My favourite quote: “Stop the madness of the constant group work.”
Monthly Archives: March 2012
GTA Technology Topics, Tips and Tricks: Mixed Links on Visual/Digital Resources & Services
The Pottermore Shop is open for purchase of Harry Potter eBooks. Unfortunately it looks like the eBooks are not available in Canada yet but the digital audio books are. The eBooks are DRM free. For more details see this announcement from Publisher’s Weekly. Checkouts from OverDrive start Thursday (?US only).
I ran across the Ogilvy Notes from SXSW 2012. These graphics are pretty cool and visually summarize a wide range of topics such as Digital Debauchery with Anthony Bourdain, Surviving Technology and Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think. Communication using visual imagery always seems to have more of an impact and is very effective for technology related topics.
Continuing with the visual imagery theme, here is a post investigating the 20 Great Ways Libraries are Using Pinterest.
Cowbird (“A Witness to Life”) is a sophisticated story telling web service for real life events. From ReadWriteWeb – How Cowbird Transforms Storytelling on the Web.
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Digital Archive goes live with help from Google (PCMage article). Also, from earlier this month the Albert Einstein Archives Online is now available.
A post from SU Information Space commenting on why LIS students should care about the Digital Public Library of America project.
A new Timeline tool is now available for everyone that pulls in media from different sources such as YouTube, Twitter, flickr, etc. Here is a post from Mashable highlighting this new tool.
Did you know there are over 100 different tools and resources available about infographics and data visualization? Here is the list.
Stephen’s Lighthouse: The Brain of the Beginning Blogger
Information Space: Vote for Your Favorite ‘New Librarianship’ Pinterest Board!
Pinterest Board: Librarians: “What my friends think I do…” memes.
Information Space: Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine
Information Space: Librarians: Get a Job in Data Science, Make Lots of Money
I question the “make lots of money” aspect but it certainly is an intriguing alternative.
GTA Technology Topics, Tips and Tricks: Infographic Diversions – Dystopian Timeline to the Hunger Games; Wikipedia is Redefining Research; Google Algorithm Changes
Some fun infographic diversions…
GTA Technology Topics, Tips and Tricks: Online Privacy
I’ve seen the commentary on online privacy intensify the past few months. Facebook routinely changes its privacy policy it seems and Google has moved to one privacy policy for all of its applications. I think its good we hear about the privacy infractions by companies in the news, such as when the Sony database was hacked into and personal data was stolen from users. It really concerns me though about all the intrusions and privacy breaches that are not disclosed. Organizations need to start being more accountable for the client data they are charged with protecting and we need to start expecting more from the organizations we provide our personal information to. Users need to arm themselves to protect their information and identity, so its important to create awareness and give users tools to protect themselves. In that spirit here are some useful and informative links on online privacy.
The Sad State of Social Media Privacy Article & Infographic from Marketing Tech Blog/MDG Advertising.com
2012 Pew Internet report on Search Engine Use. Relates to personalized search being an invasion of privacy.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation proposed in 2010 a Bill of Privacy Rights for Social Network Users. They again built on this theme by creating A Mobile User Privacy Bill of Rights earlier this month.
Here’s a wiki on How to Manage Facebook Privacy Options
The iLibrarian has a great post on this very topic which I am including below:
Social media and online privacy are always a concern, but more so in recent times with variable and ever-changing privacy policies. Here are five stories from the last couple of weeks covering online privacy:
Are You In Control of Your Social Media Privacy? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Stephanie Buck at Mashable blogs about a recent infographic titled Social Media Management: Protect Your Privacy created by ZoneAlarm, based on a 2012 study by Pew
Do You Value Your Internet Privacy?
Alicia Eler at ReadWriteWeb takes a look at a recent study released by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) in which researchers investigated whether or not customers of online services would pay a mark-up to an online service provider who protected their information better.
Social Media Privacy: 3 Questions to Ask Before Authorizing Third-Party Apps
Jamie Beckland at Mashable talks about how best to insure your privacy on social sites and whether it’s a good idea to authorize outside apps to access your information.
Internet privacy a growing concern, Pew finds
Benny Evangelista, SFGate dicusses privacy with regard to search engines and whether or not people’s search histories are being tracked.
How Do We Explain Patron Privacy in a World of Target Markets?
Laura Crossett writes an insightful article about privacy and library patrons.
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