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LiB Recommends – 2010-10-01

October 1, 2010
  • Free user-contributed repair manuals from iFixIt: http://www.ifixit.com. Site is still building content but hey…it has the Roomba!
  • Great article for library webmasters from the adaptive path blog: “Six habits for visual designers new to UX design” – http://bit.ly/b4az7P
  • ALA’s Statement about FCC modernizing ERATE to benefit libraries (from @ALA_TechSource). http://bit.ly/9NGxHL I’ll believe it when I see it.
  • 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere – http://mash.to/2KsPd
  • Blog Post: Practical Open Source Software for Libraries from @nengard: http://bit.ly/bcM8TM
  • Namechk – Instantly check your username’s availability on dozens of social sites. Grab your identity everywhere now. http://namechk.com/
  • “8 Villains of Social Media” from @sejournal. Good lessons on what to avoid when you’re posting yourself! http://bit.ly/auIPLV
  • Warning signs of information overload http://su.pr/2Rd2qA
  • Kurzweil’s company’s eBook product, Blio, looks interesting. http://www.blio.com/
  • Check out a FREE Project Gutenberg collection on North Carolina Digital Library website (from @DigiLibraryBlog) http://ow.ly/2LNT0
  • Veezle stock photo meta search engine: a great review from Tasha Saecker: http://bit.ly/assMF8
  • The Future Of The Library Is Not The Apple Store (from @ALA_TechSource): http://bit.ly/c3jLnp
  • The Internet Archive has scanned its one millionth book! Congrats! http://bit.ly/dt8OzV
  • Open Office splits from Oracle, becomes LibreOffice. Same great software! http://www.documentfoundation.org/
  • Review of The Social Network movie from @jeffjarvis: http://bit.ly/aZd2cI In short, if you know the real story it’s gonna annoy you.
  • From @wired: Scribd added Facebook “Instant Personalization” this week. It’s a privacy nightmare, says @pgcat http://bit.ly/aSalPI
  • Why Technology Matters for Children, The Digital Divide (from@librarianbyday): http://wp.me/pO3fW-jl
  • Allen Ginsberg figurine & poetry CD (via @BoingBoing): http://bit.ly/9wmfyX As a San Francisco groupie & literati, this is a must-buy!
  • Ooooh shiny! Star Wars app pack coming to Verizon 10/4 ($2.99 for photos, live wallpapers, trivia, widgets): http://bit.ly/cD8b7Y

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