1. Mobile broadband use jumps Internet use continues to increase – not only on computers, but on phones and other personal devices as well. Google…
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OPLIN 4Cast #95: Monitoring productivity, OpenSocial, OverDrive w/iPods, LibraryThing
Posted in 4cast, cookies, LibraryThing, MyYahoo, productivity, and Videosurf
1. Can a bigger monitor (or dual monitors!) make you more productive? From Lifehacker: “The Wall Street Journal reports on a recent study that asked…
4Cast#94: FriendFeed…Facebook…Internet Growth… Readers Advisory Online
Posted in 4cast, instant messaging, Playlist.io, screencasting, social network websites, and Xobni
1. From Friendfeed.com: FriendFeed enables you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. It…
4Cast #93: Passwords…IE 8…meebo/AOL…Hulu
Posted in 4cast, instant messaging, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, and NORWELD
1. Those crazy passwords! We have scores of them and most likely, you will forget one. Here are some ways to recover if one is…
4Cast #92: Online Book Discussions…Interactive Websites…Vista Drops in Price…Another Google Hook-up?
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, desktop applications, Kindle, podcasting, and StumbleUpon
1. Live, Online Book Discussions? Oprah’s new Live Book Club launched on Monday, March 3rd. Approximately 500,000 simultaneous logons crashed the system, but Harpo Productions,…
4Cast #91: Library Hybrids, Librarian Profession, Free, Webware
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, backlinks, blogs, communication, GIMP, Internet, Let Simon Decide, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, OffiSync, Reference Extract, Songza, training, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and web design
This week’s 4cast: 1.  It Ain’t Your Grandma’s Library. Libraries are offering more and more services inside and outside of their walls, allowing them to…
4Cast #90: Google Health, Blu-Ray, Gaming, E-Books
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, Amazon, eBooks, games, Google, Google News, and Reference Extract
This week’s 4cast: 1. Â A Google A Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Google will begin its final phase of global domination, er, I mean personal…
4Cast #89: E-Books, Librarian Tools, Customer Service, More Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, desktop applications, eBooks, Firefox, Google, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Photo Tagger, Playlist.io, productivity, screencasting, Second Life, Sitemap Generator, Social Networks, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1.  E-Books: Point, Counterpoint With recent advancements from Google Books Library Project, Amazon’s Kindle, and others, some are contemplating the future of…
4Cast #88: Microsoft/Yahoo, New Google Views, Amazon/Audible, Going Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, Cinematic Internet, Google, Google Maps, Google News, Google Reader, Internet, Microsoft, Photo Tagger, StumbleUpon, and Yahoo!
This week’s 4cast: 1. “Microsoft + Yahoo = ?” Microsoft’s bold and unsolicited $44.6B bid for Yahoo shocked many and even appalled a few bloggers. …
4Cast #87: Library 2.0, LTR, Social Media, Gaming
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, blogs, Facebook, Flickr, games, GIMP, HarperCollins, Library 2.0, library funding, Reference Extract, social network websites, and Web 2.0
This week’s 4cast: Co-Opting Library 2.0 Technology brings challenges, of course, but how much 2.0 does a library really need? Are important issues being ignored…