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Techbench: Hackerspace Beginnings
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 5 CommentsI’ve been passing some of my windshield time by listening to the Steve Jobs audiobook. In fact, I’ve been pretty engrossed, and have been supplementing with documentaries on Apple Macintosh, Jobs, and his other endeavors like NeXT and Pixar. In a Smithsonian interview, Jobs talks about some of the many innovations that came out of the [...] -
Links and a Latte 1.4
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsWelcome to the next Links and a Latte post! Grab a cup of coffee, tea or other favorite beverage (I’ve got my Hazlenut coffee today), and enjoy this quick round-up of interesting links. This week is a multimedia week with a couple of bonus links. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a short film nominated [...] -
Links and a Latte 1.3
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsWelcome to the third Links and a Latte post! Grab a cup of coffee, tea or other favorite beverage (I’ve got a Dr. Pepper today), and enjoy this quick round-up of interesting links. You’ll notice this issue has a few more links than normal and it has a theme: web site design! NEKLS hosted a [...] -
Links and a Latte 1.2
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 CommentWelcome to the second Links and a Latte post! This is a posting series to share 4-5 links of interest that can be quickly consumed over a quick break. They’ll be technology, web, and library-related most of the time. Grab a cup of coffee, tea or other favorite beverage (I’ve got my Chai Latte today), [...] -
eReader Resources
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 5 CommentsBattle of the eReaders There is no winner yet of the eReader format wars, the best we can do is educate ourselves on what is out there: Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet: which one should you buy? A tablet eReader comparison from Ars Technica Lean, mean consuming machine: the Nook Tablet reviewed A Nook Tablet review from Ars [...] -
Links and a Latte 1.1
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsWelcome to the inaugural Links and a Latte post! I’ll be using this posting series to share 4-5 links of interest that can be quickly consumed over a quick break. They’ll be technology, web, and library-related most of the time. Grab a cup of coffee, tea or other favorite beverage (I’ve got my Vanilla Biscotti [...] -
E-Reading: eBooks Never Went Away
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsIf you are like me you probably kept hoping that ebooks would go away. Hoping that you would never have to learn how to use them, let alone teach a patron how to. Then Christmas 2010 happened and my eyes were finally opened. I am sure you are aware that last Christmas ebook readers sold [...] -
E-Reading: A Kindle Story
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsI initially had an interest in the Amazon Kindle after seeing the following xkcd.com comic strip: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kindle.png All joking aside, it proved to be very rewarding to borrow the NEKLS’ Kindle for our trip to New Zealand. Whenever I had a few moments of downtime (naps for Soren, bus rides, etc). I would pull the [...] -
20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web
Posted on November 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe Google Chrome (web browser) team has released an interactive and illustrated online book that walks readers through the 20 “Things” the Google Chrome team has learned from the Web and Internet browsers. If you ever wanted an easy and fun way to learn the terms for what makes up the Web and Internet browsers, [...] -
Technology Observations from a Homeschooling Dad
Posted on September 30, 2010 | No CommentsLast week, I read a fascinating list of of technology tips a dad learned as he homeschooled his son last year. I laughed as I read because they describe the reality of technology for any user, not just homeschoolers. Here’s the list for you all to read: Technology will change faster than we can teach it. [...]