First Sunday

Greetings,

The first Sunday seemed to go alright. There were a few minor glitches and I did receive some suggestions for making things run more efficiently. I would suggest that if anyone has any concern, issues, or suggestions about this past Sunday or future Sundays, please let me know. I expect there will be a period of acclimating to the new set up for Sundays. I hope to use this time as an opportunity to make things run as smoothly as possible.

Thanks,
Mike VC

Twitter Article

Greetings,

Steven Johnson, a fantastic writer (opinion), has written a cover story or Time entitled "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live". It makes for quite interesting reading. I would encourage folks to read and share observations. By the way, the description of the conference where many people in the room (and beyond) were using twitter to discuss is exactly similar to two excellent "Tech Trends" sessions I attended at ALA and PLA; the use of Twitter in these sessions completely transformed the sessions into a more participatory event.

Here is the link:
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604-1,00.html

Thanks,
Mike VC

Bing - The new "Decision Engine" from Microsoft

Greetings

Microsft has officially launched their new search engine and Google competitor: Bing. Microsoft promotes it as a "Decision Engine" that is "a first step in moving beyond search to help make faster, more informed decisions." You can read more about Bing at:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-28NewSearchPR.mspx

or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(search_engine)

I am curious to have library staff try it out and share their impressions.

mvc