I'm on the road... upcoming presentations and talks

Submitted by lcadmin on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 21:58
Since my calendar thingie is not working so well, here is what I have on my schedule for upcoming talks/presentations:Sept. 19, Digital Initiatives w/ Tim Daniels, GPLS Director's Meeting,Current and emerging trends in library technology -- is my partOct. 22 Semantic web. vs. Social Media, Master of Internet Technology Program, Gwinnett Campus: What REALLY is the semantic web and is it at odds with social media and user generated content?
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my projects
semantic web
social media
web 2.0+
XHTML/XML/CSS

the next google?

Submitted by lcadmin on Fri, 05/01/2009 - 13:20
How many times are we going to hear, "google killer" or the "next google" I wonder? Anyhow, here is another one... the behind the scenes video is kind of cool. I've requested a guest pass/invite, so we'll see if I get to play around with it before it goes live. "Wolfram Alpha, a new "computational knowledge engine" based on the work of Stephen Wolfram.
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life 2.0+
Search engines/browsers
semantic web
standards

Library news roundup: nexgen catalogs, institutional repositories, and more

Submitted by lcadmin on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 15:24
Well, since I have so many little library related tidbits floating around in my reader, I'm just going to do a roundup:
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3D
CMS
Culture
Digital Libraries
Gamification
Library Catalogs (ILS)
mobile
opensource
semantic web
STEaM
STEM

Build the Open Shelves Classification

Submitted by lcadmin on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 11:24
Build the Open Shelves ClassificationDescription: I hereby invite you to join the Open Shelves Classification (OSC), a free, "humble," modern, open-source, crowd-sourced replacement for the Dewey Decimal System.
---from LibraryThing.You can follow its progress or contribute to its effort here
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3D
Libraries
metadata
open library
semantic web
software
tagging

new things for 2008... crystal ball gazing with opensource, social networking, digital identity, and more aka the predictions.

Submitted by lcadmin on Mon, 12/31/2007 - 22:27

I was poking around trying to find a better video editor, when I stumbled across an opensource project called, Jahshaka. Jahshaka is positioning itself as being a fullbodied product that can compete with such software as finalcut pro (wow!). Not sure about that, because I could never (ever, ever) get the windows installer to work properly. Maybe if I had already switched to ubuntu ALREADY...

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life 2.0+
networking
opensource
semantic web
social media
that's cool
twitter
XHTML/XML/CSS
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