Librarian by Day » in plain english http://librarianbyday.net by Bobbi Newman Tue, 22 May 2012 12:18:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Top Ten Links – Week 2 http://librarianbyday.net/2010/01/15/top-ten-links-week-2/ http://librarianbyday.net/2010/01/15/top-ten-links-week-2/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:35:57 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=2711 My hand selected best links I shared on Twitter from 1/8/2010 through 1/14/2010 in no particular oder: Just call me Tenzing Norbook, I guess. Toby Greenwalt’s response to Seth Godin’s post about libraries and the discussion that takes place in the comments. 2010: The Only Year of the E-Reader great article from Fast Company on why, despite the awesomeness of many of the new ereaders, they wont be sticking around long. Top Innovators Practice 5 Skills the Rest of Us Don’t if you can stand yet another article about innovation the 5 skills are something we should all be doing, innovator or not. To Know the Library Is To Love the Library — But Who Knows the Library? Toby’s article on the Huffington Post A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers, and Principals (Part I) How to remove yourself from a Twitter List – lets face it, check what twitter lists you’re on is just one more part of being aware of your online identity, if you show up on one you don’t like you have some options Perpetual Beta – a new blog from Jason Griffey and American Libraries, about technology of course. Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – [...]]]>

My hand selected best links I shared on Twitter from 1/8/2010 through 1/14/2010 in no particular oder:

  1. Just call me Tenzing Norbook, I guess. Toby Greenwalt’s response to Seth Godin’s post about libraries and the discussion that takes place in the comments.
  2. 2010: The Only Year of the E-Reader great article from Fast Company on why, despite the awesomeness of many of the new ereaders, they wont be sticking around long.
  3. Top Innovators Practice 5 Skills the Rest of Us Don’t if you can stand yet another article about innovation the 5 skills are something we should all be doing, innovator or not.
  4. To Know the Library Is To Love the Library — But Who Knows the Library? Toby’s article on the Huffington Post
  5. A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers, and Principals (Part I)
  6. How to remove yourself from a Twitter List – lets face it, check what twitter lists you’re on is just one more part of being aware of your online identity, if you show up on one you don’t like you have some options
  7. Perpetual Beta – a new blog from Jason Griffey and American Libraries, about technology of course.
  8. Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – another fine video from the guys at CommonCraft
  9. The Alexander Graham Bell Guide to Changing the World – ideas are good, action is better.
  10. All the ones from ALA Learning – blog authors introduction & interviews, and two new bloggers! Buffy Hamilton and Lauren Pressley!

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Saving Money in Plain English http://librarianbyday.net/2009/01/14/saving-money-in-plain-english/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/01/14/saving-money-in-plain-english/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:34:31 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/?p=778 The Commons Craft guys do it again, and very appropriately given the times. Similar Posts: Social Media in Plain English Phishing Scams in Plain English Podcasting in Plain English]]>

The Commons Craft guys do it again, and very appropriately given the times.

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Phishing Scams in Plain English http://librarianbyday.net/2008/11/04/phishing-scams-in-plain-english/ http://librarianbyday.net/2008/11/04/phishing-scams-in-plain-english/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:42:13 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/?p=600 The Common Craft Show is a series of short explanatory videos by Lee and Sachi LeFever. Our goal is to fight complexity with simple tools and plain language. We call our format “paperworks” and publish a new video about once a month. Website: http://www.commoncraft.com/show Similar Posts: Electing a US President in Plain English For Those Who Are an Overnight Success and For Those Who Aren’t a Video Series From Chris Brogan One more way to use Flickr – videos!]]>

The Common Craft Show is a series of short explanatory videos by Lee and Sachi LeFever. Our goal is to fight complexity with simple tools and plain language. We call our format “paperworks” and publish a new video about once a month. Website: http://www.commoncraft.com/show

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Social Media in Plain English http://librarianbyday.net/2008/05/30/social-media-in-plain-english/ http://librarianbyday.net/2008/05/30/social-media-in-plain-english/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:06 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/?p=173 From, you guessed it the guys at Common Crafts Similar Posts: Do You RSS? Podcasting in Plain English Twitter in Plain English]]>

From, you guessed it the guys at Common Crafts

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Podcasting in Plain English http://librarianbyday.net/2008/05/05/podcasting-in-plain-english/ http://librarianbyday.net/2008/05/05/podcasting-in-plain-english/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:16 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/?p=153 Another great video from the Common Crafts guys.  If you’re looking for videos to use internally with staff, you can now purchase a license and get high quality video from them.  What a great service! Similar Posts: Social Media in Plain English Do You RSS? Twitter in Plain English]]>

Another great video from the Common Crafts guys.  If you’re looking for videos to use internally with staff, you can now purchase a license and get high quality video from them.  What a great service!

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Twitter in Plain English http://librarianbyday.net/2008/03/08/twitter-in-plain-english-2/ http://librarianbyday.net/2008/03/08/twitter-in-plain-english-2/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:20:11 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/twitter-in-plain-english-2/ The folks at Common Crafts do it again! Twitter is one of those Web2.0 tools that can be hard to explain to people how aren’t familiar with it, and even harder to explain why they’d want to use it. Check out this great video for a fun explanation. Similar Posts: Podcasting in Plain English Do You RSS? Social Media in Plain English]]>

The folks at Common Crafts do it again! Twitter is one of those Web2.0 tools that can be hard to explain to people how aren’t familiar with it, and even harder to explain why they’d want to use it. Check out this great video for a fun explanation.

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