By: Jessamyn West,
on 6/23/2011
Here’s the video of me talking about Ask MetaFilter and online Q&A stuff that I gave at the Oregon Virtual Reference Summit. I included the slides a few days ago, but here’s the actual video of the talk, as presented. Big thanks to Caleb Tucker-Raymond for making this video up. You might also like Emily Ford’s lightning talk: What Libraries Can Learn From Kanye.
By: Lauren,
on 12/3/2010
I always enjoy doing Linked Up because it gives me a chance to reflect on how I spend my free time on the internet. Apparently this week, I was a bit celebrity-obsessed.
Kevin Bacon is his own biggest fan. [Urlesque]
A subway car that’s 97.5% RECYCLABLE! [Good]
So you want to write a novel? Maybe you should watch this first. [DWKazzie]
And in related news…NaNoWriMo is over! (2,799,449,947 words later…) [GalleyCat]
If only I could actually type this into my browser… [Next Web]
Jay Pharoah, a new cast member of Saturday Night Live, is my favorite impersonator of the moment. (Magic starts at 2:50.) [David Letterman Show]
Can you pass the Kanye West quiz? [New Yorker]
Apparently, pirating music is so last year. [Wired]
1200 Hot Wheels all at once? Yes please! [Kottke]
Justin Bieber is talented in ways you never even imagined. [GawkerTV]
By: Anastasia Goodstein,
on 9/13/2010
Kanye steals the show..again (Thanks to a showstopping, bleep-filled finale and a forgiveness face-off with Taylor Swift, Kanye is once again dominating VMA chatter on Twitter and off. Other hot topics? Lady Gaga's eight wins, the Justin Bieber... Read the rest of this post
By: Anastasia Goodstein,
on 7/29/2010
Simon & Schuster, LivingSocial launch Loser/Queen (an online serial novel that invites teen readers to vote on how the story will continue. J.C. Penney has also signed on as a sponsor. Also check out these awesome comic book reviews from an 8... Read the rest of this post
That’s an interesting talk (and a long one for having so little text on the slides–yay for knowing how to do presentations!)
There are a LOT of words on my presenter notes which led to some trouble when it looked like I wasn’t going to be able to speak with my laptop next to me. If you d/l the PDF you can see the text of my talk and how much I varied from it.