Rapid Communications

Rapid, but irregular, communications from the frontiers of Library Technology

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Grammar peeve of the day

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There is a difference between "latter" and "last" people! One chooses the latter of two options and the last of more th...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Decoding the "Library Pilot Project"

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In chemical engineering, a "pilot project" is an attempt to move a process off the lab bench and into a small set-up that will all...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Unclear on the Concept

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According to the Associated Press , Sinbad is not dead, in spite of what Wikipedia says: A telephone call and an e-mail left for Wikipedia w...
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Social Network Interoperability

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In the "chat" context, I now have two MSN accounts (home and work), a google talk account, an AIM account (which I never use), and...
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Handbooks and Manuals

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It's nice to see that I'm not the only person that compares recipes in different editions of the Joy of Cooking. The changes that K...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Software Tools

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I'm a systems programmer, and a tool-maker, and I think that every library would benefit from having a software tool maker around. Bein...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Conference Going

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There's an ad playing on TV for some sort of nacho chip (Doritos, maybe): a group of travelers are stuck in the airport waiting for a de...
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