In roughly a decade or so, we've gone from the Internet just entering the general public's consciousness to being ubiquitous and something most of us pretty much take for granted.
We expect wireless Internet connections for our laptops every where we go, we post to Twitter and receive Facebook updates on our mobile phones, we order everything online from airline tickets to "new to us" goods on E-bay to prints of our digital photos. The Internet has finally caused time and space to have no meaning in terms of how we communicate in a way that no other previous communication media could.
But, although it seems incredibly unlikely right now, the Internet isn't necessarily as secure nor as stable as we may think.
Here is a list of 10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Could Die
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Sunday, April 27
10 Ways The Internet (As We Know It) Will Die
by
Jason
on Sun 27 Apr 2008 11:50 PM CST
Saturday, April 26
"You can however, see a screening of 'I Am Legend'. Of course, somebody probably downloaded it from the Net." - Brad Fidler Searches For the Actual Physical Location Where the Internet Began
by
Jason
on Sat 26 Apr 2008 08:22 PM CST
Quinn's friend, Brad Fidler, happens to be at the UCLA where, in 1969, the first message was transmitted across what we now know as the Internet. He's made a video about his quest to find the actual site where the message was sent from and put it online: I Found the First Internet Site from Brad Fidler on Vimeo. (via Quinn's Burlesqued)
Web 4.0? (And The Onion Gets It Right As Usual)
by
Jason
on Sat 26 Apr 2008 01:15 AM CST
This story about Web 4.0 (I don't know about you but I'm still trying to get my head around Web 2.0!) reminded me of a hilariously prescient Onion article titled "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades!"
Here's the TechCrunch reference to Web 4.0 that got the linked author all lathered up (there, I tied the two themes together!) For those keeping score: Web 1.0 - The Information Web Web 2.0 - The Social Web Web 3.0 - The Semantic Web Web 4.0 - The Intelligent Web (in ~20 years according to the poster linked above) And while I'm at it, I think I've already figured out Web 5.0:  (MetaFilter has a thread on five blades but nothing on Web 4.0 yet as far as I could tell.) Friday, April 25
Friday Fun Link - Book-Beer Pairings (April 25, 2008)
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Jason
on Fri 25 Apr 2008 11:42 PM CST
Book beer pairings sees authors suggesting brews that are best enjoyed with their work. What brews go with your favourite books - a very important question for the ages.
In semi-related news, the next "Books to Beers and Stacks to Snacks" social gathering will happen following the final day of the SLA conference, Saturday May 3 at 5pm at the Cathedral Village Free House in Regina. Endnote speaker, Jessamyn West, is planning to attend so why not drop by if you're already taking in the conference and/or a MetaFilter member? Sunday, April 20
Ten Common Misconceptions To Social Media Adoption (And How You Can Respond)
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Jason
on Sun 20 Apr 2008 03:35 PM CST
Some of these suggestions could be very useful in a library setting if you're trying to encourage movement towards more technology-based solutions and are feeling resistance from colleagues and/or management.
Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond - ReadWriteWeb (PS - I've had this link kicking around for a LONG time and suspect I initially got it from someone else's blog. So if it was you that posted this, apologies for not giving proper credit.) Thursday, April 17
MapJack
by
Jason
on Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:16 PM CST
I love when I see something that shows me what the future of the Internet will look like. Though only available for San Francisco and a couple other locations, seeing MapJack (which puts Google StreetView to shame) is one of those moments.
Tuesday, April 15
Randomness from the ALA e-newsletter and elsewhere
by
Jason
on Tue 15 Apr 2008 07:00 PM CST
I may have mentioned before that the person I'm replacing at work is a member of ALA and, since he had his subscription to their e-mail newsletter, "American Libraries Direct", coming to his work e-mail address, it's been forwarded to me for the past year.
I don't get to look at every issue but have been very impressed with the ones I have read. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's one of my favourite e-newsletters that I've ever subscribed to happened to have land in my in-box - a nice mix of topics, a section specifically for library-related technology news, a very intuitive layout, nice use of photos. I'm trying to minimize the number of association memberships I buy (currently, only CLA and Sask Library Association) but might have to consider an ALA membership just to get this newsletter when I move on. (Hmm, how does this auto forward feature work in Outlook again?  )I glanced through a couple of the most recent issues and here are some things I came across (as well as a few other articles/stories/posts I have come across that make a good fit for a "housecleaning" post like this one)... "10 Great Libraries" - chosen by Nancy Pearl of Librarian Action Hero figure fame. "20 Things To Watch" (PDF) - Stephen Abram in prognosticator mode. (On that note, I still have a $75 CLA gift certificate from getting runner-up in their student essay contest last year. I have to use it by the end of this month and Stephen Abram's book is one thing I'm looking at. Any other suggestions?) "Amazon's Cookie Tax" - does Amazon charge different prices based on the previous buying history attached to your membership? MetaFilter discussion covers "From Static to Dynamic" - a science library makes the long overdue move from static HTML pages to a dynamic CMS. Here's the blow-by-blow of the process, the hurdles and the outcome. "Visting the Most Modern Library in the World" - the Shifted Librarian visits a library in Holland someone jokingly calls "an IKEAbrary" in the comments (and they mean it in a good way.) "You Call It Being A Professional, We Call It Being An Asshat" - a fairly opinionated discussion (no, really? With a title like that?) about the librarian vs. paraprofessional issue and what to call each other (apparently "asshat".) Wednesday, April 9
Digital R/Evolution
by
Jason
on Wed 09 Apr 2008 03:03 PM CST
If you're a nextgen librarian, this clip will likely make you feel all tingly!
(See also: Web 2.0 - The Machine Is Us/ing Us) |
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