Archive for the 'linux' Category

Under the Hood of Web 2.0 : the top ten programming concepts for librarians to understand

September 6, 2007 in Professional Development, Trends, library2, linux, projects, security, technology

So, you “get” the Library 2.0 thing, and you’ve been through the 23 things. You are up-to-date on web services like blogs wikis and the like. You even know a bit of html. But you feel there is something missing in your understanding of Web 2.0. You [...]

Superpatrons at the cusp of a Neo-Progressive Movement?

August 27, 2007 in Community Development, Networking, Partnerships, Professional Development, library2, linux, lookbacks, slowlibrary, technology

Edward Vielmetti, the ever illustrious Super-patron left a comment on my post called “We asked for 2.0 Libraries and we got 2.0 Librarians.” To spare you the use of your back button, I’ll put it here (it’s not long):
“library patron 2.0″. discuss
For a librarian to respond to this call is a bit [...]

Converted? Converted!

July 7, 2007 in Trends, linux, technology

It’s official.   I now have Ubuntu installed and will be playing around with it in the next  while for a variety of things.   Details about the differences between linux and Windows will be mentioned somewhere between now and September or so.
 
Like everyone else is saying, Ubuntu is easy to install.    The partitioning part took [...]