Internet Inauguration

I stole the title of this post right from Rocketboom because it's so fitting. Here is a wonderful under 2 minute video of today's Rocketboom showing just how much Web2.0/Social Media influence surrounded Tuesday's inauguration. Be sure to check out the wikipedia page too for all the details of the day. See how fast that went up!?

The Inauguration and Social Media

Wow, to be a part of history today in such a unique way was truly amazing. It really doesn't matter what my or your political affiliation is, today - history was made. Not only the appointment of an African American president, but the way in which we all had so many options to watch the history unfold. CNN paired up with Facebook and did an AMAZING job of bringing millions together virtually. I was part of a "crowd" without freezing to death :-)

Here are some screen shots of the event. Notice my direct feed from Facebook on the right side and all of the conversation going on - it was truly a NEW experience for me:

The Crowd (WOW):

The Carters:

The First Bushs:

The Clintons:


The "Current" Bush:

New VP Biden:

The Obama Kids:


First Lady Michelle:

Our New President: Barack Obama

In Memory of MLK

I am a huge fan of Nina Simone. This morning in my FriendFeed's "Best of Day" stream a link came across that I want to share with all of you. Fred Wilson posted this mp3 of Nina singing "Why?" (The King of Love is Dead). According to his link, this was played live 3 weeks after Martin Luther King's death. You really should take a listen. May we all remember this amazing man!

An Inside Look at a Library's Technical Services

This is a great "ER" spoof video from the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Technical Services Department. What a great use of social media to be transparent and inform in an interactive and entertaining way!

Are You Going to IL2009?

I probably won't be attending Internet Librarian 2009 on 10/16/09 in London, but this promo makes me think I'm going to miss the best conference in the universe...

IT People CAN Be Funny!

This is great! Under the pic it states: "You shouldn't leave them out where people can see them. You should change them regularly. And you shouldn't loan them out to strangers!"

Thanks for posting this to Friendfeed Michael - I laughed out loud.

Gotta Love This Social Media Presentation

WARNING: Offensive language is "sort of" present in this slideshare presentation on social media from Marta Kagan. But it is VERY well done and gets the message across. Take a look... if you dare:

What The F**K is Social Media?

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: socialmediamarketing marketing)

Social Media is Growing

Check out this post from Adam Singer's blog, TheFutureBuzz that reports some amazing statistics on social media, Web 2.0, crowdsourcing and internet usage. If you are still in the dark about these technologies, your patrons certainly are not!

If you've been following social media and want a way to increase your knowledge quickly about a certain subject, area, topic - here is a somewhat complex cheat sheet from the ReadWriteWeb on how to quickly find the most popular information coming out about that topic. A great strategy instead of just randomly reading stuff. I have it on my list of things to do - let me know how you make out!

The History of the Internet

Thanks to the ReadWriteWeb for pointing me to this easy to understand animated video of the History of the Internet. It is from Melih Bilgil. Be sure to read the post on RWW which explains the use of a new type of info graphic used in the video (PICOL icons). Very nicely done!


History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

Participate in the Perceptions 2008 International Library Automation Survey

Help out Marshall Breeding by going to this link and contributing to this year's Perceptions 2008 International Library Automation Survey. You can see the results of last year's inaugural version of the survey here.