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I just can’t help it, alright??

Denise — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:24:22 +0000

Here’s the Guinness record holder for world’s oldest dog. Her name is Chanel, she’s 21 and wears the goggles to protect her eyes from the sun.

Google thinks I’m on vacation

Denise — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:35:51 +0000

Ich wohne nicht in Deutschland. Google, flippen Sie mich heraus aus!*

*Literal translation from Babelfish:
I do not live in Germany. Google, flippen you me out!

Little Red Riding Hood

Denise — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:33:18 +0000

From Very Short List. LOVE this! Thanks, Jenn.

Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

Twitter…

Denise — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:55:58 +0000

Ok, I’m not completely getting it. It is great to twitter and read other people’s tweets at conferences but as Jenny Levine and others point out, these little batches of information about a specific event or topic are ephemeral. Well, I guess you could save these “threads” if you start using an entirely different tool to capture the tweetdata. I’m not sure how much that matters in the grand scheme of Twitterdom but if I understand the use of this tool at conferences and other meetings correctly, you can read the tweets about events that you are not able to attend. Well, that’s the only use of it that I can glean. That and getting other people’s impressions of the same event, meeting, session, presentation, etc. I tried Twittering a conference I attended but since I’m not so great at texting on my phone, I missed a lot of what the presenter said because my focus was elsewhere. I would not go as far as John Stewart has in this skit below. And I am going to give Twitter one more try at a conference I’m attending this weekend. I’m also speaking on a panel discussion on Saturday at 12:00 SLT. The hash mark for the conference is: #VWBPE

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You Suck at Photoshop

Denise — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:50:31 +0000

This is my new favorite series! It is so great to laugh hysterically while learning new stuff. I do suck at photoshop but I’m really trying to get some skill on. http://www.mydamnchannel.com/

Engineer’s Guide to Cats

Pip — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:48:36 +0000

I am at a conference. The keynote speaker was Larry Irving, the man who coined the phrase “The Digital Divide.” Much of what he had to say needs to percolate in my mind but, since I’m at a conference and most people feel compelled to blog when they are at a conference…here’s my Conference Tidbit of the Day:

Larry Irving quoted at stat about youtube usage that was so astounding that I had to look it up to believe it. Irving said that over 150,000 videos are uploaded to YouTube every day. Daily. I am astounded by this. As a librarian, it made me think about the evolution of information and a whole bunch of other stuff that I’m too tired to deal with right now. So, here’s a youtube video. It is not information…or is it?

Hilarious History Lesson

Pip — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:49:20 +0000

One of my colleagues sent me a link to this awesome video which made me laugh so hard that I snorted coffee all over my pretty computer. Please join me in enjoying Drunk History.