Life 2.0

It has been a pleasure knowing all of you.
I’m moving HERE
Quite seriously though, if this takes off? Ouch. Evercrack meets SimCity (with much better looking toons, err “prims”, I might add). Move over WoW, buhbye Facebook. Myspace who?
Anyone else a bit freaked out over the hand/eye logo? Never mind that [...]

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Flow-chart Diagram Assignment

So, I just handed in my flow-chart for FIS 1311 and realized I neglected to include the following: “Hand in a printed copy of your diagram with a short description and URL of the modeled process and brief notes on your thoughts and observations. “
Woops. I will now attempt to fulfill this [...]

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signs of the times…

Click the link to view the flash slideshow of the presentation Jessamyn West (Librarian.net) delivered yesterday to the Michigan Library Association. If you don’t like flash, she has the slides in .pdf and word available for download on her site. But ignore that. Just watch the flash. Flash is good. [...]

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Software Analysis Assignment

The Chief Librarian has asked you to research, analyze, and write an executive analysis type report for the board (about 4 pages) on one of the following software projects:
- Koha library system – www.koha.org
- Greenstone – www.greenstone.org
- Dspace – www.dspace.org
You need to evaluate the software and report on its potential for your library. She is [...]

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Guest Lecturer = wow

Joseph Ferenbok, PhD candidate and Professor at UTM, was guest-lecturer for this evening’s FIS 1210 : Information and its Social Contexts class. In a word? WOW. His lecture and presentation was based on his 2005 “Research Day” conference paper, “Facial Recognition and Imposed Biometric Identities”.
For close to an hour, he had us [...]

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Where I’m at with things…

I’d originally written this in a comment, but it’s better suited as a new post, methinks.
I’m having difficulties adjusting to the program. After years of persuasive and interpretive writing, making the switch to quantitative (or is it qualitative?) research is a challenge. Writing papers in APA format is also something new to me, [...]

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Am I the only one…? Warning – rant ahead

Alright, I have to get something off my chest.
Am I the only one a little bothered by the fact that many of our assignments — at the graduate level, no less — are being marked and graded by a TA? No offence to the TA who is reading this, of course, but the last [...]

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Lookie there, I’m front page news!

http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
ok, well FIS front page news..

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