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I remember the days when the mighty directory was on the front page over at Yahoo; the days before Google and that little search bar took prominence. While I can’t deny the power of that massive web database I used … Continued
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I remember the days when the mighty directory was on the front page over at Yahoo; the days before Google and that little search bar took prominence. While I can’t deny the power of that massive web database I used … Continued
Bear with me here: 1. Diagnostics Importance of strong and attractive web presence Do you need dedicated web space? / do you need to redesign? Local government/county/corporate controlled web presence (must conform?) Money matters (design fee/staff time/hosting) 2. First Steps … Continued
There has been some buzz lately about the future of library websites. The Library Web Chic recently wrote a post in the subject that invites looking at the topic more closely. One of the questions to be answered, and this … Continued
Exactly what it sounds like. This video was posted by the previously mentioned Simple Spark the so called Web 2.0 indexing and search engine. The video shows the logos of all 5,000 apps they’ve indexed so far. The sheer speed … Continued
Things have been quiet here, mostly because it has been crunch time the past month or so as the debut of the systems new website has drawn closer. Well, that time has finally come and I’m proud to unveil the … Continued
I’m not dead, I promise. Things are very busy in my system right now, most especially in my department. Hopefully in less than a month I’ll have something to show you all and I can post more regularly. But for … Continued
This is just something I thought I would mention as it was brought to my attention by a friend of mine. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, was on The Colbert Report last night for an interview (heres the video). Surprisingly … Continued
I’ve seen quite a few good services that somewhat mimic what librarians are trying to do in the physical library space, answering services and the like though I don’t think I’ve ever come across something quite like this before. And, … Continued
I thought I would drop a link to the Map of Online Communities. Infomancy mentioned it today and I thought it was of very interesting merit. I am a little surprised that Google isn’t on there and owning a large … Continued
A List Apart has set up an online survey for web design. It’s worth checking out.