http://sns.mlanet.org/blog Medical Library Association Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:42:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="324"][/caption] Interested in current and emerging mobile technologies, mobile device initiatives, useful mobile software applications, & funding options? Tune into Cut the Cord: Connecting to our Mobile Users, MLA's November Educational Webcast, November 18, 2009, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. CST and earn 2 hours of CE credit. Registration opens September ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/08/24/cut-the-cord-registration-for-mlas-fall-webcast-opens-september-1st/ Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared, now Bing, what's up with all the new search engines?  If you are unsure what all of these search engines are about or just what to know what the differences are, check out this blog post from the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog.  About halfway down there ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/07/06/whats-up-with-all-these-new-search-engines/ Facebook announced this week that that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user's approved friends. An article in the Technology section of the NYT examines the implications. It will be interesting ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/06/30/privacy-alert-your-updates-on-facebook-are-now-public-by-default/ Ever feel contrained by the need to be connected to some server or service on the Web?  In this hi-tech hi-speed digital world Mark Funk asked us to Only Connect.  Do i really need a middle man to negotiate the process. The Opera browser is challenging the notion that servers and ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/06/18/computers-of-the-world-unite/   I just watched Google Video Presentation on their new experiment call Google Wave.  So with MLA and vacation I hadn’t checked my RSS feeds for awhile so I felt a little behind. This morning I opened up my RSS reader excited to hear what everyone had to say and to my surprise there ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/06/04/where-is-the-splash-in-google%e2%80%99s-wave/ This Time article, Facebook's Big Move Toward the AfterWeb,  is very interesting.  The Facebook part is interesting enough, however the portion on Adobe Air and the afterweb is relevant for libraries.  Personally I have always doubted the usefulness of Facebook in libraries.  Don't get me wrong, I've seen some good library sites ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/04/29/the-afterweb/ Every wonder where the collective intelligence of Flickr might lead?  Check out this TED Talk "Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth".  The first part is visually very cool, but make sure you watch the video around the 4 minute mark.  You'll see how the collective memory of Flickr can be ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/03/25/flickrs-collective-intelligence-in-action/ Cross posted from the HLIB-NW list - it's aimed towards public libraries but who isn't on a shoestring budget these days? Technology on a Shoestring: Big Tools for Small Budgets Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | Time: 2-3 PM EDT Register for this FREE webcast today at www.LibraryJournal.com/bigtoolspolaris More ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/03/11/webcast-alert-technology-on-a-shoestring/ Dig Deeper with Social Media Free CE Course Web Collaboration Tools Course Dates February 16th – 22nd Web collaboration tools allow people to create, edit and share documents over the Internet.  This course will focus on editing and sharing that can by done synchronously, or asynchronously. The main advantage of using web office ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/02/03/registration-now-open-for-web-collaboration-tools-ce/ From the creators of WebCT comes Brainify, a social bookmarking service specifically for academics. The Chronicle of Higher Education has a (scathing?) review of the service, questioning whether social bookmarking limited to academic email addresses defeats the purpose of 'social' bookmarking by limiting the users with whom you're sharing. Decide for yourself: ... http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2009/01/26/social-bookmarking-for-academics/