It’s no secret that most public libraries use Microsoft Windows for the vast majority of both staff and patron computing. In 2015, just as the…
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Last week (so I could get the accumulated bonuses from winning “Words with Friends” games) I updated my iPad, and finally encountered that Identity for…
A couple of weeks ago, Columbus, Ohio completed the last year of a multi-million dollar grant from the Department of Transportation, meant to transform Columbus…
While we all wait breathlessly to see if the Hubble Space Telescope will pull through, there’s other news of robots continuing their march into our…
OPLIN 4Cast #755: This entertaining app is hot right now, but is it safe?
Posted in 4cast, Google Apps, portable apps, and privacy
When I first saw my friends posting these, I immediately found them fun and charming, and had to download the app and take it for a run. Only after did it occur to me that maybe this wasn’t the brightest thing to have done.
Several years ago, I was doing an in-person workshop for librarians centering on newer technologies and trends. One of the services I covered was the…
This past Memorial Day weekend, I attended some events that involved large numbers of people. One was outdoors, so most went unmasked. Another was indoors,…
There’s at least one library product for sale that can merge your patron and circulation data with Big Data, the exponentially expanding trove of information…
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a huge consumer of TikTok content. A friend of mine, who is also hooked on the platform, admits to spending…
Last year as the pandemic accelerated, car manufacturers anticipated a slump in new sales, so they scaled back their orders for the microchips that are…