I have to give a plug to the pilot project that fellow librarian Rob Bruce and I are testing at King Library. We are using the Sony Mylo, a new wireless communication device, to refer library users to staff on upper floors via instant messaging. Previously we were using cell phones which required contracts and had spotty reception in certain areas, but now with the Mylo we can connect to the existing wireless service at the library and instant message as well as browse the web and the OPAC. We are hoping that this device, or a similar one, can be used in the future to support roaming reference for librarians so that we can reach more library users.
My new obsession is the website TwitterVision - it is a strangely hypnotic mash-up of Google Maps and Twitter, a site that asks the question "What are you doing?" and gives you 140 characters to answer. It will text or IM your answer to friends or post it right up there on the web. Click here for an article in Slate.com about Twitter, and here's the link to TwitterVision:
http://twittervision.com/
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