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Google Reader – Resources for Alternatives
I think Google has underestimated the number of Google Reader users. There has been a very vocal backlash from the bloggers, journalists, reporters, media personnel, and information professionals, etc. who use the service the most. Its very disappointing to me this service is being retired when its so useful. Personally, I use the service daily following over 100 blogs on a variety of topics. Retiring Google Reader is not going to instantly make me sign up for Google+ or other Google products either. Fortunately alternatives are available and being improved in response.
Google Reader Retires July 1st: Options for When Google Sucks | Stephen’s Lighthouse
8 Google Reader Alternatives That Will Ease Your RSS Pain | Gizmodo
Mashable | Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google
Common Crawl, and subsequent spin off projects, is an organization I believe librarians should be following closely. It would be great for library and information service professionals to be involved with some of these projects. I could also see the government and educational institutions providing funding for research proposals analyzing some of the data.
“A nonprofit called Common Crawl is now using its own web crawler and making a giant copy of the web that it makes accessible to anyone. The organization offers up more than 5 billion web pages, available for free so that researchers and entrepreneurs can try things otherwise possible only for those with access to resources on the scale of Google’s.”
via Mashable |Â Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google.
Disney’s John Blackburn Says ‘Infinity’ Game Mash-Up Could ‘Change The Way That People Look At Disney’ | TechCrunch
Information Space | 10 Social Media Tools To Keep You Connected With The Music Scene
For Librarians, a New Digital Resource on Students with Disabilities – The Digital Shift
Scientists Seek New Credibility Outside of Established Journals – The Digital Shift
“That’s the theory behind academia.edu, a social media-inspired platform that allows research scientists and other academic professionals to critique and collaborate on research. Since its founding in the fall of 2008, the site has attracted almost 2 million members (including a growing community of librarians), 1.7 million papers, and 3.9 million unique visitors per month.”
via Scientists Seek New Credibility Outside of Established Journals – The Digital Shift.
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.
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