The Today Show offered an interesting piece on the increasing use of public libraries. Internet access is a large part of this change. People looking for work and people giving up their home wifi are showing up at libraries to use the Internet. In many locations, smaller communicities, the library may provide the only free access to the Internet.
Interesting data on relative change in social sites. Facebook is still growing. Twitter stalls.
Twitter has unsuspected depth.
Really? Time has made Twitter a cover story. Read the article. Maybe it will help explain what is supposedly useful in 140 character Tweets.
I think the Touch is a great tool. I think it has some weaknesses as a complete solution. However, it seems a reasonable starting point for Apple to move toward a tablet net device (I like the sound of that). The iSchool Initiative proposes the present device is at least a place to begin.
According to Gizmodo, Microsoft is advocating the renaming of netbooks (Low cost small notebook PCs). Too complicated. How about – “cheap, sometimes good enough PCs“.
I guess I still like netbook.
Great music and a great cause. It is not obvious from this site, but this material is available through the iTunes store.
