Until Zotero 2.0 comes out, which will be server-based as opposed to client-based, keeping track of research across multiple computers is a challenge. The solution I’ve been using on my windows boxes is a combination of Firefox Portable, Zotero, and MS Synctoy. Firefox Portable will let you install an instance of the browser on a [...]
Very good persona analysis [pdf] coming out of Macquarie University in Sydney Australia. The thing I like best, aside from the nice personas they’ve developed, is the way they’ve mapped them against experience/seriousness vs. frequency of use/need for the library:
This fits in nicely with several assumptions I’ve had regarding the audience we serve at our [...]
Here’s a very cool image browsing service at Hard Rock Cafe powered by Microsoft’s Silverlight and Seadragon technologies. Requires a software download, but worth the effort.
Over the weekend, On The Media had an interesting interview with Clay Shirky where he talked about the potential dark side of unmediated communication for his new book: Here Comes Everybody
He’s saying that our conception of the “audience” is moving away from a simple media consumer towards that of an actor with real power. He [...]