Social Media Consultant (Guru, Dude, etc.) Chris Brogan is offering a free webinar on how to not/give a webinar. For many of us, webinars are becoming an increasingly important form of training and teaching (I teach Drupal classes as a webinar through Lyrasis - next intro to Drupal Class is coming up in November).Unfortunately, as many of us have witnessed, being a good face to face teacher does not equal being a good webinar teacher. I've done quite a few webinars (attended even more) and I definitely realize there is an art form to a good webinar.

Q: How do I delete a note in facebook?A: Although not intuitive, this is easy to do.Type Notes into the Search field at the top OR start with your home page (In the news feed list on the left side, click on More, if you do not immediately see 'Notes').

Event Type: Webinar Date: 8/25/2010Start Time: 2:00 PM End Time: 4:00 PM Description: WebJunction is hosting a two-hour symposium that will feature four presentations on current trends and practical approaches to library digitization and preservation projects. Our guest panelists will address:

• Designing a digital preservation system using a framework that includes all stakeholders, from library administrators to archivists to IT workers to vendors.

lots o' links!wow, I'd love to go to all of these, ok, maybe not ALL of them. Via mashablehttp://mashable.com/2010/08/16/100-upcoming-social-media-tech-events-3/

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwwU3vXQdys&hl=en_US&fs=1]My friend & colleague Beth did this, super job!

I've begin to see alot of my friend's comments on THEIR friends walls and posts in my news feed. I'm not sure if that is what they want (perhaps, it is, and I don't really mind) but I do wonder if they realize the extent to which they are sharing (and sometimes, oversharing). One of the best ways to find out what you share to facebook is to have a friend help you out. You can then return the favor with them. Of course, the friend doesn't have to be a 'real' friend either.

With the proliferation of smart devices (smartphones, tablet devices), local governments are developing applications that make government services and information more accessible and government more responsive to the public.PTI is hosting this half-day, web-based Virtual Summit on Apps for Local Government that will look at the opportunities that mobile apps can provide, as well as explore the policy and management implications of creating and implementing these apps.This exciting web event will begin with an overview of why local governments are moving into the rapidly changing waters of mobi

Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) -- sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc.Why gosh. Why didn't libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. ;-) Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar -- discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I'll be there virtually.-------------------------OCLC Research to Host TAI CHI Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT (UTC: 18:00)DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 21 May 2010—Linked Data is a hot topic.

Q: Can you take a 72 ppi photo and make it look good at 300 ppi? Or, is it only used for taking a 300 ppi image and making huge posters?A: My first thought (depending on what the image is of and whether I could get a higher res one easily -- because that would seem to be the better choice) would be to edit in an image editor (e.g., photoshop) , then save at a higher dpi, and then re-edit to fix any problems, smooth out jaggyness, fix white balance, color correct, etc.