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    On the next Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: How Big is Your Digital Footprint?

    by  • March 6, 2014 • Internet • 0 Comments

    ncompassLiveMed_thumb.jpgDid you know that your online presence works for you 24/7? You’re “on” even if you aren’t online. The power of online presence is amazing: it can land you a job, promote your brand, or provide a channel to demonstrate one’s skills OR it can be an embarrassing reminder of what not to do. This presentation will discuss how to best manage online presence by creating a professional digital image as well as building boundaries between personal and professional profiles.

    Presenter: Marcia Dority Baker: Assistant Professor of Law Library, Access Services Librarian; University of Nebraska College of Law; Schmid Law Library.

    In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library. There will also be plenty of time in each episode for you to ask your tech questions. So, bring your questions with you, or send them in ahead of time, and Michael will have your answers.

    Register @ http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventshow.asp?ProgID=12917

    It’s Complicated, It’s Free

    by  • March 4, 2014 • Books, ebooks, Internet • 0 Comments

    It's Complicateddana boyd’s new book It’s Complicated: the social life of networked teens is available as a free PDF from her Web site. Additionally, she’s written a great blog post on why she’s putting it up for free:

    I didn’t write this book to make money. I wrote this book to reach as wide of an audience as I possibly could. This desire to get as many people as engaged as possible drove every decision I made throughout this process. One of the things that drew me to Yale was their willingness to let me put a freely downloadable CC-licensed copy of the book online on the day the book came out. I knew that trade presses wouldn’t let a first time author pull that one off. Heck, they still get mad at Paulo Coelho for releasing his books online and he’s sold more books worldwide than anyone else!

    Read the full post @ zephoria.org.

    Tuesday Tech Tip: Watch Age Restricted YouTube Videos Without Signing In

    by  • March 4, 2014 • Internet • 0 Comments

    YouTube logoYou’ve got two options:

    If you stumble upon a YouTube video that, for one reason or another has been set as “age restricted,” you can still watch the video without signing in or confirming your age. Just use this little URL trick.

    If you remove the watch? and replace the = with a /,you’ll get a link that goes directly to the video without the rest of the YouTube site, and it’ll play full-width in your browser.

    or

    Add nsfw before the youtube.com portion of the link.

    Via Lifehacker.

    On the next Tech Talk, SHOG.US: Share with Flare

    by  • December 2, 2013 • Internet • 0 Comments

    26 December 2013, 10am Central Time JD Thomas, a white-hat SEO and WordPress consultant, will discuss SHOG.US, an easy to use web application that provides non-coders with the tools needed to craft engaging and social media friendly URLs for sharing on on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or LinkedIn. This is especially useful when sharing non-webpage...

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    Teens no longer like Facebook?

    by  • November 13, 2013 • Internet • 0 Comments

    facebook iconAsked whether they were friends with their parents on Facebook, several of the teens on stage at Business Insider’s Ignition 2013 conference groaned loudly.

    Stephanie Retblatt of Smarty Pants interviewed nine New York City teenagers, ages ranging from 14 to 17, about their digital lives and habits.

    “I hate Facebook. It’s just so boring,” one teenage girl said, before declaring her sworn allegiance to Instagram.

    “I used to scroll down Facebook and read every single status,” another added. “Now I just love Vine.”

    One young woman even confessed that her mother had more than double the amount of Facebook friends that she did.

    Read the full article @ Business Insider.

    Internet Archive Scanning Center Fire

    by  • November 8, 2013 • Internet • 0 Comments

    morning at about 3:30 a.m. a fire started at the Internet Archive’s San Francisco scanning center.  The good news is that no one was hurt and no data was lost.  Our main building was not affected except for damage to one electrical run.  This power issue caused us to lose power to some...

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    The Infinite Jukebox

    by  • July 12, 2013 • Fun, Internet • 0 Comments

    For when your favorite song just isn’t long enough. Just upload it to The Infinite Jukebox (assume you’re using a browser in which it works i.e. not Firefox,) and the system figures out how to make the song play indefinitely without you every really noticing. (If you get stuck just click elsewhere in the circle. (I could explain how it work but there’s plenty of info available on the site that does that. Also, just watch the visualization for a while and you’ll probably figure out the basics on your own.)

    Infinity Jukebox