October 2011
The New Sharing Economy | The Kojo Nnamdi Show - http://t.co/zTwaDv1L | @jengolbeck on @kojoshow (HT @farman | @pjrey)
RT @SchomburgCenter: Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner is captured in Virginia (1831) #todayinblackhistory
“Twitterology: A New Science?” http://t.co/0PyQgYpD (NYT) re: “sentiment analysis”, Chomsky, etc.
Braving this joke of “autumn” weather to head into DC for dinner w/ @trevormunoz.
Kudos @I_UMD Prof. N. Roderer for assigning reading from ‘African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science’ in #LBSC601 this week.
Histories of the traveling libraries →
bobulate:
Some little-discussed history of the traveling library:
One day in 1905, an Allegheny farmer was hoeing a garden patch near the road of his farm when he heard the sound of wheels and hooves behind him. Turning around, he was amazed to find a large and foreboding black wagon drawn by two horses. He was certain it was a hearse. Indignantly, the farmer waved it on, shouting, “You...
♫ Listening to “Rendezvous” by Jacky Terrasson on @Rdio: http://t.co/nBQZ8YM8 | album featuring Cassandra Wilson & @jackyterrasson
I am made curious by @iSchoolSU’s Remote Lab BETA via @suischoolit - http://t.co/m6EZnTyu
Digging 4 Gold: Orchestre Bella Bella →
digging4gold:
Today, I present to you the Congolese sounds of Orchestre Bella Bella, one of the most popular Congolese groups of the 1960s and 70s.
Congolese music is arguably the most popular form of African music in the world. A result, among other things, of the mighty radio station, Radio…
MT @spellboundblog: Graphic notes by @ImageThink from DPLA Plenary http://t.co/9AMNAfuF
RT @I_UMD: REGISTRATION UPDATE per @jcbertot - Due to technical difficulties registration will not take place today but will be availabl …
RT @iPAC_UMD: “Inequality and inclusion are both as American as apple pie” - Jerome Karabel, sociology prof UCBerkeley (NYT) http://t.co …
Video from Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference: 2011 on Vimeo - http://t.co/KMzJCoYt via @epiconference
RT @amhistorymuseum: RT @smithsonianmag: The story of how the @amhistorymuseum got its hands on Dizzy Gillespie’s iconic bent trumpet. h …
RT @berkmancenter: Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund Announce $5 Million in Funding for the Digital Public Library of America http://t.c …
Tomorrow is apartment cleaning day. I’m always inspired by the Tumblr of Things Organized Neatly - @THNGSORGNZDNTLY - http://t.co/aESGJuZg
“We have all this pent-up knowledge in museums, all this pent-up expertise, and...”
– Dr. Jane McGonigal, Gaming the Future of Museums, Center for the Future of Museums, 2008. (via hstryqt)
Seeing tweets about fall break at other schools. Envious. Rather have fall break than @UofMaryland’s ‘Winter Term’.
RT @rmack: <The Network is aware> Social Science Research on Deep Packet Inspection http://t.co/g4ER98ij #netfreedom
Cyberspace and U.S. Competitiveness - Council on Foreign Relations - http://t.co/Mux37wHU | @CFR_org
RT @smalljones: Me too http://t.co/Hcr9sVZN RT @james3neal: I miss Marvin Gaye. That is all.
Broadband for Africa : developing backbone communications networks, Vol. 1 of 1 - http://t.co/NdRHJ43m (HT @Marcelo_WB)
“Let us mix the long memories of a people destroyed with new narratives of our...”
– Ayi Kwei Armah, KMT (via innovateafrica)
Despite the way this game is proceeding … giving the Detroit Tigers a salute for a great season …
