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A Library Website Redesign to Envy. Aaron Schmidt redesigned the Thomas Ford Memorial Library's website, and the new site is amazing! Aaron has posted about the redesign elements and process on his blog, walking paper. … [LibrarianInBlack]

Talking to IT. Meredith, Karen, and Michael are all talking about libraries talking to IT Departments.  We need to be more assertive in what we want.  I can't tell you how many of my conference sessions are followed by a gaggle of librarians approaching me to lament that they'd love to do these things, but… Continue reading Talking to IT

Getting To Done: SEO Made Easy.  by Keith Robinson Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should be at the top of your Web publishing priority list. If Web surfers can't find your site, they can't read it, use it or share it with others. One might think SEO is an arcane science that only a few experts… Continue reading Getting To Done: SEO Made Easy

Mono is upgraded. Mono, which is an open source platform for developing and running .Net applications on multiple operating systems, has been upgraded. Version 1.1.10 of Mono offers ASP.Net application configuration capabilities and the ability to work with virtual hosts. Windows.Forms support also is highlighted. Code access security has been enhanced as well. Platforms supported… Continue reading Mono is upgraded

Sharing at so many levels!. Microsoft has unveiled a new proposal called SSE, which stands for Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPML. In 2005, RSS-based aggregators have been around for six years. They come in all sizes and shapes, some inspired by mail readers, others are “River of News” stream browsers; some run on… Continue reading Sharing at so many levels!

Meet With Approval.   What is it?  Meet With Approval: It is an extremely quick and simple event planning web-app. Use it for planning meetings, parties, reunions, weekends, corporate events, etc.  …. [WorkHappy.net: killer resources for entrepreneurs]

Microsoft announces SSE. I admit it, this is a day I thought would long to arrive – the day when Microsoft would surprise me positively again (sans-Xbox 360, which is impressive on its own). They have just announced SSE (Simple Sharing Extensions), which is basically an implementation of two way item-sharing (think bidirectional RSS). The… Continue reading Microsoft announces SSE

Aardvark'd DVD Goes on Sale.  Last March, when we were starting to plan our summer internships, I was disappointed by the massive bogusness of the so-called “business challenges” on the TV show The Apprentice. From the posts over on the discussion groups, it was apparent to me that people were really excited to see each… Continue reading Aardvark'd DVD Goes on Sale

Virtual Server is ….. how cheap?. Did you guys see the news for this? Virtual Server R2 RTM'd and it now only costs $99 ? It can run on 64bit architecture, support Linux. Wow. It does kinda need one ….kinda…. sorta… dumb feature request. While it can run on 64bit machines… it can't emulate 64bit… Continue reading Virtual Server is ….. how cheap?

The Fivefold Path  What Every Webmaster and Web Developer MUST Know About Ruby on Rails and AJAX [del.icio.us/nic221]