I discovered this while searching for books about the Ubuntu operating system, which I recently installed on my netbook for the simple challenge of learning something new and because, well, I don’t like Windows…
A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and [...]
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Helene Blowers, Director of Digital Strategy, Columbus Metropolitan Library
She blogs at librarybytes.com. See her presentation slides here.
Our focus is on knowing the realities of digital natives and keeping those realities in mind when planning library services.
“Joey” video on YouTube demonstrates the skills mastery of a child at only 18 months old.
Joey is a digital native [...]
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Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
See the slides here.
He’s got a new book coming out: Connected Lives: New Social Network Operating Systems
Follow him on twitter: lrainie
What’s the value of twitter, anyway?
promotion
praise
self-correction: followers and fans can challenge and correct
Use those hashtags! (e.g., “#CIL2009“) to share, search, and gather tweets on a topic
The digital [...]
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