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Have you submitted your photo or video for Library 101 yet?
David Leek King and Michael Porter are up to it again, they are making a new library video! and they want your help! Remember Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library? It’s easy, just take photos of yourself and other library staff with the one and zero Michael posted and submit them to the Flickr photo group. Or you can submit a video, Michael says: 1. The song will be fast. Showing lots of 0′s and 1′s going by quickly is very good! 2. Short videos are best. Five seconds is good amount. Multiple five second or less videos could all be included but unless they are especially remarkable, longer video submissions will likely be edited down. 3. Grouping 1′s together and then grouping zero’s and then 1′s again is good. “101, 101, 101. 101, 101″ just the way it sounds when you read that. 4. Creative is good! 5. One of the visual themes of the video, in addition to the pictures and the zeros and ones we are using are the basic colors of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, indigo, plus white, pink and grey. Thats’ it! It’s super easy so you’ve got no excuse! Get to it! Light!
The future of the book – Possible or Probable
This is an interesting videos from Editis, a French publisher on the future of the book. Its a bit long, but worth a watch. Now I don’t speak any French but here is what I *think* I saw happening scanning barcodes of book at a traditional bookstore to purchase them on the ebook reader touchscreen interactive color write on the books with a stylus multimedia content – the guide books sharing copies from one ereader to the next email magazines blogs books music If this were available today I’d buy one right now. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
The UNICEF Bee and the Digital Doorway
This video, The Future of the Library, has been making the rounds on library blogs and after watching it I visit the blog Everywhere is Here. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the digital divide and the bubble I spend most of my time in so I was much more interested in this video. It is about the Digital Doorway and the UNICEF Bee, providing access to the internet for those in remote areas. The project was inspired by the Hole in the Wall experiment (perhaps more famous for inspiring the movie Slumdog Millionare) The information and access we take for granted, so for granted in fact that we we’re concerned about the future of libraries as they have been traditionally, is something a great many people don’t have. This video and the projects linked to are in Africa and India but the divide is real, right here in the United States. There are a great many people without access to the internet access or a computer or a smartphone. People, who, if they did have access wouldn’t know how to use them. Just something to think about. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it
Does the average Joe really need to know what a browser is?
Jessamyn West shared this yesterday “A team from Google interviewed dozens of people in Times Square the other day, asking a simple question: What’s a browser? This was in an effort to understand and improve the customer experience of Google’s own browser, called Chrome. Turns out that over 90% of the people interviewed could not describe what a Web browser is.” Watch the video I don’t think any of my non-techie family or friends could answer this question. I’m not sure I could adequately if a microphone was put in my face while I was out shoe shopping (its hard to swtich from thinking about a stacked heel to properly defining browser) My parents use Firefox because I told them to, I don’t think they have any idea why. But does it matter? I know nothing about how my car works, I have no idea what’s actually involved in making it go, other than I turn a key, shift gears and apply the brake. Does the average Joe need to know what a browser is or just how to get online? I’m sure a car enthusiastic will tell you my Saturn is not so hot, but I don’t care it
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