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Celebrating on Waking Brain Cells
I’m having a little celebration over on Waking Brain Cells because I’ve reached my 5000th post there.
Here on Sites, I am at the 3100 mark, so with both blogs combined, that a lot of posts! Head over to see some Wayback Machine views of how my KidsLit blog used to look.
InoReader
With Google Reader going away, I continue to try different services to read my RSS feeds. I had been using NetVibes for some time, but I found the sharing piece of it to be underdeveloped.
Recently I found InoReader and have been using it exclusively since I found it. I like its simplicity and how clean the interface is:
It also puts the items in order the way I expect them to be. NetVibes often has things listed in the order they are discovered by the service rather than the order they are posted in. This means that if you add a new blog to your feed, NetVibes will have it loaded at the front of your list. It’s these little things that bother me.
InoReader has more options for marking items read, allowing me choices for how long I want things to sit. It loads quickly with my only quibble being that it can get offtrack when images are too large. A quick refresh takes care of it, so it’s not a huge deal. Buttons for sharing via email and social networking are at the bottom of each post along with comments and the option to broadcast your picks.
If you continue to search for Google Reader replacement, this may be the one for you. Best of all, they are not threatening to go to a paid model like Feedly.
This Week’s Tweets and Pins
Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
2013 Middle Grade Black Boys: Seriously, People? — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Production http://buff.ly/10o2W6a #kidlit
‘Irish illustrators are on fire at the moment’ – The Irish Times- http://buff.ly/19xETak #kidlit
Kate Pankhurst’s top 10 books starring young detectives | Children’s books http://buff.ly/16mCHW2 #kidlit
Molly Idle picks kid-friendly dinosaur books http://buff.ly/13vqgV8 #kidlit
The Official SCBWI Blog: Announcing The Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award http://buff.ly/10x5aAc #kidlit
S&S Children’s to Relaunch John Christopher http://buff.ly/10vTE8c #kidlit
Why Reading Aloud to Older Children Is Valuable | MindShift http://buff.ly/129p5rA #reading
EBOOKS
Children reading more on screen than print, NLT finds | The Bookseller http://buff.ly/19xFgl7 #ebooks
E-book sales are up 43%, but that’s still a ‘slowdown’ http://buff.ly/15MCGLM #ebooks
New Report Says Microsoft Won’t Buy Nook Media http://buff.ly/15KgIZY #ebooks
LEADERSHIP
8 Ways to Be a Truly Memorable Boss | http://buff.ly/16y0gvh
Interviewing Etiquette Infographic
LIBRARIES
BEA For All: A Librarian’s Guide to BookExpo America 2013 http://buff.ly/146IgVa
The Library’s Future Is Not an Open Book | By Julie V. Iovine|Public Library Renovation http://buff.ly/10x32sf #libraries
TEEN LIT
Bid to censor Anne Frank’s ‘pornographic’ diary in schools fails | Books http://buff.ly/19xFmsT #yalit
Fox rejects ‘Delirium’ pilot starring Emma Roberts | Inside TV http://buff.ly/198NPT8 #yalit
If you like books like these: historical fiction for teens | Children’s books http://buff.ly/15KCJrA #yalit
Stacked: On Cover Flipping http://buff.ly/198LbNr #yalit
YA mother-daughter reading recommendations – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/13vqf3u #yalit
This Week’s Tweets and Pins
Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Five questions for Jeanne Birdsall – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/1066ZcZ #kidlit
Peter Sis: Accidental children’s book legend – North Adams Transcript http://buff.ly/105ZXVH #kidlit
Pushkin launches new imprint for children’s books in translation | Books http://buff.ly/15sG7Hv
EBOOKS
Microsoft Is Considering Purchasing Nook From Barnes & Noble: Report http://buff.ly/10tCs49 #ebooks
School Libraries Struggle with E-Book Loans | MindShift http://buff.ly/15rX0lA
Sourcebooks, Overdrive launch pilot to demonstrate the impact of ebook library lending on sales — paidContent http://buff.ly/10xl6SN #ebooks
Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business | Ars Technica http://buff.ly/13V3Mvd
LIBRARIES
How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library http://buff.ly/ZI1iAO
Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening? http://buff.ly/10nFCXl
Summer Reading Benefits – Collaborative Summer Library Program http://buff.ly/116jabx #libraries #reading
TEEN LIT
Coverflip: Maureen Johnson Calls For An End To Gendered Book Covers With An Amazing Challenge (IMAGES) http://buff.ly/15tcaH3
Stacked: Twitterview: Sara Zarr http://buff.ly/15mOkga #yalit
This Week’s Tweets and Pins
Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
BEA 2013: Children’s Galleys to Grab http://buff.ly/ZfrEq5 #kidlit #BEA
A Manifesto for Children’s Literature; or, Reading Harold as a Teenager http://buff.ly/ZL6nt4 #kidlit
Maurice Sendak Tribute: Children’s Illustrators Donate Art For Auction http://buff.ly/10YzzyK
Middle Grade Saved My Life – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/10W58Jw #kidlit
Top book award named for Margaret Mahy – Newstalk ZB http://buff.ly/10qronc #kidlit
Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne was first world war propagandist | The Guardian http://buff.ly/10O6hT8
LIBRARIES
25 Vintage Photos of Librarians Being Awesome – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/ZTOH91
Architects of Dreams: Anythink’s Pam Sandlian Smith on the Power of Children’s Librarians | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/13PiwM7
CHANGE NEEDS A BRAND: don’t fear labels, leverage them – The Ubiquitous Librarian http://buff.ly/Z0rEKB #libraries
Christian Zabriskie: Libraries in New York City: Why We Give a Damn and Why You Should Too http://buff.ly/ZmsFNe #libraries
Hiring and Training Internet Mentors | TechSoup for Libraries http://buff.ly/YZIER3 #libraries
Seth’s Blog: Getting picked (need to vs. want to) http://buff.ly/11CjQ3o - I can see libraries helping people pick themselves!
Voices for the Library » The Importance of Librarians and Libraries http://buff.ly/Zpgvqi #libraries
READING
Anna Dewdney’s Fostering Lifelong Learners conference speech – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/101deib #reading
Free Comic Book Day 2013 – May 4th | Mighty Action http://buff.ly/10VUZMM
TECHNOLOGY
7 Myths of the Digital Divide » Cyborgology http://buff.ly/ZLY7Jk
Check out the New Ghost Blogging Platform Kickstarter: Funded in under 12 Hours! : @ProBlogger http://buff.ly/10VoLBi
Facebook deserted by millions of users in biggest markets |The Guardian http://buff.ly/ZfG9u8
Flexible 20 micron thick RFID tags can be embedded in paper | Chips http://buff.ly/ZBSqN9
FTC Guidelines: How to Ensure Compliance | How to Avoid Deceptive Ads http://buff.ly/10nv2ye #blogging
I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge http://buff.ly/10YCZBt
The Webby Award Winners http://buff.ly/Zy1hiX
Will the Kalq keyboard finally spell the end for qwerty? | Technology|The Guardian http://buff.ly/14VCKs9
TEEN READS
Anne Frank’s Diary Too ‘Pornographic’ For 7th-Grade Students, Claims Michigan Parent http://buff.ly/ZmsKAw #yalit
Marie Lu on ‘Champion’ cover | Shelf Life – Gorgeous!! http://buff.ly/13PrF7u #yalit
WORK LIFE
Walking with Dinosaurs
BBC Earth has a great website for their Walking with Dinosaurs program. It contains information on their upcoming movies and events, but the heart of it is their incredible Dinosaur Gallery.
The gallery offers images of the dinosaur, information on their lifestyle, physiology and habitat, a timeline of their extinction, and much much more. There are clever comparisons so you have some idea of their size, information on their teeth, hearing and vision, how fast they could move, the size of their eggs. It goes on and on and on. All in a very friendly and visual format and will have you merrily scrolling for a long time to learn more and more.
Pew Internet Report: Parents, Children, Libraries and Reading
Another important Pew Internet Report has been released. This time their research focused on parents, children and libraries. The research supports many of the common thoughts about libraries and how parents use services:
- Mothers are more likely than fathers to use library services.
- Parents are more likely than other adults to use libraries.
- Parents are more likely than other library-using adults to do library activities.
But there are also windows into how to better serve certain populations:
- Lower income parents are more likely to want to attend classes on e-books and e-readers, use e-readers preloaded with content, and digital media labs.
- Lower income parents are also more likely to view library services as “very important.”
The report is filled with good news for libraries:
· 94% of parents say that libraries are important for their children.
· 84% say that libraries are important because libraries help their children’s love of reading and books.
· 71% say that a major reason is that libraries are a safe place for children.
This Week’s Tweets and Pins
Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Book Doctor: do classic children’s books give us too rosy a view of childhood? | Children’s books http://buff.ly/11Bdn98 #kidlit
Gillian Cross’s top 10 books about being different | Books http://buff.ly/14SvvBs #kidlit
Mo Willems: Children’s book author shares his secrets http://buff.ly/11C6XaR #kidlit
New Video Throws Spotlight on Newbery Authors http://buff.ly/11H7EyD #kidlit
Remembering Elaine Konigsburg – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/11zwsd9 #authors #kidlit
Tacky the Penguin’s Creators Celebrate 25 Years – Publishers Weekly: Lester and Munsinger’s first-ever collabo… http://bit.ly/13XRt5a
EBOOKS
Looking for a good laugh about digital vs. paper? The Paperless Future – "Emma" http://buff.ly/YPCKBT
Patterson Sees Ads as a Wake Up Call http://buff.ly/15LaB6c #reading #ebooks
LIBRARIES
The Most Playful Libraries in the World – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/15Ck1Bq #libraries
Nice!! "A Quick Guide to Private Browsing" – iLibrarian http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2013/a-quick-guide-to-private-browsing/ …
READING
5 Ways to Become a Better Reader – Lifehack http://buff.ly/Zl95V5 #reading
30 things to tell a book snob | Booktrust http://buff.ly/11DFNiC
World Book Night: Ten writers’ reasons for reading | Books http://buff.ly/ZNe50g
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter Scares CNN President http://buff.ly/11GWycO #twitter
Who Are The Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers, 2013? – Forbes http://buff.ly/ZN2L46
TEEN READS
Elizabeth Vail: Lovesick and Tired: Unnecessary Romance in YA http://buff.ly/11GXw98 #yalit
‘Tiger Eyes’: A Family Film http://buff.ly/15LaW9c #yalit
Forecast.io
Forecast.io is a new weather service that has a lot of nice features. You can put the globe in motion and see the weather systems around the world. The site also offers forecasts, given in a friendly way:
There are also temperature graphs for the next week. Click on the plus symbol and you can get hourly forecasts with temperatures and precipitation.
Perhaps my favorite piece though is the time machine. Just type in a date in the past that you want to see the weather, and presto! There are some hiccups and this service is experimental, so use at your own risk.
This Week’s Tweets and Pins
Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Five Questions for Anna Dewdney – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/11aEQz6 #kidlit
Laura Powell’s top 10 heroes in disguise | Children’s books http://buff.ly/16XUrVe #kidlit
Top Ten Novels in Verse by Lauren Strohecker | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/ZnXbG6
Writing a Wordless Book by Lizi Boyd | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/11cF8pl #kidlit
EBOOKS
Simon & Schuster launches ebook lending pilot with New York City public libraries — paidContent http://buff.ly/12dDGEp #ebooks #libraries
LIBRARIES
Five Great Things Libraries Are Doing With Old Books | LJ Insider http://buff.ly/17vkCnF
Jo Knowles – What’s so important about your local library? http://buff.ly/ZuJbul #libraries
Why libraries are relevant in the Google age – Las Vegas Sun News http://buff.ly/ZkPaVx #libraries
PUBLISHING
Neil Gaiman urges publishers to ‘make mistakes’ in uncertain new era | Books http://buff.ly/119Gpeb
Self-Publishing Grabs Huge Market Share From Traditional Publishers | David Gaughran http://buff.ly/16S3Ldh
TECHNOLOGY
12 Types Of Social Media Users – infographic http://shrd.by/D5Rnf3 via @BerriePelser
Fujitsu Develops Technology That Turns Paper Into a Touchscreen – Wow! http://on.mash.to/11clpVD
Judge rules Union County blogger is protected by the state’s shield law | http://buff.ly/17AplEy #blogging #blogs
Kids read and write better on iPads: Swedish study – The Local http://buff.ly/15ptbB3
Teens and Social Media: http://pinterest.com/pin/193021534002126208/
TEEN LIT
The Spring Book Preview, Y.A. Edition – Jen Doll-The Atlantic Wire http://buff.ly/114ReRe
Watch New ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Teaser Trailer [VIDEO] http://on.mash.to/17A9pSD #yalit
