Postcards from the Cracker Coast

If you have not heard today, Friday the 24th, is my last day with PLAN. I have decided to move back to Tampa to be closer to my family. I thought I would post one last blog before I head off to a new adventure in Tampa.  I would like to thank everyone for a great [...]

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Google announced yesterday that they plan to launch their own Operating system called Google Chrome OS in 2010.  They said it will be targeted towards Netbook computers at first.  It will be based on a Linux kernel with a new GUI interface created by the team at Google.  There are many free Linux based OS [...]

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Tuesday Keynote was very inspirational.  They  interviewed Paul Holdengraber from the New York Public Library.  Paul had such a great message of trying to break down the old walls of the NYPL and turning it into a place where people come together.  Paul was brought in from Santa Monica to help “Oxygenate” the library.  He [...]

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One of my favorite sessions from Monday was by Sarah Houghton-Jan from San Jose Public Library. She gave a great presentation on how to help underfunded libraries use 2.0 web services.  You can check out her whole presentation on (www.librarianinblack.net).  Here are a list of tools I thought would be very useful for some our members.
www.EngagedPatrons.org  – They [...]

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Well I am sitting here listening to Lee Ranie doing the opening Keynote for Computers in Libraries 2009.  He can be very fast speaker, but full of useful of information if you can keep up.  He open up with a funny story about someone at a different conference telling him if he wants to get [...]

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As promised here the download links for the power point presentation of both our speakers.
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Dr. Richard Madaus (Staying ahead of the Technology Curve)
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Russell Palmer (OCLC’s WorldCat Local)
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Also I uploaded the pictures we took on Tech Day to our Flicker account! So check them out if you get a chance.
 

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This post is for all of you Social Network addicts out there. Burger King has created a new app for Facebook called “Whopper Sacrifice“.  When you install this app on your Facebook then delete, “Sacrifice”, 10 of your friends BK will send you a coupon for a free Whopper! What does this have to do with Libraries…..absolutely nothing but hey [...]

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I have found a nice image and photo editing software for computers that run windows.  It has many features like layers, special effects and tools similar to version of other very popular imaging editing software. (Photoshop, Paint Shop PRO, etc). The best feature is that it is Free!  If you are on a budget like most of us [...]

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I just uploaded the pictures I took at this years Annual Meeting to PLANs flickr account. If you get a chance check them out.
Annual Meeting 2008
 

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I read this article over the weekend on MSN and really enjoyed it.   So I thought I would share it with everyone else.
America’s 10 Coolest Public Libraries
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