So, this weekend I attended my first hacker conference, “The Last H.O.P.E (Hackers on Planet Earth)” sponsored by 2600 Magazine. Featured con speakers were: Steven Levy, Kevin Mitnick, Jello Biafra, Steve Rambam and Adam Savage of MythBusters fame. Some of the sessions I did attend included: “Evil Interfaces: Violating the User”, “A Hacker’s View of [...]
A Librarian at the H.O.P.E (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference
July 20th, 2008 5 Comments
Tags: accessibility · computers · copyright · DCMA · FOIA · hackers · information · LIS · NARA · security · technology · tools
UNC Library & Information Science Video Series
May 10th, 2008 No Comments
This is a series of lectures and interviews at UNC-Chapel Hill on topics related to information and library science and the use of information in learning and research.
Permalink: UNC Information in Life Series on Youtube
Tags: archives · digitization · information · instruction · IR · metadata · tutorials · UI
Thoughts on Bates’ Berrypicking
May 8th, 2008 No Comments
Bates, M. J. (1989). The design of browsing and berry-picking techniques for online search interface. Online Review, 13, 407-424.
“The human natural tendency in information seeking is to fallback on passive and sampling and selecting behaviors derived from millions of years of [evolution]” [1]
–Marcia J. Bates
Today, the relationship between information retrieval (IR) and [...]
Tags: berrypicking · findability · information · IR · personas
