Ripping DVDs may never be the same again | Perspectives | CNET News.com

Here's a column that summarizes an interesting copyright case, Paramount Pictures v. Load 'N Go Video:
Ripping DVDs may never be the same again | Perspectives | CNET News.com

This case potentially could be a landmark in digital copyright history.

The Google Divide - October 15, 2006 - Library Journal

Check out John Berry III's editorial in Library Journal about generational differences and resistance to change:
The Google Divide - October 15, 2006 - Library Journal

Maybe fodder for a TechTalk discussion sometime?

Do you agree?

Here's an interesting quote from Max Frisch:

Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.

Agree? Disagree? Let the discussion begin.

FYI for those who care, here's a link to the quote on The Quotations Page:

Quote Details: Max Frisch: Technology is a way... - The Quotations Page

ALA TechSource | My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I Learned from Internet Librarian 2006

Here's a great post from Michael Stephens on this year's Internet Librarian conference:
ALA TechSource | My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I Learned from Internet Librarian 2006

Lots of links to interesting stuff. Have any of you checked out Second Life yet? I plan to do so in my (ahem) spare time.

And here's a great quote:

We should insist on features that our "power users" (our Superpatrons?) want, "because these are the features that the average user will want two years from now."

Wish I could've been at the conference.

Social sites becoming too much of a good thing / Many young folks burning out on online sharing

From the San Francisco Chronicle, an article on social networking burnout:
Social sites becoming too much of a good thing / Many young folks burning out on online sharing

Apparently many social networkers with accounts on multiple sites find that maintaining their online presence in so many places is exhausting. It'll be interesting to see how much consolidation takes place. In the meantime, if your friends are divided amongst several sites, it could be challenging. Maybe what we need is some kind of mashup to connect MySpace, Friendster, TagWorld, Facebook, etc., into one big social space, kind of like the way Meebo lets you consolidate all your instant messaging accounts in one convenient place. Give it time...