Over recent years many famous authors have given their support to the public library sector as they try to help explain to the politicians and general public (especially those who rarely darken the doors of a public library) why we … Continue reading
If you want to understand the virtual reality “landscape”, you could hardly do better than have a read of a very interesting (and quite long) feature in The Verge which takes a look at the many worlds of virtual reality, … Continue reading
The following NY Times article floated into my in-box via CB Insights’ newsletter – CB Insights is one of the leading VC and start-up online sources, and has a very lively newsletter! I hope CB Insights’ editor won’t mind me … Continue reading
Recently, Sage kindly made freely available an interesting paper from 2012 entitled Coping with information obesity: A diet for information professionals, by Scott Brown. Although this is aimed at the info. professional (so the Disruptive Searcher found it to be right up … Continue reading
It’s one of the basic life lessons, expressed through various catchy phrases; “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” and so on and it seems very apt for the age of “big data”. By their nature, many medically-related searches … Continue reading
It’s fun to slide down a slippery slope if you have a sledge or toboggan to sit on (or a tea-tray perhaps). I’ve sledging further down into the world of social media by creating a Twitter account. I hear cries … Continue reading
While we’re taking a wander around the topic of social media, the Financial Times has reviewed a new book which, although not purely about social media, is relevant and possibly quite entertaining too, especially for those who are social media … Continue reading
I’ve read Phil Bradley’s recent blog post Personal reputation in a social media world. I came away feeling somewhat weighed down and pressured. Pressured that more and more of many people’s time (and very possibly mine) will be spent tacketing … Continue reading
For some time there have been murmurings that the Internet’s days (in its current form) are numbered. It can’t be left much longer in its current state with IT experts constantly patching up security code in order to keep one … Continue reading
The Economist has an interesting briefing looking at what the future may hold for Facebook as it prepares for an IPO. Facebook likes to be described using words such as “friends”, “social”, “enabling”, “utility”, “connections”, “recommendations” and “interests”. Although China … Continue reading
