Tag: library
Technology for the Ages
Ok, here’s a test – Name the common device known to the entire world with the following characteristics. It is a more reliable storage device than a hard disk drive, and it sports a killer user interface. (No instruction manual or “For Dummies” guide needed.) And, it is instant-on and requires no batteries. Many people […]
Posted: November 19th, 2007 under General.
Tags: book, brain, breakthrough_ideas, internet, library, reading
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Looks like a duck, Walks like duck, Quacks like a duck; is a spammer
I have my home library on Library Thing (my ID is libri_amor) and yes, it’s Latin. I find it lots of fun to catalog this stuff, review etc. Today there is a very interesting entry on the Library Thing blog that illustrates the somewhat blurry line between spamming and unscrupulous business practices. Here is a […]
Posted: November 8th, 2007 under General.
Tags: book, library, library thing, social_networks, spam
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Library Thing etc.
I recently joined Library Thing and uploaded my families entire library holdings (1500+) books see the sidebar for random sampling). BTW, it was very easy since I already had it db’d and could export the ISBNs to Library Thing. The tough part now is the tagging. But this is another story. Today, the Library Thing […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Books.
Tags: book, library, library thing, tagging
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