Ok, here is your cool book related video for the week... enjoy. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33822223 w=500&h=281] Much Better Now from Salon Alpin on Vimeo.

Ok, here is your cool book related video for the week... enjoy. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33822223 w=500&h=281] Much Better Now from Salon Alpin on Vimeo.

So, a few of us were discussing via various forms of social media, IM'ing - the works - the state of librarianship (post migraine, my brain makes random connections and kind of scattered --  a poor time for coding but a great time for absorbing ideas):

• Libraries are dreadfully underfunded and understaffed to the point where others are starting to try to do our work (FCC digital literacy corps, volunteers, etc.) 
• Innovation is the exception, rather than the norm.

So, a few of us were discussing via various forms of social media, IM'ing - the works - the state of librarianship (post migraine, my brain makes random connections and kind of scattered --  a poor time for coding but a great time for absorbing ideas):

• Libraries are dreadfully underfunded and understaffed to the point where others are starting to try to do our work (FCC digital literacy corps, volunteers, etc.) 
• Innovation is the exception, rather than the norm.

Given that many social media sites use databases on the backend and APIs, there are a lot of interesting 3rd party apps and experiments culling through data and repurposing.One such experiment is WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com - the Atlantic gives a good overview of how this works:

Let me give you this hypothetical about privacy. You and a friend walk into a public subway station having a conversation about how much you hate your boss.

Given that many social media sites use databases on the backend and APIs, there are a lot of interesting 3rd party apps and experiments culling through data and repurposing.One such experiment is WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com - the Atlantic gives a good overview of how this works:

Let me give you this hypothetical about privacy. You and a friend walk into a public subway station having a conversation about how much you hate your boss.