RockMelt - Your Browser. Re-Imagined.

Rockmelt

I have been made aware of a new browser which incorporates use of social software very nicely - Rockmelt. Give it a try and see what you think - you can incorporate twitter feeds etc as well....www.rockmelt.com

Minority Report Commercials

Gladverts

I have been reading about the concept 'gladvertising', which I find really interesting. This is , in short, a form of personalised advertising, whch enables advertsers to detect your mood, age, gender etc and then show you adverts that they would deem suited to your particular needs. See this BBC report:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-12582477

So, if you are feeling down, you may be shown adverts associated with chocolate; holidays, beer etc....

The iPad

Well, I am deeply impressed with the iPad and think it holds much potential for we as librarians - see here for top 10 apps for librarians:

http://andyburkhardt.com/2010/07/07/top-ten-ipad-apps-for-librarians/

One of my favourites is Flipboard, a personalised social magazine:

http://flipboard.com/