Archive for July, 2007

Death of MySpace

Friday, July 27th, 2007

I admit it: I’m a completely delinquent blogger this summer.

But anyway, there’s a hilarious article on PC Magazine website that was mentioned in SLA Connections today. Entitled “MySpace, Second Life, and Twitter Are Doomed“, the article paints a good picture of how ridiculous these sites are, comparing MySpace in particular to the thousands of “all about my dog” style personal websites from the first internet bubble. I wonder if there will be any reaction from the library blogosphere. I think the guy’s comments about these web 2.0 sites are bang on. Between this and my refusal to join Facebook, maybe I’m turning into a bitter Luddite!

Hip, cool, and…bitter?

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

As seen in Librarian of Fortune, an interesting article in the NY Times (”Fashion & Style” section) on how librarians are really, really cool. And, a hilarious rebuttal from Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette (”Trying too hard” section).