Have you ever noticed that spam is cyclical? Not just in terms of the topics covered (or should I say products promoted?), but also in terms of the quality. Continue reading
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The good folks at the Pew Research Center recently did a study in which they asked Americans whether they would be interested in using various technology-based new services from their public libraries. The study found what Pew termed mixed results. There was not an overwhelming majority of respondents begging for any specific service, but the study found significant interest in all of the options. At least a quarter of respondents indicated interest in using each of the suggested services.
There are lessons in this for those of us who work with associations. Continue reading
I haven’t had a lot of extra time on my hands this week. I spent the first two days of the week homebound with the flu, and there’s been a lot going on since then. I did, though, come across a few particularly interesting articles. Supplement your own reading with some of these: Continue reading
There’s a lot of buzz right now about a recent Pew study showing that it’s not terribly uncommon for Facebook users to “take a break” from the site for some period of time. Most of the articles I’ve seen frame the report in the context of showing declining interest in Facebook; several go a step further and cite it as showing that Facebook has little potential to keep growing in the future. The headline on Associations Now asks, “Is Facebook fading?”
My take? Yes, people are starting to take breaks from Facebook. But this is a natural after-effect of the phenomenal growth the network has seen in recent years. Continue reading
Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved stories. All kinds of stories, but especially detective stories. Growing up, she devoured every Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mystery ever written. As she got older, she graduated to other mysteries as well: books by Tony Hillerman, Sara Paretsky, Jasper Fforde – to name only a few. A really good mystery novel was like a really good friend. Continue reading