Entries Tagged 'tech' ↓
May 18th, 2007 — internet, tech
“Ideum develops interactive experiences for museum visitors. Working in partnership with a range of museums, they have created over 40 projects which extend the experience of the museum goer through the use of new technology. The weblog-style website features a generous selection of these, from a tool that allowed three to five year olds to upload the sounds of the gallery floor, through software mash ups and interactive photographic exhibits.”
Check it out at: http://www.ideum.com/
Link and description via Intute.
May 16th, 2007 — humor, tech
This may not be the kind of trickery I’m eager to deal with at the crack of dawn (assuming I ever actually attempted to wake up that early). Even so, it’s one of the coolest little gadgets I’ve seen in a long time. After all, everyone loves a cheeky little robot.
Snip from Thinkgeek:
Sleep is the little death, and dying kinda sucks, so we avoid it whenever possible. Problem is, if you don’t sleep, you tend to pass out an inopportune times, like driving, operating heavy droids, and various sex type behaviors. Thankfully, unplanned narcolepsy can be avoided by a strict regimen of planned sleep. Don’t let sleep take you over though; too much means no work done! You need a boot to the butt to wake you up, and Clocky is here with said metaphorical boot! Clocky’s robotic wheels propel this little alarm off your nightstand, spinning away from your grasp. Turning and spinning, it forces you out of bed to chase down this adorable noisy demon, making you instantly alert and ready to face the day.
Link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/?cpg=52H
May 8th, 2007 — book, libraries, tech
Amazon.com now offers RSS feeds, based on tags that you choose. You can then aggregate these feeds to your site, and even keep them as affiliate links, if you’re into that kind of thing.
See: RSS web feeds for tagged products (syndication)
Three books I need to own:
Creating Database-Backed Library Web Pages: Using Open Source Tools — Stephen R. Westman
Because these are exactly the sorts of sites I want to, and will likely be able to, make.
The Wisdom of Crowds — James Surowiecki
Because this book is mentioned so often it has nearly become annoying, but I suppose I should read it anyway.
Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become — Peter Morville
Because in the world of federated searching, findability is a more interesting topic than ever.
May 7th, 2007 — art, tech, webcomics
Comic Life, a comic creation program previously only for the Mac, now has a working beta for the Windows OS. Shit … I keep running out of reasons not to make a webcomic of my very own.
May 4th, 2007 — libraries, tech, work
Our library is currently investigating implementation of an electronic reserves system, in tandem with other academic libraries in the area. My involvement in the decision is one of my summer “Library Intern” projects.
Next week we get to demo two major ER systems:
Since I’m a creature of the open source generation, it also behooved me to search out some OSS options, which revealed namely:
- GMUtant Software’s OSCR; and,
- ReservesDirect, which was originally developed by Emory University and just went open source last December.
If anyone has any experience with any of these systems, I’d sure love to hear your thoughts! I’m e-attending a presentation on Ares and ERes next Tuesday, so I’ll have a better starting point to compare after that.
