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APIs: Who? What? Why? How?

March 11, 2008 in Professional Development, coding, ideas, technology, tutorials

APIs (Application Program Interfaces) are among those things that most presenters talk about with the caveat: “You do not have to know how to do it; you only need to know they exist.” You have to be fair to the presenters — an api is not really something you can explain without [...]

5 (Actually, 6) Three Letter Acronyms for Librarians

January 10, 2008 in Professional Development, Reference, coding, e-learning, technology, tutorials

TLA
What it stands for: Three-Letter-Acronym
What it should stand for: Lazy Coder’s Obfustication Device
How to recognize it: Three letters; used in place of actual words without explanation.
What it does: Makes computer geeks feel a little bit more sophisticated than they really are.
What a librarian needs to know [...]

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