This week’s 4cast:
1. Primetime @ the Library?
As more and more viewers flock to YouTube and other websites offering increasingly television-like experiences, how long will it take before libraries find their public access computers overrun by couch potatoes?
- Moguls of New Media (The Wall Street Journal Online)
- Skype creators to launch online TV service (Ars Technica)
- YouTube Rules;What can libraries learn? (Stephen’s Lighthouse)
- Forget YouTube: Your Laptop Will Never Replace Your TV (Slate)
2. Talkin’ Library 2.0
A lot of librarians have been, as of late.
- Talking with Talis (A podcast series discussing Web 2.0, Libraries, and the Semantic Web)
- Cites & Insights (July 2006) (PDF)
- Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries (LibraryCrunch)
- Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software (ALA TechSource)
3. Get Out of the Office
Tired of Microsoft Word thinking it’s smarter than you are? Luckily, Microsoft is no longer the only game in town when it comes to productivity software.
- Alternatives to Microsoft Office (CNET)
- Bridging the gap between Office and OpenOffice (SearchOpenSource.com)
- Can Zoho’s Web 2.0 Office Beat Microsoft? (ExtremeTech)
- ThinkFree Online (ExtremeTech)
4. Google Desktop Just Can’t Stop
Google continues to expand the functionality of its Google Desktop search program. Lifehacker columnist Wendy Boswell recently wrote a series of articles with tips for getting the most out of Google Desktop.
