Tamworth is a town of 2500 in the rural white mountains of NH. Yet, TheGoodPeasant, tamworth resident, took a video of the Cook Library’s 4th of July float and posted it on YouTube.
It’s not just kids or geeks. People in all types of places are using social tools online and they’re doing so [...]

Andy Carvin posted today on Amanda Baggs, a “low-functioning” autistic woman who’s been using YouTube and blogging to communicate.
I found the first half of the video is extraordinarily moving and beautiful and in the second half, Amanda describes, nay, translates for us, the first:
…people doubt that I am a thinking being and since their definition [...]

From Cascada, Everytime We Touch:

This made me giggle for obvious reasons; our patrons are screaming out! Dance with me! Dance with me!
But TheGreatIndoorsman speaks for too many of us:
Dammit! Does she have any idea how much effort it takes to keep a card catalog organized!?
Thanks to Casey for the heads up.

With things like this video in the world, how can a girl resist another casual friday? Indeed, I might have to become a regular after all.

A few of my favorite lyrics:
Where my wasps at?
We keeps it real the old money way.
We might be vanilla but our labs are chocolate.
The tea in the parlor makes [...]

I passed Michael’s post, Steal This Idea Quicker Than a Ray of Light, around to our library staff last week. Someone replied with the delightful, Adventures of Super Librarian from the McCracken County Public Library:

Part of what I love about social software is that the tools are free so it evens the playing field [...]

Last week a friend emailed me a heads up about an upcoming new musician:
here’s the video from a newly signed British singer… she became famous after webcasting concerts from her basement… (she’s of the KT Tunstall? genre)… i hope you like…
I like her sound all right - bit bubblegummy- but what really excited me was [...]