Friday, May 17, 2013

In Instagram’s case, the mobile phone-only usecase, standardized square format, limited set of filters and editing tools made it super simple to edit and share images. Fewer decisions. Easier to scan and consume. Lower variability in format and structure. The focus is on the subject and the message.

A bit like memes. Fake art, real messages.

The Filter Future
Friday, May 10, 2013

I’m weeding my part of the collection in preparation for the move into the new library. Today, I got rid of The Writer’s Market from 1988-1995. The ones from the 1980s had advice for writers on the inside covers. The 1990 one had this great breakdown of mailing costs. 

Thursday, May 9, 2013 Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Get To Know Your Tumblarians Tuesday: FAVORITE ANIMAL GO

lecieltumultueux:

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Need I say more?

Sheep. Because of wool.

Particularly, Bluefaced Leicester sheep.

The main difference between Atwood and your run-of-the-mill techno-utopian might be that she thinks of technology as something ancient, rather than something new—a sort of eternal force in the world that absorbs and amplifies fundamental human desires. Defining technology so broadly lends her enthusiasm for it a kind of earthy dignity: It makes clear that in trying her hand at Twitter or Pinterest or Dropbox, Atwood is not in pursuit of mere novelty or hype, but cool new ways to do very old, basic things. Margaret Atwood: The Literary World’s Technology Mascot
Monday, May 6, 2013
Info-binging / Indexed

Info-binging / Indexed

It’s nice when your impressions match someone else’s reality. 

It’s nice when your impressions match someone else’s reality. 

Saturday, May 4, 2013
Mass Poetry Festival

Mass Poetry Festival

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Semester by the numbers

Classes end today, so I can do my Spring 2013 Semester Information Literacy Statistics. 

69 total formal infolit interactions 

By Type: 

  • 43 classes 
  • 26 one on one consultations

By department: 

  • 17 Communications
  • 44 English
  • 8 other departments

By Population

  • 1 Faculty
  • 2 Graduate
  • 66 Undergraduate

By Month

  • January 16
  • February 22
  • March 9 
  • April 21
  • May: 1

13 interactions featured the iPad

Monday, April 29, 2013

I took a break from the Internet. It was good, and needed. The semester is winding down, and I have lots of thoughts on assessment and engaged teaching to share. But I’ll do that later. Right now I need to look at cat pics.