Yesterday, I presented at Ohio Library Council’s Digital Declassified workshop. It was a chance for libraries to hear about what’s up with digital content in libraries. Tom Peters keynoted and several other library staff and vendors spoke. My piece was on digital rights management (DRM). By the end of the day, it was clear that [...]
Category Archives: Digital Content
More on CAPTCHA
July 13, 2007 – 10:26 am
As a follow-up to my recent post on CAPTCHA alternatives, below are some more resources and developments on the topic: Coding Horror has a post on CAPTCHA effectiveness and how it’s a “necessary evil.” Be sure to read through the comments for some added discussion and insight. A recent post on Modern Blue suggests a [...]
I Did It
July 1, 2007 – 1:20 am
For the past few weeks, I’ve been using Google Reader instead of Bloglines. I’ve been having some problems with Bloglines and it was enough for me to give Google a fair shot. I think I’ll stick with Google even though I don’t seem to get through my feeds any faster. Bloglines is just having too [...]
Fight Spam and Digitize Books
June 20, 2007 – 11:49 pm
I’ve never really liked CAPTCHA systems. You know, those images of contorted characters that you are forced to input on many web forms. The idea is that spam bots will be blocked from submitting the form and only humans shall pass. Half the time, even I can’t make out the characters. Maybe I’m a cyborg. [...]
Upcoming Presentations
June 4, 2007 – 9:22 am
Google Tools for a Great Web Site June 11th & 12th TechConnections 8 Conference – Dublin, Ohio Network Tune-Up: Top 10 Things To Do To Your Library’s Network June 13th Ohio Library Council – Columbus, Ohio Digital Rights Management (Digital Declassified workshop) July 17th Ohio Library Council – Columbus, Ohio Gadgets in Libraries July 25th [...]
