I logged into MySpace this afternoon and was presented with this page prompting me to upgrade to Flash 9. No problem with the concept but I love how their reasoning makes it sound like my fault. “if your ‘about me’ got screwed up this weekend, you could have been safe if you had flash 9 installed.”
UPDATE: Turns out there MySpace was hacked over the weekend but the article describes someone using the WMF exploit which shouldn’t have anything to do with Flash. Maybe MySpace had multiple problems over the weekend…
I’ve blogged about this issue before but here it is again. I was attempting to register for an online event and got this error message:
Yes folks, once again here’s a form script that belives only e-mail addresses that end in two- or three-letter top level domains are valid. Sorry, but how about .info (mine), .mobi, .museum? Check your form scripts if you haven’t yet. Please fix this problem.
A video of this talk by Ben Hammersly is available online and needs to be watched by anyone interested in blogging. Since his PPT is hard to read in the vid, here is “The Octet” as he calls it:
Information wants to be free
Zero distance
Mass amaturization
More is much more
True Names
Viral Behavior
Everything is personal
Ubiquitous computing
He also covers “The Opposition” to each of these items. Lastly, be sure to keep watching through the Q&A portion just in case you missed his talk’s point.
LibrarianInBlack asks: Is your library listed in free Wi-Fi directories? Now there’s an idea. It’s free, easy, and a great way to let travelers coming to your town know that they can get free access at the library.
Stephen Abram has posted a seven-step for reviewing all of your library signage. I’m considering his advice, especially #2 (about how many signs say “no” vs. “yes”) when it comes to the new signs I’m putting up in the Friends bookstore. When recently asked to create a “no food/drink/pets” sign I posted one that asked customers to “please enjoy their food, drink, and pets outside”. It gets the point across without saying that word no one likes to hear.
