Category: Web/Tech
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Open Sourcing the Wellcome Library
I've had this open in one of my tabs for weeks, and just haven't made the time to play with it further, but it's definitely worth checking out – so go do it! The Wellcome Library ("We are one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history. We also offer a growing…
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The Best Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website
Earlier this year I mentioned a couple of useful tools to help you determine what CMS and plugins are being used on a given site. Amit has an even better list of Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website, including things like what hosting company is being used, and a tool to determine whether a…
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Add-ons for Google Drive
Yesterday Google launched add-ons for Google Drive, suddenly making their online office product an awful lot more extensible. Lifehacker has a listing of some good tools to get you started, including information on how to create your own add-on, courtesty of Digital Inspiration. Some of the existing add-ons that might be useful for libraries include…
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Adobe backs down: We Didn’t Mean to Use DRM to Break Your eBook Readers
A quick follow up from yesterday’s post, again from The Digital Reader, in which Adobe smartly reverses course and will not cause many loser devices to stop working with their DRM after all. Of course, DRM still sucks. Posted with Blogsy
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How do they do that? (WordPress / Drupal)
From time to time I find myself wondering what module a given Drupal site uses to perform some nifty action or another. A while back I found a tool that helps with that spy work for WordPress called simply What WordPress Theme is that? And then I finally found Drupal X-Ray, which does the same…
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Adobe to Require New Epub DRM in July, Expects to Abandon Existing Users
Ooh, this doesn't sound good. The Digital Reader is reporting that come July, 2014, Adobe will be requiring vendors and hardware to support an updated version of their DRM (Digital Rights Management) solution. So what, you ask? "This means that any app or device which still uses the older Adobe DRM will be cut off.…
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LogMeIn Free going away
Well, it was a good run while it lasted, but LogMeIn Free is going away by the end of this month 🙁 I've been using and recommending this wonderful product since 2007 to remotely access my home iMac from work, and my work machine from home. I've also used it on occasion to provide remote…
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Educause Top-Ten IT Issues, 2013: Welcome to the Connected Age
Not a brand-new read, but *I* just finished reading the Educause annual paper, Top-Ten IT Issues, 2013: Welcome to the Connected Age (PDF). While libraries are only explicitly mentioned once or twice in the entire 19 pages, one of the panelists was a librarian, so there is that I guess. I only bother to mention that because…