Tweets of the Week

OK, this is different. http://probablyinteractive.com/url-hunter 2011-03-13
A very clear telling of the Japanese nuclear power plant story… http://j.mp/gH7320 …I hope it is accurate. (thanks, Jeff) #fb 2011-03-14
More weather data than I can shake a stick at! WeatherSpark… http://tinyurl.com/4o7t7zj 2011-03-14
An NHK stream… http://j.mp/foK6QT 2011-03-15
@sivavaid echoing at #ltc2011 this morning, quite a catch 2011-03-16
Sever the myth that Google's interest and ours is the same… @sivavaid #ltc2011 2011-03-16
We don't need to be asked to organize, do we? After all, who asked librarians either? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
What would "the mind of God" look like? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Maybe Google reveals a world around us that we don't usually see. Why do we think it is not the "real" world? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
An "agape kind of love" for Google… @sivavaid #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Maybe we need an opt out transmitter in our mobile devices… A google go away transmitter… #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Sort of like a robots exclude for real life! #ltc2011 2011-03-16
3 modes of delivery: Rank & Link (search) vs. Host & Deliver (youtube) vs. Capture & Serve (books or street view) #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Soylent Green (urm, Page Rank) is people! #ltc2011 2011-03-16
No algo is neutral, the author's beliefs and preferences will have an impact. @sivavaid #ltc2011 2011-03-16
I wonder whether @sivavaid has an alternative to propose? If not the Google way, then what? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
I suppose I have to read the bold for an answer… http://t.co/4qF2FhG #ltc2011 @sivavaid 2011-03-16
Funny that @sivavaid says Google is getting worse for learning since most learning pros have insisted on avoiding it! #ltc2011 2011-03-16
We are designing government to fail… http://t.co/XfcKbxI #ltc2011 2011-03-16
We actually don't have the guts, think about that mission statement, who else is ready to sign on to that? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Nobody "let's" you do a job like organizing the worlds info, they all tell you that is not your job. Who stands up to do it anyway? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
@sivavaid seems to think we have 50 years to get something perfect instead of 5 years to do the best we can. Do we? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Is "oddly personalized" similar to "neutral"? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
I'd like to see two things at #ltc2011 … Speakers names on the program and a list of attendees with contact info. Very nice job, all! 2011-03-16
Can we put "innovation" into a budget line? How do we keep budgets agile? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Chacha v. Quora? #ltc2011 2011-03-16
Library forecast: partly cloudy. #ltc2011 2011-03-16
@amylibrarian Tech experts know when someone else has solved a problem, we are not shy of standing on shoulders. #ltc2011 in reply to amylibrarian 2011-03-16
@professorpost check out TeamViewer for an iPad friendly alternative to ConnectNow. in reply to professorpost 2011-03-16
HathiTrust planning a Constitutional Convention this year. Fun in governance! #ltc2011 2011-03-16
@CopyrightLibn enraptured! #ltc2011 in reply to CopyrightLibn 2011-03-16
Sarah Washburn @techsoup4libs congratulates #ltc2011 organizers on a wonderful conference where all library types mix it up. 2011-03-17
Only one hand goes up when Sarah asks to see who is working with BTOP funding at #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Madeline was not afraid to hack… #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Madeleine showed others how to create self-checkout stations… http://t.co/vnzhJ2U … #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Faye was fearless… A lifelong learning librarian… #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Bess encouraged people to adopt-a-computer… http://t.co/lKhXsZM … #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Imagine random hacks of kindness… http://t.co/LaQacnf #ltc2011 2011-03-17
How about RHoK the Library? http://t.co/LaQacnf #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Washburn: not a sage on the stage, but a guide on the side… Here we go #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Bruce Lee: it is not the daily increase but the daily decrease, hack away at the unessential. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
One third of students, confronted with high cost of textbooks simply choose not to buy them at all. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Who should be at etext table… Department, library, bookstore, CFO, business office, registrar, IT, provost? #ltc2001 2011-03-17
Who should be at etext table… Department, library, bookstore, CFO, business office, registrar, IT, provost? #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Apple shows Wikipedia charts comparing e publishing formats and readers… http://t.co/3niWm7x #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Apple session a bit if an embarrassing pitch for iPad, I'm a fan, but still… At least the seats are comfy. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Get the app and learning happens #likemagic #ltc2011 2011-03-17
@amyewest actually the Davis auditorium, quite nice. #ltc2011 in reply to amyewest 2011-03-17
@DeborahWK do I have to count my use if HandBreak? I guess I violate DMCA all the time, but Copyright rarely. #ltc2011 in reply to DeborahWK 2011-03-17
My iPad has decided that "of" is a misspelling of "if"… Or maybe it is just that I and F are neighbors on the keyboard. #sigh 2011-03-17
Apple going to shoe Pages saving as ePub. That's a start. But try PDF to ePub… maybe I should do a session on that next year. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Sadly, they say nothing about _why_ ePub is worthy of attention. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
Grrr, I like these guys, but I could give them a really hard time. Behave, Eric! #ltc2011 2011-03-17
@MetroRebecca FYI, Amazon now including page numbers from print editions. I also suggest using % into book as alternative to pg #. #ltc2011 in reply to MetroRebecca 2011-03-17
Inkling looks very promising, but I fear the pricing is unrealistic. #ltc2011 2011-03-17
If iPad2 glass is from Asahi Glass http://tinyurl.com/4qmz98l and their substrates for FPD are made here http://tinyurl.com/46voy73 oh dear 2011-03-17
When we stand on the shoulders of giants… http://vimeo.com/18998570 …if a line is hard to communicate… 2011-03-18
a really wonderful kickstarter… http://tinyurl.com/68gyo2j …help set the goldberg variations free! 2011-03-19