Category Archives: internet culture

Content Creators and Consumers (and the iPad)

One of the coolest things about today’s internet is that we all can be creators of information as much as we are consumers of it. It’s something I like to make sure we talk a lot about in my information literacy class. Old internet=read only (unless you were geeky enough to understand HTML and how [...]

A Couple of Comment Plugins

I just wanted to let you know I’ve added two new plugins here. Together, they do something I’ve been wanting to do for ages, but I hadn’t found the right one, and then stopped looking for a while. But then, after waiting, it appears that someone’s made the plugins I’ve been looking for!

BackType Comment Plugin: [...]

amplifying scholarly communication

As I mentioned the other day, I’m trying to learn more about digital humanities. It’s a topic that I’ve assumed I’d be interested in (after all, I like most technology and one of my majors was philosophy), but I’ve always felt that I had kindof a nebulous grasp of the concept.
Luckily, just as I’m trying [...]

Awesome Library Video

After a week of being away, I spent some quality time on Facebook and came across this amazing video:

Made to promote the Collingswood Book Festival 5K Race to Raise Money for New Teen Area in the Library: “Beat the Director.”
Thanks to Brett Bonfield for making my day with this one! I hope you get tons [...]

the Internet, our culture, and accomplishment

I’ve been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers for the past few days, and I love it. I loved The Tipping Point, wasn’t quite as enamored with Blink, so I’m glad to be back in the fan club. In case you’re not familiar with the premise of Gladwell’s newest book, he examines people who are incredible [...]