Saw this on meme on Facebook. Here are our answers (me first, Shea second and sometimes using her maiden name, Thompson, to keep it interesting)...
1.YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
Lamp Schneider
Tippy Schneider
(Sounds like a folk duo!)
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on mother's side first name, favorite candy)
Wally KitKat
Thelma Bounty Bar
3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three
letters of your last name)
J. Ham
S. Ham (or S. Thom)
4.YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, name of high school)
Monkey Ihhs
Beagle Weyburn Comp
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Scott Indian Head
Lisa Regina
6. YOUR OPPOSITE SEX NAME: (name of dad/mom, cell phone Company you use)
Janet Luddite
Dennis No
7. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
Hampeenik
Thobecsno
8. YOUR JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)
Ttocs Teep
Asil Daetskceb
9. YOUR STAGE NAME: (middle name, street you grew up on)
Scott Robison
Lisa Hughes
10. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the first thing you see when you look to your left)
The Red Mirror
The Brown Mirror
Also on Facebook, there's a growing group of current LIS students who are planning to get their cutter numbers as tattoos.
We heard tales of others who had done this but no one (at least in my cohort as far as I know) did anything like this. But I've gone back and updated my "Library School Bondage" post because this is another fun idea.
Seek them out if you're interested in participating!
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Friday, March 9
Web 2.0's Potential Benefits To Society
by
Jason
on Fri 09 Mar 2007 01:23 AM CST
MetaFilter is having one of its periodic debates about Web 2.0. As I mentioned the last time I talked about this, young, web-savvy types are supposed to be cynical about everything, especially what they see as marketing-driven buzzwords like Web 2.0 (read the thread for more insight.)
Still, one comment in that thread caught my eye, not least of all because it's in handy-dandy list format. (Yay, lists! They make information meaningful!  )IMHO, web-double-ought is important because it's now a cultural movement, albeit mostly vain, shallow, and superficial. Instead of worrying about how you make money off of it, howsabout we look at the potential benefits to society? 1. UGC is a big deal to Old Media because it's free content. And just like Hollywood, the "best" content will rise to the top and translate to old media. But those millions of people who are "practicing" writing, or YouTubing, or photoshopping, or collaborating on things are cumulatively adding to society, and gaining skills that are transferable in the workplace, plus they most likely are learning something new that they are enjoying. 2. Wisdom of Crowds: Individuals are dumb, markets are efficient, and crowds can be smart (and dangerous). But democracy is a messy thing. We pay a lot of attention to stock markets, Vegas, futures markets, and prediction exchanges, don't we? 3. Examining big data can mean new discoveries. It can also mean false positives (ie. MySpace sex offenders). 4. The greater the level of engagement (or interaction, for people), the stronger their feelings, and the more likely they are to link it to positive emotions. Doing online research to pick the camera you want and reading the opinions of others may likely cause you to enjoy the purchase more afterwards. 5. Network effects: When you are composing a MeFi post, how useful is del.icio.us versus Google for finding those esoteric BOTW links? 6. Openness: More transparency = more trust. If you share everything, then you have nothing to hide (within reason). And allowing other people to "mashup" your data gives you new ways to look at things, new insights, and potentially new opprtunities for monetization. Web 2.0 might be a pretentious buzzword, but it's a part of the culture now, which means it can become a real force for change.
Friday Fun Link - Scribd (March 9, 2007)
by
Jason
on Fri 09 Mar 2007 01:07 AM CST
Scribd is a new site attempting to be the “YouTube of documents.” It currently accepts .doc, .ppt, .txt, .pdf, .xls, .ps, .lit, .cia and .nhl file formats (just seeing if you’re paying attention on those last two!) Right now, the site seems to be a mix of pirated e-books (there’s that YouTube connection!) and documents of the type your mom might forward to you by e-mail. But it definitely has potential as an information sharing medium. As one commenter in the TechCrunch story says: “It’ll be interesting to see what kind of content becomes popular. Term papers? Government documents? Porn? All of the above?” If YouTube is the guide, “all of the above” is probably the most likely. (Er, except porn. YouTube doesn’t allow that. Uhm, at least that’s what a friend told me.) Like YouTube, Scripd allows embedding of any documents. Here’s one called “18 Tricks To Teach Your Body.” |
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