probably picked up on the fact that I'm a military brat. My dad was in the Air Force; both my grandfathers were in the Army Air Corps. I went to school on an AFROTC scholarship, and if I hadn't blown my knee out in basic I'd most likely be continuing the tradition. I still feel very strongly about the military, especially how veterans are treated. This is... horrific and disgusting and intolerable.
OK. *deep breath* back to your regularly scheduled library-related postings...
Another beautiful 79° day in sunny Tucson.
January 31, 2007
Enter the InfoTubeys!
You Can Enter Information Today's 2007 InfoTubey Awards!
My company (Information Today) is starting a new contest this year to award interesting library promotional work. We're calling it the InfoTubey Awards! ;-)
We’re looking for videos that librarians have created and posted to YouTube. Each production must demonstrate creativity, humor, and sincerity in marketing a library, promoting library services, or enhancing a library's value. Videos cannot be more than 5 minutes long.
The deadline is Feb. 14. All submissions will be judged by a panel of distinguished information professionals, who will contact winners in March.
Five InfoTubey Award winners will each receive one free 3-day conference pass to the Computers in Libraries 2007 conference (a $449 value). Awards will be presented at a gala event during the CIL conference on April 17 near Washington, D.C.
The entry form is available online. You can direct your questions to InfoTubies@infotoday.com.
C'mon, show us what you've done!
Sent to me by Kathy Dempsey of Information Today - thanks for the announcement!
My company (Information Today) is starting a new contest this year to award interesting library promotional work. We're calling it the InfoTubey Awards! ;-)
We’re looking for videos that librarians have created and posted to YouTube. Each production must demonstrate creativity, humor, and sincerity in marketing a library, promoting library services, or enhancing a library's value. Videos cannot be more than 5 minutes long.
The deadline is Feb. 14. All submissions will be judged by a panel of distinguished information professionals, who will contact winners in March.
Five InfoTubey Award winners will each receive one free 3-day conference pass to the Computers in Libraries 2007 conference (a $449 value). Awards will be presented at a gala event during the CIL conference on April 17 near Washington, D.C.
The entry form is available online. You can direct your questions to InfoTubies@infotoday.com.
C'mon, show us what you've done!
Sent to me by Kathy Dempsey of Information Today - thanks for the announcement!
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