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Comment on Online office suites: Google Docs vs. ThinkFree vs. Zoho by Sean

Sean — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:22:25 +0000

This is Sean at Box.net. New features for Zoho make it even easier to work with Office files right inside the browser. You can now use .docx files and even edit PowerPoint presentations. This makes the experience of creating and editing these files and (with services like Box.net), storing and sharing these files all without leaving the browser.

Comment on Banned books for 2007 by Jacque

Jacque — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:14:08 +0000

Sowell’s rant is obviously from a position of ignorance (I worked in libraries for 27 years), or is it just another guy feeling the need to control everyone in his own image.

It is the parents’ responsibility to determine what their own children read, not anyone else’s to control what I or my family read. I don’t have to agree with or believe in everything I see in print. Exposing people to differences is one way to encourage critical thinking.

And by the way, I don’t think ALA Councilors necessarily know what they are talking about, they are just individuals with their own point of view - and agenda.

Comment on Banned books for 2007 by Dan Kleinman

Dan Kleinman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:56:44 +0000

Banned Books Week is “shameless propaganda … now institutionalized with a week of its own.”

“Those who are spreading hysteria about book banning and censorship know that they are in a war, but too many of those who thoughtlessly repeat their rhetoric do not.”

See who said this (not me) and more here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/sowell.

Even a former ALA Councilor said:

“It also highlights the thing we know about Banned Books Week that we don’t talk about much–the bulk of these books are challenged by parents for being age-inappropriate for children. While I think this is still a formidable thing for librarians to deal with, it’s totally different from people trying to block a book from being sold at all.”

Comment on Links for August 6, 2008 by Ben Waugh

Ben Waugh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:33 +0000

I found your site on Google and read a few of your other entries. Nice Stuff. I’m looking forward to reading more from you.

Comment on Pocket-sized, bendable ebook reader in our future by ProKindle

ProKindle — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:14:52 +0000

I, myself, am a Kindle champion as well, and while this new product may be innovative, I would recommend the Kindle to anyone and everyone. Not only does it have the support of Amazon and its growing library, I think that there are a number of intangible “cost” savings and benefits to consider for any skeptics out there.

Comment on Tips, How-tos, Freebies by Ben Wilkoff

Ben Wilkoff — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:05:43 +0000

Thanks for the list of great resources. I had heard of many of them, but a few were new to me. I will definitely be using many of them in our online school eDCSD: Douglas County Online Education. Thanks again.

Comment on Tips, How-tos, Freebies by Mike

Mike — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:28:51 +0000

A good list, but one of my favorites is MonkeySee.com, which produces all of their how to videos professionally. And I love Wikihow’s breadth of topics, but just wish they would have a way to do videos…it feels like they’re missinng out. Anyway, something tells me there’s only going to be more competitors as the year goes on.

Comment on QuestionPro surveys; Novel designed for Web by Andy L.

Andy L. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:35:47 +0000

I just posted a comment on the original post that LibrarianInBlack posted on ( http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2008/05/questionpro-vs-zoomerang-vs.html ) which adds surveygizmo.com to the mix for comparison. Hopefully, that will be moderated soon and be visible for the comparison.

Comment on Countdown to Firefox 3 by techair

techair — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:38:23 +0000

You can download Firefox 3 before it’s released! Go to http://digg.com/software/Download_Firefox_3_0_before_it_s_released

Comment on Web tools, tutorials; Napster’s MP3s by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:15:59 +0000

Thank you for mentioning Palbee in your blog. We do hope it becomes more popular with educational and knowledge workers, librarians included.

Something that your readers might be interested to know is that we are planning to release a new version of Palbee towards the end of June. This version will have a new design, new layout, support up to 10 people in a live conference at the same time, and include new features both on the web site and in the video conference application itself. Make sure to check back with us when the changes are made!