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TTW Ephemera

Overheard at ALA

I jokingly confess to my audiences that I’m a sometimes eavesdropper at conferences! You learn about the profession and how people feel if you listen closely. The most telling and useful was a snippet I heard in the Skywalk at PLA: “Everytime people really like something, we get rid of it.” Here are just a few from Anaheim: On the Super Shuttle to the hotel, somewhere between stop #6 and stop #10: “Always make time for yourself at the conference too.” On the exhibit floor: “Face it, you suck at Guitar Hero, but the teens won’t care.” At a nearby […]

Gaming & Gamification

Talking, Looking, Flying, Searching: A research report on information seeking in Second Life

| View | Upload your own This was the independent study I supervised last spring. I am very impressed with Margaret’s work and found the final presentation in Second Life to be engaging and thought-provoking. Check it out. From her blog: http://librariandreamer.wordpress.com/ My Second Life research project concluded with an end-of-term presentation within Second Life. My advisor, Michael Stephens, and two other avatars showed up to hear my research results and participate in discussion. You can see my final presentation slides here. This blog will continue to exist as a record of this project but I’ll no longer be actively posting […]

Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

Loopt on iPhone

Loopt on iPhone, originally uploaded by mstephens7. Updated the iPhone today and I’m fascinated by Loopt one of the free social networking apps. This is my chum Adam on Loopt: an status update, a user pic and a pin on a map. Need to think about this some more but I think I like it. Who’s on Loopt? I’m mstephens7 there.

Blogging

Dear Fiona (if that IS your name)

Hi Michael,We just posted an article, “100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You’ve Never Heard Of”  (No link love here – MS) I thought I’d bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it interesting. Either way, thanks for your time! Fiona King   Dear Fiona – So glad I heard from you yet again, because I had saved a link to Stephen Francouer’s post “On Not Being Scammed:” http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/2008/07/on-not-being-scammed.html I hope Stephen doesn’t mind me shamelessly quoting his whole post – I just can’t help myself: In the past month, I’ve received a couple of emails […]