Category: m-libraries
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Considering Apple News+? Don’t forget to check your local library first!
I guess I'll wait to see what TV+ brings later before declaring yesterday's Apple event a total yawner, but it did remind me to check out Flipster and Browzine again before spending any time and money on News+. What are Flipster and Browzine, you ask? They're digital magazine and journal platforms that you might want…
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4 Easy & Secure Ways to Record Screen Videos on iPhone or iPad: A Comparative Guide
I received an email from JP letting me know that a link on an old post of mine, The definitive guide to iOS screencasting, was no longer good. He knew that 'cause he'd just finished writing a much more comprehensive post called 4 Easy & Secure Ways to Record Screen Videos on iPhone or iPad:…
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13 Tips for Recording Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod
In the most recent TechSmith newsletter was a link to recent post on their site titled, 13 Tips for Recording Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. In addition to the useful information, it was nice to see the author using screencasts of iOS devices to illustrate what was being discussed 🙂 to wit:
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OS X Yosemite Makes it Easy to Screencast iOS Apps
Here's a nifty feature to look forward to in the fall – the ability to record screencasts of your iOS apps in order to incorporate them in to tutorials, etc… Once you connect an iOS 8 device to your Mac running OS X 10.10, it will be automatically available as a video camera. You can…
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5th International m-libraries Conference 2014 – in Hong Kong
Ooooh, that's a tempting location! 5th International m-libraries Conference 2014, Hong Kong, May 27-30, 2014. Early bird registration is now open for the 5th International m-libraries Conference to be held for the first time in Asia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With the theme 'm-libraries: from devices to people', the programme includes international keynote…
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Postifier – yet another option for reporting available seats?
My quest continues. I didn't think it was all the way back in January that I last posted about this dream, but it was! Postifier is a little gizmo intended to be put inside a mailbox that will alert you when there's actually something placed inside: The device lives on the inner roof of your…
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2012 – my year in reading
In 2011 for the first time I started tracking the books I was reading, and in January of 2012 I posted about what and how I'd read during 2011. Here's my post for what and how I read in 2012. In 2011 I tracked my reads in a basic text file in Evernote. That ended…
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Students and Technology – Educause Infographic
Here's an interesting infographic from Educause- 2012 Students and Technology (PDF). One snippet to whet your appetite:
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The Fourth International m-libraries Conference
Registration for the Fourth International m-libraries Conference is now open. The conference will be held 24-26 September 2012 at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. The main theme for the conference this year is "From margin to mainstream: mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries". I attended the 2nd m-libraries conference in Vancouver in 2009 and found it quite useful. Won't…
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11 tools for creating digital magazines
Can’t remember how I came across this one, but over at NetMagazine you’ll find a great post sharing 10 tools you can use to create professional-looking digital magazines, and most without any significant cost at all! Each entry lists the pros and cons of each tool, and links to a working example you can check…