Category Archives: Technology

One Week with the Palm Pre

I’ve had my Palm Pre phone for a week now. Was it worth waiting in line the day it came out? Well, considering that the Pre is sold out almost everywhere right now, I would have to say yes.
Things I like:

The multi-touch interface is very cool.  I quickly adapted to using gestures and [...]

TechCon09: Intro to Online Storage Services

We held our 10th annual TechConnections conference this past week. We had lots of great presenters and their slides are being added to the TechConnections website as we receive them.
Below are my slides from my talk on cloud storage services.

Upcoming Presentations

Lots going on over the next several months!
Send it to Cloud City: An Introduction to Online Storage Services
May 19
TechConnections 2.0.0.9 – Columbus, Ohio
Tech News You Can Use
June 16
SWON Libraries online classroom
Tech News You Can Use
July 9
SWON Libraries online classroom
Welcome to Cloud City: Online Software for Library Staff and Users
July 15
SWON libraries – Blue Ash, Ohio
Welcome [...]

Learn to be a Social Ninja

Yesterday MPOW held its spring support staff symposium in Wilmington, Ohio. My Executive Director and I had an opportunity to speak about text-based communication and etiquette. In a short amount of time, we covered email, instant messaging, text messaging, and social networks.
Most of it is common sense, but common sense isn’t [...]

Lots of Drupal to Drink

We’ve been using Drupal at MPOW for almost three years, but I feel like there’s still tons to learn. Drupal is really hot in libraries right now and it seems like everyone is talking about it. Below are the Drupal posts and resources I’ve come across in just the past week or so. [...]