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Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The video incorporates some slides from Angela Byron's excellent presentation, " Women in Floss " which also speaks to the dark side of gender issues in FOSS communities. The presentation offers some good pointers to women in how to get involved in FOSS communities. Click To Play.

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Curated Collaborative Filtering: Listening to Pandora

Museum 2.0

Could I have articulated that at the start? You could have a personalized trip through the museum, enjoying an experience that is both highly responsive to your preferences and one which deepens your understanding and ability to articulate why you like what you like. Turns out that I enjoy songs with “extensive vamping.” From experts!

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? Meetings about the future end up being about the present. It’s hard to serve the future when the present demands certain services and accountability.” How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? Who owns the stuff?

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