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Continuous Partial Attention – “That’s your opinion!”
Somehow it seems longer ago that I had three posts in quick succession about continuous partial attention, but maybe that’s ’cause two minutes is too long to concentrate. BoingBoing notes a post about an article in the Washington Post in which a HS Librarian Media Specialist attempts to “sell” his students on the importance of…
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Help Tod with his radio piece on Google Downloadable Books
I haven’t taken the time yet to read up on the reports of Google’s proposed book download project, but CBC Technology Reporter Tod Maffin is asking for your help in fact-checking a piece he’s putting together for a Thursday AM airing. For a really short piece aimed at the general public I think he’s pretty…
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7 Things You Should Know About E-Books
The latest entry in the excellent EDUCAUSE series is the 2-page 7 Things You Should Know About E-Books. On a related note, I have had the Califa E-books, E-audio and other E-content website open in a Firefox tab for about three weeks now, but have not yet spent the time to go through it. Technorati…
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Me Day (publications and presentations)
A couple of self-referential links for you today. 1) The screencast of my SirsiDynix Institute presentation on Screencasting is now available online. Seems to work best with IE, as it’s being shown with an embedded Windows Media player (not Flash, as I recommend in my presentation 😉 If you’re using Firefox, may I recommend the…