Technology Updates

Most of us have been through sessions on developing vision statements hoping they will motivate us to achieve our dreams.
Australian Malcolm Cohan has developed a fascinating Web 2.0 approach. His YouTube videos show you his personal vision statement video and his Think It So video.

A new organization for technology evangelists has just been formed, GNoTE (Global Network of Technology Evangelists); it's first conference, GNoTECon is December 4th at the Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara.
Do you find the event description intriguing or off-putting?

Christina Kerley of ckEpiphany describes her services as "a marketing consultancy providing strategy, planning and program management services." In August, she asked her blog readers to respond to the question, "What is the single greatest point of value you receive from blogging?" Last week she wrote about the results in her blog.

The California Library Association held its annual conference this past weekend in Sacramento. Infopeople, along with the California State Library's other LSTA-funded state projects were there, and we all shared a joint booth area that we called, "A Roaring Collaboration." It was a blast!

If you didn't get a chance to share our excitement over the latest tech stuff at Infopeople's Technology Petting Zoo during the California Library Association Conference, take a look at Unboxing.com from Gear Live, an online magazine that provides news, previews, reviews, and commentaries on gadgets, consumer electronics, games, music, and tech trends.

This post has nothing in particular to do with libraries, but as the problem I relate consumed a good part of my weekend and part of my Monday, I thought a share was in order, in case anybody else runs into a similar situation.

For the longest time we Mac users have felt like the poor stepchildren of Google. They developed Google Earth - for the PC. They developed Google Desktop - for the PC. They developed Google Toolbar - for the PC. You get the gist.

Be sure to compare BusinessWeek's special report, Eight Tech Trends for 2006 and Michael Stephens' Ten Techie Things for Librarians 2006 especially if you are planning to attend the California Library Association (CLA) conference in Sacramento.
Infopeople is sponsoring Michael as a master speaker at the CLA conference on Saturday, November 11 from 3:45 PM–5:00 PM.

If the idea of a profile for your library on MySpace isn't your cup of tea, take a look at another social networking approach used by my local PBS station, KVIE, based in Sacramento. See my profile at MyKVIE.