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Archive for » August 29th, 2006«
Semi-free Wi-Fi Service For Customers
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Aug 2006
Caribou Coffee is now offering semi-free WiFi for their customers.
“Customers will have access to free Wi-Fi during the first hour, and then will be asked to make a minimum $1.50 store purchase, about the price of a small cup of Caribou coffee, for each additional hour to receive a Wi-Fi access code.”
I like this idea. Give a certain level of free service and then make sure the user is supporting such service by requiring them to make a minimal purchase. I’m not saying that this applies to libraries but it’s better than charging what most chain coffeeshops and airports charge.
Category: comicbooks
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LOST?
29
Aug 2006
BSU’s is funnier, but ASU’s is just as wonderful and inviting.
Category: 1
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Geotagging Flickr
29
Aug 2006
Well, I’ve just found out that I Michael Porter needs to update my his flickr presentation for IL2006 and I need to update my non-IL2006 flickr presentations… You can now geotag your images! Through flickr’s slick “organize” interface, you can now drag your photos onto a map (Yahoo! of course) and link them geographically.
Now you’ll see a new “map” link on photo pages (for which the photographer has done this) and you’ll be able to pull up a map of the location the photo was taken.
From there, you can explore the photographer’s other photos based on their location. (The image shows that I’ve geotagged 30 photos in the Boise area (all on the BSU campus actually) and two in Aurora, CO (both from when I went grocery shopping this afternoon.)
The only problem I see with the interface at this point is the low level of searchability. I put in the address for the Albertson Library on the BSU campus, and the best result was “Boise, ID”. From there I could cross reference with Google Maps to find a more accurate point to places my photos on but I’d have preferred flickr take me to the exact location I needed.
I’m not planning on going back and geotagging 2000+ photos but I’m planning on taking advantage of this feature as I add more photos to my account.
Category: map
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