shinylib

Several weeks ago I wrote about Flock, a “free, next generation web browser” which is built on the Mozilla Firefox platform. I said that I could see some merit to the functions of the browser but that ultimately I wouldn’t be making the switch.
I have to report that since that time I haven’t stopped using [...]

This morning I was interviewed by approximately 15 students from Journalism 200. I was blown away by the quality of questions they asked–and really lucky that they had the foresight to send them to me in advance. There were some really tough questions for me to answer, not just because I am fairly new, but [...]

After weeks of strained silence, I finally get to announce that I have a permanent full time job. The official notification went out to my colleagues yesterday. I hadn’t been able to talk about things largely because there was nothing to talk about. My boss had been investigating the possibility of doing a direct hire/appointment [...]

In lieu of a real post I will talk about how I am way too amused by the variety of stats provided by Clicky, my newest stat agent for bloggish spaces.
I have no idea who all of these people are! Why was someone Googling the shinylib? Where did they hear about me?
Clearly those posts I [...]

Although I have been really against trying Flock, for no reason at all, I finally gave in to some advertisement this morning and against my better judgment, I “clicked here” to download.
I am posting this with the WP function of the Flock browser. So far it is fairly easy. I click on the feather icon, [...]

I started to review a client called BlogDesk, but found the product so clunky and unimpressive that I gave up. Let’s move on to ecto.
Ecto was a bit skeptical about because all of the screenshots looked very Mac-themed, but it seems if you download the Windows version the client has a very standard light [...]

In a fit of inspiration I started cleaning house in a major way today. Invariably I got tired of the dust and moved on to electronic housekeeping instead.
I’ve long been disatisfied with Vox and despite some of the good features and cute themes I have decided it’s time to take this show elsewhere. So you [...]

So I finally understand the beauty of IMAP. I don’t know where I was while everyone else was out installing Thunderbird and simplifying their email accounts, and thus their lives, with IMAP–but I finally get it now.
My workplace is kind of confusing with regard to email. We send and receive a lot of it and [...]

Mike Wesch, professor at K State and paragon of digital anthropology has done it again.
His video “The Machine is Us/ing Us” provided brilliant oversight on what this whole cult of 2.0 is really about; separating content from format and coming away empowered by the process. The 4-and-a-half minute film really makes you think about how [...]

If you are looking to avoid that sunshine taunting you through your window here is a reason to clap your eyes
on the screen for a moment…
One of Google’s current experiments regards alternate views for displaying search results. With the correct syntax, results are available in timeline, map, and “additional info” formats.
I haven’t played much with [...]