Clouds vs. Software: a cage match to the death?
flickr - lordsutch As a multilingual guy, I depend heavily on dictionaries. For years, I have had Babylon, a not-so-inexpensive multilingual dictionary, installed on my primary computer. Babylon is...
View ArticlePaying Google
Within days of Google’s 2004 launch of their ambitious book scanning plan, cynical librarians (myself included) wondered how long it would take for Google to market their new toy to libraries. As it...
View ArticleCNI Spring 2011 notes
After a several year hiatus, I made it back to a CNI meeting and attended a number of interesting sessions. Below are some notes, with links to the posted presentation materials. My commentary on the...
View ArticleResponsive and responsible developers: a tale of Twitter
I chose that title hoping to write a positive story about how a group of software developers did the right thing when it comes to the terms of use they attach to their products. As with so many...
View ArticleCNI Spring 2013 notes
flickr – OZinOH Another great CNI membership meeting is behind us. Saw a wide range of presentations, and found myself wishing as usual that there weren’t so many offered in parallel. As always with...
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