Comments for Tame The Web

Comment on Thanks Bibliothekskongress! by Liane

Liane — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:44:04 +0000

Oh, I didn’t know, that my link (lesewolke) is displayed at your website. I’m a new blogger. But it doesn’t matter!

I attended at your presentation in Leipzig too. It was a very good inspiration! Thank you! I also think that’s important to point out that people are the heart of the library and a lot of other things you said.
Greetings from Germany, Liane

Comment on Meet Abbey, the Digital Native by Connie

Connie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:34:18 +0000

In true public education fashion, the Abby video has been blocked by the district’s filter.

Comment on Future of Publishing by Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:05:03 +0000

Similar to something AARP put out, I think, with the whole “unless we reverse it” bit. Clever!

Comment on Using Social Media to Connect with Teens by Justin Hoenke

Justin Hoenke — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:17:42 +0000

“It seems like what counts in the end is that as a personal and professional user that you’re getting as much from the social interaction as possible and if that means its not always connected to your workplace but your teens find you, that’s quite powerful.”

Ding ding ding! I love this quote. It is that simple. Talking and interaction leads to friendship. Friendship leads to community. Libraries are community!

Comment on Thanks Bibliothekskongress! by Astrid

Astrid — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:30:44 +0000

Thank you for your inspiring talk, Michael – it was a great opening to the conference and I will definitely go back to my library with a new perspective on barriers and transparency!

Comment on Future of Publishing by Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:29:50 +0000

I see some book related videos, a vid of a man firing a gun and some other rather disjoint stuff – what’s the name of the pro-life vid? This is odd…

Comment on Future of Publishing by richard james

richard james — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:21:50 +0000

On the embed, what’s with the pro-life videos that are listed as related at the very end? It gave me pause before deciding to add the video to our website

Comment on Thanks Bibliothekskongress! by Das waren drei Tage Bibliothekskongress « Lesewolke's Blog

Das waren drei Tage Bibliothekskongress « Lesewolke's Blog — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:36 +0000

[...] Michael Stephens und sein lebendiger, emotionaler Vortrag, der mit unterhaltsamen Bildern die Realität in Bibliotheken deutlich machte und sehr zum Nachdenken anregte. Ein wackelfreies Foto war übrigens nicht zu bekommen, da Michael permanent hin und her lief. [...]

Comment on Future of Publishing by LIS 701 — Blog — Week 9: Planning & Book Discussion

LIS 701 — Blog — Week 9: Planning & Book Discussion — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:30:05 +0000

[...] http://tametheweb.com/2010/03/18/future-of-publishing/ [...]

Comment on Using Social Media to Connect with Teens by Kate

Kate — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:04:22 +0000

I’m currently in library school and hoping to become a youth librarian in a public library and I find this fascinating. I already use a lot of social media but I’ve made the choice to have a personal and slightly more professional blog since I’m not sure yet what are the best ways for my two lives to interact.

I think a lot of that is going to depend on where I end up. Though I’ve found that my Twitter feed has become a mixture of professional and personal which seems to work fairly well since having two Twitters just feels like a bad way to use the technology to me.

It seems like what counts in the end is that as a personal and professional user that you’re getting as much from the social interaction as possible and if that means its not always connected to your workplace but your teens find you, that’s quite powerful.

Comment on Brandenburg Gate after my talk at the US Embassy by Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:47:32 +0000

Thanks everyone! I had a wonderful time.

Comment on Using Social Media to Connect with Teens by Justin Hoenke

Justin Hoenke — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:52:49 +0000

Thank you for sharing this!

Am I a fan of such measures? Not really, but I can understand where they are coming from. They seem like they really want to stop any kind of lawsuits/trouble before it happens. I think that before banning people from sharing online profiles we really need to look at the main problem…which seems to be lack of common sense. We need to educate people about what should and should not be shared!

When I’m sharing my online profiles, I put common sense above everything else. I always think “is this appropriate or will I regret this” before posting. So far, I think it has worked out well.

Comment on Using Social Media to Connect with Teens by Tehani Wessely

Tehani Wessely — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:39 +0000

Catholic school teachers in Western Australia have pretty much been told they are not to use personal social media to interact with students, and the state school body is looking into doing the same.

“Catholic Education Office of WA director Ron Dullard said his schools already banned teachers from becoming friends with students on social-networking websites.”
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teachers-warned-off-online-facebook-contact-with-students/story-e6frg13u-1225801635170

What do you think about such measures and the reasons behind them?

Comment on Meet Abbey, the Digital Native by Digital Natives | Mevrouw Das & De Mediatheek

Digital Natives | Mevrouw Das & De Mediatheek — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000

[...] bij hun belevingswereld, althans dat wil de commercie ons graag doen geloven. Kijk maar eens naar Abbey, the digital native. Eerlijk gezegd moest ik wel een beetje lachen om dat rare filmpje: het was duidelijk een [...]

Comment on Meet Abbey, the Digital Native by Dana

Dana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:08:29 +0000

Disgusting! Using a three year old girl to sell ideology. The girl has no clue what she is talking about, she just recites sentences she is taught to.