”Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.” These oft-quoted words from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales demonstrate an interesting paradox: how can an information source be lauded as a modern-day Library of Alexandria while at the same […]
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Facebook Now Tracking Offline Purchases: Useful Innovation or Privacy Invasion?
Facebook recently inked a new partnership deal with a data metrics company called Datalogix. The goal? To keep track of Facebook users who see ads and then later go on to purchase particular items from brick-and-mortar stores. This move represents a fascinating development in the field of advertising analytics but also a concern for privacy […]
Adventures in Kindle Direct Publishing: New Book “Savvy for the Social Web”
Last week I published a book on Amazon’s Kindle platform. It was a fairly straightforward process, although I had to take some care with the formatting. I wrote my book in Word and was fortunate that I did not have any images or tables. Had that been the case I feel that using HTML would […]
What Are the Best Free Websites for Learning and Productivity?
Today, there are tons of fascinating knowledge collections available for free on the open web. You can learn all about a new subject, acquire a new skill, or even take a complete university course from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection. Often the trouble is finding these best resources, […]
What’s the Business Model and Outlook for Dropbox?
With just about everyone in agreement that the future of computing is “in the cloud,” the personal cloud storage market, encompassing such services as Apple’s iCloud, Google Drive and Windows SkyDrive, will only continue to heat up in the next couple of years. Although there are some distinctions, such as file clouds, device clouds and […]
The Current State of Libraries in Mexico: Service, Connectivity and Culture
Read the previous part: Problems Plaguing Mexican Libraries in the 20th Century and the Plan of 1984 Since the plan of 1984 was so well organized, it was much more sustainable than previous programs, and today, each town with a population of at least 5,000 people has its own public library. Mexico boasts the largest public […]