In a strange little coincidence, LISNews has this little article about a library in Brooklyn that had living quarters for the librarian. Many of you know that this is my dream job, ultimately, and to see this in Brooklyn was just too crazy! Turns out, it wasn’t the Brooklyn that I was thinking of.
dumbnewtoy.google.com
It really seems to me that one of Google’s biggest strengths is taking things that others offer in a saturated-with-ads way and giving it to you with a clean and simple interface, and easy permalinks. In case you’re wondering what my commute to work is like [and I’m home today, snowstorm] that link goes there. Big bummer, doesn’t work with Safari.
hi – 04feb
Hi. I’m heading to New York City tomorrow for a five day working vacation. Normally at this point I’d say “If you want to have a cup of coffee, IM me!” but my time looks like it’s pretty well spoken for this time around.
a few shorter links
A few other worthwhile links that came in but don’t require too much in the way of explanation: A Librarian’s Alphabet & Jinfo [from the folks at Free Pint].
go read Web Search Garage
Also, I just finished Tara’s book Web Search Garage and really got a lot out of it. She discusses more than Google, more than syntax, and more than just the basics and offers some really good step-by-step approaches to ferreting out tough-to-find information specifically the things that are not just Googleable. I will give you a dollar if you read this book and don’t learn at least one new thing from it. Check out the preview chapter and a few freebies on her page.