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Category Archives: Gadgets

Ultra Low-Cost PCs

OPLIN has a newish blog titled What Does This Mean to Me, Laura? The “Laura” is of course Laura Solomon.
I was recently invited to guest blog about Ultra Low-Cost PCs like the Asus Eee PC.  The post is up now.

Kill the Kill Switch

Bruce Schneier recently posted a commentary on Wired titled I’ve Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch.  Looks like everyone wants to be able to control everything.
OnStar will soon include the ability for the police to shut off your engine remotely. Buses are getting the same capability, in case terrorists want to re-enact [...]

Got Gadgets?

Last week Ohio Library Council’s IT Division held its annual bootcamp. I spent the afternoon talking about gadgets in libraries. Slides from my talk are now available.

Upcoming Presentations

Open Source Applications
April 9th
Computers in Libraries Conference - Washington D.C.
Getting Results with Google (Support Staff Symposium)
April 17th
SWON Libraries - Dayton, Ohio
Panel Discussion and Wrap-Up
April 28th
TechConnections Conference - Columbus, Ohio
Mobile Devices in Libraries (OLC Boot Camp)
April 29th
Ohio Library Council - Columbus, Ohio
Getting Results with Google
May 13th
CO-ASIST - Columbus, Ohio

Upcoming Presentations

Getting Results with Google
February 12th
CO-ASIST - Columbus, Ohio
Tune-Up Your Library’s Website
February 21
SWON Libraries - Springfield, Ohio
Technology Trends
March 20th
SWON Libraries - Blue Ash, Ohio
Open Source Applications
April 9th
Computers in Libraries Conference - Washington D.C.
Mobile Devices in Libraries (OLC Boot Camp)
April 29th
Ohio Library Council - Columbus, Ohio