WOW! Nicole Kidman's production company evidently just bought the movie rights to my friend's novel. I'm so thrilled for Kevin!
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Nicole Kidman Acquires Kevin Wilson Novel ‘The Family Fang’ As Star Vehicle
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Author: griffey
Jason Griffey was most recently the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he worked to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise was useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of Library IT and a tenured professor at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently a chapter in Library 2035 - Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries by Rowman & Littlefield. His latest full-length work Standards - Essential Knowledge, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, was published by MIT Press in March 2025.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
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Thanks for the heads up, Michael!
Thanks for the heads up, Michael!
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+Nicole Engard Did you know the kindle version of your book is free right now?
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Amazon.com: Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data eBook: Nicole C. Engard, Jenny Levine: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data eBook: Nicole C. Engard, Jenny Levine: Kindle Store
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Not sure if I missed this being posted around LibraryLand while I was away last week, but if you missed it, jump on this one quick! 50GB of free storage from box.net just for using the iOS Box app.
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iPad and iPhone Users Get 50 GB FREE. Get Your #Box50GB Now!
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Disney Trip 2011
I've been a little quiet online over the last week, but it's because I've been doing awesome family stuff. Was at Disney World in Orlando all last week, and had a complete blast…just the best time. Eliza was a trooper, and we all had a great time. We're all still recovering, though, so I'll be adding photos to this set slowly over the next few days.
In album Disney 2011 (86 photos)
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Google Translate Conversation Mode
The sci-fi future really is here now. Between Siri on the iPhone and Translate on Android phones, speech recognition has come a long way in the last few years. Everyone in the information industries, including libraries, should be paying close attention to this stuff.
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iPhone Friday
New iPhone4Ses (man that's a horrible plural) should arrive tomorrow, and I'm very excited to play with Siri. Given that I spend 2 hours a day in the car, it may literally change the quality of my life. Or at least make it easier for me not to die while driving.
Also very excited about the new camera…if they get delivered tomorrow, Betsy and I will be hauling them to Disney World with us on Saturday to really give them a workout next week. Expect lots of Eliza photos.
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New Comscore numbers out, and as expected the iPad is the vast majority of online traffic for tablets:
" In August 2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic in the U.S. iPads have also begun to account for a higher share of Internet traffic than iPhones (46.8 percent vs. 42.6 percent of all iOS device traffic)."
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Smartphones and Tablets Drive Nearly 7 Percent of Total U.S. Digital Traffic – comScore, Inc
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the report Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices are Changing U.S. Digital Media Cons…
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Going to try a bit of an experiment, using +Daniel Treadwell's WordPress plugin. I'm going to write here, using the Google+ tools and such, and then let it cross-post to my blog…effectively, going to try using Google+ as my blogging engine for a bit.
We'll see how this goes. Would love feedback if you have any.
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refix”>+Daniel Treadwell's Google+ to WordPress plugin. Let's see how this works.
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Wish the light had been better, but for a from-the-hip shot with no real prep, I like it.
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