How to Spring Clean Your Online Presence

Flowers are blooming. Birds are chirping. Spring is here. It’s time to spring clean your online presence.

Here are some ways to get you started:

Update your LinkedIn profile.
Add new information (i.e. attended any classes/training recently?). Clean up your LinkedIn group memberships.

Update your e-portfolio.
Look for and fix broken links. (I just fixed some links on my e-portfolio. Some library associations and groups have recently launched redesigned websites, resulting in broken links.)

Google yourself and/or set a Google Alert.
What’s out there about you?

Field Trips: LinkedIn and Google

As you may know, we are fans of Google and LinkedIn. We use them in our work and talk about them in our leadership and career development presentations.

Recently, we went on field trips to the NYC offices of LinkedIn and Google. We started off a windy and rainy day with a tour of LinkedIn in the morning, followed by a tour of Google in the afternoon.

With LinkedIn’s open office design and relaxed, quiet atmosphere, it is clear why they are such a productive company.

Google’s office on the other hand is fun, social, and sophomoric. You can literally feel the buzz of exciting young minds working together in this powerhouse company.

Thanks LinkedIn and Google for enjoyable visits.

Happy Birthday!

It’s been a year since we launched this blog.

Here’s a look back at our top 21 posts:

1. Summer Reading Booklist
2. SLA 2011 Conference Highlights from a SLA Rising Star
3. Tablet vs Laptop
4. Google Does It Again!
5. Everyday Usability: Library Cards
6. Ignore Everybody
7. SLA 2011: Picks from a SLA Rising Star
8. Kudos to Lisa!
9. Everyday Usability: Book Carts
10. Are YOU T-Shaped?
11. Making the Most of 3.5” x 2”
12. Everyday Usability: Portable Library
13. Hello, My Name Is…
14. We ♥ IDEO
15. Music for the Mood, Digital Stamps, Vending Machines and More
16. I’m Not Job Hopping, I’m Job Shopping
17. Looking for Ways to Freshen Up Your Skills?
18. Our Top 10 Free Tools 2010
19. Will Apple soon be launching iCloud?
20. User Experience: The Reference Interaction
21. Creating and Managing Your Online Identity

Will Apple soon be launching iCloud?

Rumors abound about Apple soon launching a cloud-based iTunes.

Cloud computing is a way for you to access files, programs, software etc. on the internet without being confined to 1 computer since all of these things are housed on several servers in neverneverland.  For example, when you create a Google document you can access that document on any computer with internet access.

If you’re still confused check out the diagram below.

So will this soon be happening with iTunes?  Will we be able to access our iTunes music away from our home computer? We’ll have to wait and see.

Google Does It Again!

Is there anything Google doesn’t do?

We recently heard about Google’s Public Data Explorer and boy are we excited.  Finally, data is fun to look at and explore.  Check it out!