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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

jts — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000

#Bibapp demo this afternoon for the Executive Vice Chancellor . May the Force be with us #
RT @timoreilly: Decent analysis of the financial issues facing publishers: Math of Publishing Meets the #ebook http://nyti.ms/cyNxYW #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

jts — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Just started using #virtualbox and #OpenSolaris on my Vista machine – at least until I get a Mac. Should have done this along time ago. #
Still in Asheville until tomorrow. Sure weren't expecting cold, blustery days when we planned that. We'll brave it for breakfast though #
If you're a library geek and weren't at #c4l10 then you missed out. C'mon already! #code4lib #
#c4l10 Paul Jones: "This talk will be of particular interest to zombies" #
#c4l10 @cbeer and WGBH doing cool stuff with media archives, Fedora, Blacklight #
#c4l10 "We're traversing up and down the FRBR trees" Extensible Catalog, Metadata Services Toolkit #
Cool cross-vocabulary mapping tool Hive http://bit.ly/ak7gdv http://bit.ly/c724RW Vocab translaxn to SKOS. More web services to come #c4l10 #
Thanks to #c4l10 I can drop "Levenshtein Edit Distance" at parties now #
RT @katelynch: really great presentation structure in Karen Coombs #OCLC presentation at #c4l10 — problem/solution format clear and concise #
#c4l10 @bpisciot You'd like this: 7 Easy Ways to Improve Library UIs with OCLC Web Services – Karen Coombs. #
#c4l10 @bpisciotta You'd like this: 7 Easy Ways to Improve Library UIs with OCLC Web Services – Karen Coombs. #
#c4l10 Kansas loves her some Facebook. via Census2000, Google Fusion Tables, Rosalyn Metz, and Michael Klein #
#c4l10 "When people file things, it's kind of like throwing it in the garbage when you can't bear to throw it in the garbage." @ccmarshall #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

jts — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Sugar-Based Plastic Can Be Tossed in the Compost Alongside Banana Peels: It's not yet the norm here in the States,… http://bit.ly/bcVKRj #
Sugar-Based Plastic Can Be Tossed in the Compost Alongside Banana Peels: It's not yet the norm here in the States,… http://bit.ly/cJQ7We #
This is the stuff I dream about RT @infopeep: Schneider, Jodi: How metadata could pay for newspapers http://bit.ly/agylZ5 #
RDA Adds Complexity to MARC: A colleague recently brought to my attention the work to adjust MARC to accommodate u… http://bit.ly/cwhoVr #
The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow: Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Everett Bogue, author of The A… http://bit.ly/aoMNZf #
Big Pharma in your iPhone and Nintendo: From The Independant: Medicines not working? There’s an app for that
(Is a… http://bit.ly/bSdfbb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

jts — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Sabir community news + internationalxn. Builds on #drupal7 Community health partner in project submittal. Cool
http://bit.ly/bQ7Pj0 #
checking out Gist "Know more about who you know" http://bit.ly/aEknOs Cool concept and great UI. So far, more interesting than LinkedIn #
listening to preview of new @itspetergabriel album Scratch My Back http://bit.ly/agtHGB #
Infographic of the Day: Your Computer Use, Visualized Like a Jackson Pollock: You spend all day clicking a mouse. … http://bit.ly/aCDo1w #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

jts — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Listen, talk, breathe:
Linda Stone, coiner of the marvelous phrase continuous partial attention, has lately been … http://bit.ly/d3NcsT #
*finally* switched my #wordpress theme to Thematic. Hoping lower cringe-factor will make me post more. #
RT @MrDys: RT @lljohnston: V&A just launched a crowdsourcing app to search its collections: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/crowdsourcing/ #
Appnovation Technologies: Above or Below the Fold of a web page?: Tue, Feb 2, 2010 by Erico NascimentoDesigning fo… http://bit.ly/aD3d5U #
Should all bad research be retracted? We need better tools. "Medical journal retracts study linking autism to vaccine" http://bit.ly/bamIXR #
Ubiquity Alternatives Offer Power Users Command-Line Tools for the Web: Shared by Jason
Need to try Quix
Those … http://bit.ly/dAVmIX #
Foursquare and Libraries – Anything There?: Shared by Jason
#Libraries + Foursquare. Good ideas, @davidleeking
… http://bit.ly/aLlrfL #
Weave 1.0 Released, Firefox Officially Gets Syncing: It’s official, your Firefox syncing prayers have been answere… http://bit.ly/9aDxp3 #
PubChem, CouchDB and data pipelines: Rich Apodaca has a great set of blog posts on using PubCouch, the CouchDB int… http://bit.ly/cTCNlk #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

jts — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0000

@whitehouse, plez read b4 planning the new sites Prez #Obama wants. UK.gov + #linkeddata http://bit.ly/8lYnSq via @pabinkley #
RT @kat727: Conan will be back on air in 216 days 1 hours 39 minutes 37 seconds #teamconan http://conancomebackclock.com #
trying to use #Aptana Studio Rad Rails for our Bibapp project. I think my project import just ground to a halt #
Computer 1 Mozilla: "You are about to close 17 tabs". Computer 2 Mozilla: "You are about to close 39 tabs". Dang, I must be workin' hard #
expected more disk space…oh well #apple #ipad #
$499! sweet! #apple #ipad #
RT @BioMedCentral: Will Apple reinvent online and print publishing? 'Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, …' http://bit.ly/dnZMGC #
It'd be cool to see libraries in KC do one RT @timoreilly: Over 70 cities now participating in Global Ignite Week http://bit.ly/7YEWUm #giw #
Any #code4lib flyers taking the 12:40 from KC or 3:37 from Houston on Sunday, Feb 21? #
RT @ksclarke, @notzach: @mjgiarlo: @dchud, @wdenton: "IPAs and APIs" would be a great tagline for #code4lib. #
Book of Trogool http://bit.ly/4yQWJz Didn't know @reporat had a new blog already…and science-related to boot! Great reading! #
Yet another #bibapp demo. Hoping to go live soon #
How can librarians better support science research? #
Great ideas for librarians supporting science RT @BioMedCentral: liked 'Scientists and librarians: friend or foe?' http://bit.ly/8DFTlV #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

jts — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0000

RT @nhlibrarians: LJ reports on EBSCO's exclusivity deal, http://bit.ly/60rzjH. #EBSCO #Gale #libraries #
RT @Sojourners: Free Download: "Sunday School With Jon Stewart" the first chapter of @jimwallis latest book http://su.pr/2QkbNW #
RT @Sojourners: RT @kearns_brendan The man on the Daily Show, @jimwallis, speaks the truth. We shld have bank CEO's giv the $$ 2 Haiti #
Seed Salon: Fowler + Barabási: Connected coauthor James Fowler sat down with physicist Albert-László Barabási to d… http://bit.ly/8Hue8h #
NEA Offers $250,000 Grants for U.S. Cities That Enhance Arts: Shared by Jason
#libraries
The National Endowment… http://bit.ly/4P0gIE #
Weren't we all promised free robots? http://bit.ly/82lDdy #iwaspromised #
RT @timoreilly: Willow Garage gving free robots 2 univrsty labs for #opensource robotics resrch: http://bit.ly/82lDdy #
Your tweet as a Penguin Classic. Very cool! cRT @timoreilly: I do like these http://bit.ly/4wSY6c @gravitron made with http://bit.ly/6L5yZv #
Acquia: Bipartisan Drupal: Scott Brown elected to the Senate using Drupal: Last night Scott Brown, the republican … http://bit.ly/7YyguM #
cngrts! Short commute. Wish I could afford it. RT @KUNews: Studio 804 residence in KC earns LEED Platinum status: http://bit.ly/5YO4cu #
Have kids who like stories? Check out LOC and Jon Scieszka's The Exquisite Corpse Adventure http://bit.ly/5jYRvi (via @KCPubLibrary) #
TEDMED celebrates intersection of all things medical RT @zem They just began releasing the amazing videos; a must watch http://bit.ly/8vNdfr #
RT @jocolibrary: Do you find our catalog a little bit frustrating? Try a demo that runs slowly but is much slicker http://bit.ly/7L0aZh #
RT @timoreilly: LOL. Tongue-in-cheek response to claim that publshrs lose $3B/yr to piracy; they lose $100B to lending! http://bit.ly/57IsBN #
RT @Librynth: Libraries have this affect on me too: http://xkcd.com/691/ #
Nick Lewis: Hitler Finds Out That Drupal 7 May Release Without Panels:
Hitler finds out that that Panels might n… http://bit.ly/4FiEY1 #
Acquia: Try Drupal 7 Alpha on your laptop or desktop: If you aren't a professional Drupal developer, or Drupal sys… http://bit.ly/86gvRC #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

jts — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Fake AP Stylebook Twitter Account Lands Book Deal: Journalists, at the mercy of financial woes and a shifting indu… http://bit.ly/91KMYV #
@nbc you're willing to let Conan go and throw Tonight Show and Jimmy under the bus to keep Jay? Seriously? #fail #teamconan #teamjimmy #
@nbc you're willing to let Conan go and throw Tonight Show and Jimmy under the bus to keep Jay? Seriously? #fail #
Spoon Transference Album Stream:
Stream Spoon’s latest album, Transference in its entirety @ NPR!

Tags: Spoo.. http://bit.ly/8C5Y8N #
RT @Panlibus: Post: The economic downturn and libraries: Cutting information resources http://bit.ly/866h99 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10

jts — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0000

The future of the library: Shared by Jason Agree with the strategy, and many are doing this, but info is still .. http://tinyurl.com/y9t8o4r #
Why ask why?: The secret to creativity is curiosity.We often forget to teach kids to be curious. A student who .. http://bit.ly/8OEltT #
What every mass marketer needs to learn from Groucho Marx: Perhaps the most plaintive complaint I hear from org.. http://bit.ly/4vmVSW #
Nice job! RT @edsu: @hochstenbach ♥ the #code4lib tshirt design your wife created w/ inkscape http://bit.ly/5YqSyA #
@jenaew and that's all you need, really in reply to jenaew #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-03

jts — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0000

How Not to Keep a Resolution: Shared by Jason
"brain wasn't built for success"
Before you commit to those New.. http://bit.ly/6VlBZA #
RT @infopeep: del.icio.us: New York Times Releases 5,000 Tags to the Linked Data Cloud http://bit.ly/4BT7Yt #