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Top Ten Links Week 44: Echo Chamber, Enthusiasm Gap, Broadband, Learning,Being Famous and More

November 5, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 44: Echo Chamber, Enthusiasm Gap, Broadband, Learning,Being Famous and More

My personally select top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 10/29/2010 through 11/4/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week. 1. Great post! RT @ValentineLuLu: Blogged: The enthusiasm gap and transliteracy #intlib10 I met Jamie at Internet Librarian, I really wish we’d had more time to talk, I’m impressed with her work. Jamie has some good suggestions for bridging the enthusiasm gap  and I love her approach – focus on the people, the need, not the tools When discussing and marketing tech training stop talking about the tools and start talking about the benefits. Don’t say “Learn to use Facebook” try “Tips and tools for keeping in touch with distant loved ones” and show them facebook, skype, IM, etc. Teach to the needs of our community members by letting tech play the role in was intended for: a tool” 2. The Social Physical Library: fostering connections & giving patrons a reason to come inside When Emily Lloyd isn’t drawing witty cartoon’s she’s writing thoughtful blog posts like this one. Seriously awesome idea, wish I had a prize to offer the first library that implements it,and shares how with the rest of us One way libraries

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Top Ten Links Week 40 – Broadband, Time Management and Productivity

October 11, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 40 – Broadband, Time Management and Productivity

My personal select top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 10/1/2010 through 10/7/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week 1. broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century #broadband – a broadband.gov post from Phoebe Yang – Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband. It’s no great secret how I feel about broadband and the digital divide. 2. Three more folks on the Bloggers@IL2010 list and now WordPress.com and WordPress Self Hosted are tied again.- Going to be at Internet Librarian and blogging your sessions? Let ITI know so you will be on the resource list for those who can’t attend 3. 8 Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity And Stifle Your Success via @copyblogger @DanielPink Creating and evaluating at the same time The Expert Syndrome Fear of failure Fear of ambiguity Lack of confidence Discouragement from other people Being overwhelmed by information Being trapped by false limits 4. E-rate in a Broadband World - This week, the Commission released the text of an order that modernizes and upgrades the E-rate program to bring fast, affordable Internet access to schools and libraries across the country. … the

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Top Ten Links Week 38 – Positive Feedback, Library Trends, TechnoLiteracy and More

September 26, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 38 – Positive Feedback, Library Trends, TechnoLiteracy and More

My personal select top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 9/17/2010 through 9/23/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week. 1. read this. bookmark it. live it. The Power of Positive Feedback Mere acknowledgment of good performance increases the probability of more good performance. And specificity of feedback — telling the person exactly what you liked about what they did andwhy you liked it — dramatically increases the likelihood of that performance occurring again. 2. a Must read! RT @vonburkhardt: Good post by @aarontay about hype | A few heretical thoughts about library tech trends - Aaron Tay takes a close look at mobile websites, QR codes and SMS reference and, I gotta say, I agree with him. This is a blog devoted to covering new tech that might be used for  libraries to benefit users. That said, there are times when I wonder whether some of the current tech trends that are hot now will end up being duds or dead ends (in fact some definitely will, the million dollar question is which ones!).  It’s very easy to get into a condition that some have dubbed as “techno-lust”, so let me play

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Top Ten Links Week 37, Success, Hate, Twitter, Keeping Your Inner Jerk in Check, Evernote, Procrastination and more

September 20, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 37, Success, Hate, Twitter, Keeping Your Inner Jerk in Check, Evernote, Procrastination and more

My personal select top ten links from Twitter 9/10/2010 through 9/16/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week. 1. YES! “The threshold at which other people will start hating on you if you succeed is very very low” -@cshirky #WWT – I attended the Women Who Tech webinar last week and it included a panel discussion by Clay Shirky and others on his post A Rant About Women. It was great, I only wish they had had twice as long to talk. It brought to mind this print from Hugh MacLeod of Gapping Void. I highly recommend his book Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity 2. its why I got a Kindle! RT @mlibrarianus: “The case for the dedicated e-reader: When it’s time to go off the grid“ This article from Steve O’Hear at Tech Crunch talks about choosing Kindle for an eReader primarily because it IS a dedicated reading device. This is essentially the same reason I ordered a Kindle and stopped lusting after an iPad. 3. wondering if I should write a post on why I don’t auto follow on twitter as a follow up to this post http://bit.ly/aVRaLJ - The

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Top Ten Links Week 36, Calling 911 from a Mobile, Women in Tech, A Kindle Tip and More

September 12, 2010
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Top Ten Links Week 36, Calling 911 from a Mobile, Women in Tech, A Kindle Tip and More

My personal select top ten links from Twitter 9/3/2010 through 9/9/2010. The best of the best and/or the most important stuff I tweeted last week. 1. Technology is not an ‘either/or’ and the Internet is an expression of our deep craving for connection. Great BBC video via dmlcentral Great video from the Virtual Revolution of  Stephen Fry talking about technology. 2. Transliteracy Research Group: The Shallows and how I stopped reading it in favour of gazing out of the window an interesting look at isolation, connectedness, multitasking and engagement from Sue Thomas. 3. Simple Tip Turns Kindle into Ultimate News Reader – My Kindle came last week so I am on the look out for tips to get the most out of it. This post tells you how to use it to read your Google Reader feeds. 4. IT in the Age of the Empowered Employee – This is a plug for a book, Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business, one I full intend to read. If you run an IT department or deal with one it looks like this is worth reading. 5. The Dirty Truth About Digital Fasts – I could easily quote the whole article. Seriously go

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