Archive for the ‘usability’ Category
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
I've been writing about tech and CM mostly behind the company firewall at my job for a while now, particularly this last year since I've been writing for the company newsletter. However, I've also built up a body of short notes at my ConFigures account on Twitter. I got a ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I picked up a Palm Pre the first day it was available, June 6. I'm very happy with it overall. It works very well as a phone (both sound quality and override of other apps), and I love the easy flow and integration between the different apps and underlying software. ...
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
I've had some experience working with fielded wikis since I wrote disgruntledly about LibraryThing's implementation of them in October 2007. I knew at the time of their potential for being able to extract info for other purposes, but I had come into using wikis with a great appreciation for ...
Posted in Knowledge gardening, LibraryThing, book, knowledge management, learning, usability | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
I passed on my old Magellan Maestro 3225 (reviewed last year) not long ago to one of my sisters when I got exasperated with its inability to properly find my work location (I started a new job last May) or the library (we got a new downtown center in 2007), ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
I started using LibraryThing because I liked its tagging power (for browsing and searching). I also liked its less-commercial book pages, fondness for and willingness to work with libraries, and above-average books reviews from LT members, and book-based discussions (easy to find and see updates on discussions of ...
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