Recently, I gave a presentation on 2024 technology trends. I always carefully preface this type of session with a disclaimer: I do, in fact, cover trends in technology, and not applications that could (yet) be implemented in libraries. The webinar description even refers specifically to trends in technology, not trends in libraries or especially to technology… Continue reading Libraries, stop asking “how”
Category: trends
Top posts of 2018
What was popular this past year, here on the blog? Here’s the list: Because You’re Not Getting Much Done Anyway (2017 edition) Social media isn’t what it used to be…and it never will be again (Part I) Free Online Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed 404: Houston, We Have a Problem Level Up Your Library’s… Continue reading Top posts of 2018
Cars didn’t make horses unemployed…they made horses unemployable
SPOILER ALERT: Humans are the new horses. Welcome to the robot revolution. This riveting 15-minute film really brings home what’s happening on the tech front right now. An important point: a lot of it has already happened. That’s the part not everyone absorbs. We just haven’t seen the full ripple effect…yet. Also, see Poll: Americans Are More… Continue reading Cars didn’t make horses unemployed…they made horses unemployable
Emerging Tech Trends Spring 2017
I did a webinar for OPLIN last month on a few trends we’re seeing come to the fore. You can see it here: https://ohlibrary.adobeconnect.com/p5zkqluwnsi/