Category Archives: Web 2.0

Working Hard – Playing Hard

I’ve been extremely busy since wrapping up several library conferences in October. I’ve got a few projects we’re trying to finish in the office and several more that we’re working on for some member libraries. Every project has some sort of technology aspect these days. So I tend to be involved in almost everything. Oh, [...]

October Wraps Up with ALAO

I spent Friday at the Academic Library Association of Ohio’s Annual Conference. I was invited to sit on a panel with Chad Boeninger, Linda Dobb, and Brian Gray. We answered audience questions inspired from Joe Janes‘ earlier keynote. Joe is a great speaker and I think the panelists handled the questions well. I also presented [...]

Two Presentations in Two Hours

Yesterday I presented a couple of sessions at Ohio Library Council’s Convention & Expo. I was wiped out after the back to back presentations, but it was nice to get both of them out of the way on the first day of the conference. I co-presented the first session with Laura Solomon. “Look Before Your [...]

Upcoming Presentations

Gadgets & Gizmos Galore September 4th Kenton County Public Library – Independence, Kentucky Technology Trends October 2nd Preble County District Library – Eaton, Ohio Look before You Leap: Why Web 2.0 Alone Can’t Save Your Library October 10th OLC Annual Convention – Columbus, Ohio Managing Rights or Managing Restrictions? October 10th OLC Annual Convention – [...]

What is Web 3.0?

Many months ago, I linked to a video that tried to answer the question, “What is Web 2.0?” Recently, someone asked Google’s CEO “What is Web 3.0?” Here is a 2-minute video of his response. [youtube=http://youtube.com/w/?v=T0QJmmdw3b0] Key points from his definition: Applications that are pieced together The data is in the cloud Can run on [...]