Longshots #114 - Michael Sauers

About two weeks ago I was interviewed by Sarah Long, the Director of the North Suburban Library System in Chicago, for her Longshots podcast. Mostly we talk about library blogging and how to tell if your blog is successful. You can listen to it and other episodes on the Library Beat web site.

Library-related topics on TWiT

I'm a bit behind on my podcast listening so sorry for the delay in posting this. The first 45-ish minutes of This Week in Tech episode #144 covers the following topics and is definitely worth a listen.

• Microsoft to shut down book search program in face competition from Google Book Search. Microsoft's comments.
• Text Archive, Open Content Alliance, and OpenLibrary.org. OCR is corrected by reCAPTCHA.
• Orphan works legislation now in Congress. Could be good or bad depending on how law is implemented.
• Internet Archive served by FBI in 2007 with national security letter seeking identity and behavior of Internet Archive user.
• Kahle and attorneys were under immediate gag order with penalty of incarceration.
• FBI served 200,000 such letters in four years, circumventing FISA court.
• Archive's only legal recorse was to sue government (Internet Archive v. Mukasey) with help of ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation, arguing law was unconstitutional.
• FBI settled before case was challenged before judge. Internet Archive settled on condition that it could go public.
• Six senators ask FBI for information on this case. Full text.
• Video on Archive.org about NSLs

The episode is listenable and downloadable from the TWiT site.

Uncontrolled Vacabulary

Last night I again participated in Uncontrolled Vocabulary and loved every minute of it. Cindi, another regular participant has written a great post about UV that talks about what's in it for me? Go read it, listen to an episode or two, then set aside the time next Thursday night.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary

Episode #3 was recorded live last night. We tried to determine whether we're hip or not but I'm not sure we came up with a clear answer.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary, episode #1

Last night I participated in the inaugural episode of Greg Schwartz's new podcast Uncontrolled Vocabulary. The Hollywood pitch is that it's TWiT meets the library world. It was the most fun I've had on the phone with my pants on.

Podcasting from school

Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School Podcast Directory