ASIS&T@UBC

One of the more fascinating aspects of open source software is the role that its creators and users play in its evolution. … With proprietary systems, the creators and users are separate groups, and the control over the relationship is bound up in proprietary rights and contracts. … With open source software, the creators and users are commonly the same or closely overlapping. How do creators and users work with each other? This is a question of governance.

How the World Uses Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC]

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:56:05 -0400

How the World Uses Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC]

iLibrarian » 5 Free Online Tools to Create Your Own Infographics

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:06:05 -0400

iLibrarian » 5 Free Online Tools to Create Your Own Infographics

Learn about the Microsoft Donation Program

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:16:05 -0400

Learn about the Microsoft Donation Program

Good Email Advice

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:21:05 -0400

Good Email Advice

Concise OED Turns 100 — Celebrate with Free Access to the OED Online

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:00:46 -0400

Concise OED Turns 100 — Celebrate with Free Access to the OED Online:

Just go to: http://www.oed.com/

and use these logins:
Username: libjournalreader
Password: libjournalreader

Gmail In China Not Working As It Should. The Cloud In China As Pie In The Sky?

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:01:06 -0400

Gmail In China Not Working As It Should. The Cloud In China As Pie In The Sky?:

It’s official. Gmail in China the last week or so has become seriously erratic. I know this because just today I have recieved three emails from China telling me so.

Color Me Fascinated: A Photo Social Network for the Here and Now

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:30:06 -0400

Color Me Fascinated: A Photo Social Network for the Here and Now:

Here’s how Color works: Once the app is installed […] you simply open it and thus are provided entry into a transient cohort of everyone else in the area snapping pics via Color. Color calls this a “multilens” experience. Anyone in that group who takes a photo or a video instantly shares those images with everyone else.

And once you take a picture yourself, you can take those shots with you. In the most mundane aspect, picture a birthday party where a half-dozen people take photos or grab some video. Instead of passing the camera around — look at this one! — or sharing files the next day on Facebook or even sending them in a complicated e-mail circle, everyone has access all at once.

There are some truly fascinating aspects of Color. The first is that your personal photo log will be transformed into a collective work created by all of those who shared a space with you. What’s more, once a photo taken by another Color user is included in the massive “personal diary” you will accumulate, you can get a glimpse of their lives — actually viewing the photo stream of the moments they have captured.

SXSW 2011: The Year of the Librarian

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:45:53 -0400

SXSW 2011: The Year of the Librarian:

Tech for tech’s sake is over. In a year when social media is helping inform our coverage of everything from political upheaval in the Middle East to the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, your app better do something more than be cool.

I kept coming back to the librarians as I talked to people at SXSWi because this micro-track mirrored what I saw tweeted and written about the conference as a whole. Interactive didn’t feel blindly focused on discovering the killer app. Tech didn’t feel like an end unto itself — rather, it was about processing data with a purpose; data for a greater good.

The Evolution of the Digital Native

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:42:13 -0400

The Evolution of the Digital Native:

So technology it simply the tool that kids today use to be social. In my time, it was paper. Does my use of paper qualify me to run a paper mill? No. Just as texting doesn’t make someone a computer genius. It just means they’re not paying attention in class.