I've made something, but I'm not too sure what it really is or if it's of any use what-so-ever! I started playing around with the "relationships" code (briefly mentioned here) to see what would happen if you selected multiple books and ranked the aggregated suggestions by frequency of appearance. For example, here are 4 O'Reilly [...]
Posts in ‘2007’
CILIP: "Re-imagining the Library" Executive Briefing
I've got the great honour of speaking at the CILIP "Re-imagining the Library" Executive Briefing next week, although I'll admit that I'm not looking forward to the journey down to London — getting up at 5am always disagrees with me, plus my body will think it's lunch time at 9am! I remember reading a librarian's [...]
"I'm in the mood for watching a film about…"
Via this post on Lorcan Dempsey's blog, I noticed that the Internet Movie Database now has genre keywords and tag clouds. For example, library brings up a cloud where murder appears to be the largest tag. The list of films matching the chosen facet(s) is ordered by rating, so you get instant recommendations for whatever [...]
"Welcome to LibraryQuest…"
I had a really good meeting with Iman and Andrew Wilson (from Huddersfield based Blink) on Friday morning to see if we can set up a new project that combines the library with all (or some) of the following: gaming, RFID, serendipity, attracting non-users, improving book findability, and generally having fun. Blink have done some [...]
Creatures of the night
Those who know us well will know that we get a lot of wildlife around (and sometimes inside) our house, some of which appears in this Flickr set. In recent months, a pair of tawny owls (Wikipedia/RSPB) have taken to hunting in a patch of woodland opposite our house. In fact, one of their favourite [...]
Tilt-Shifting
Whilst browsing through images tagged with "hitchcock" on Flickr, I came across this image by Paul Szynol: My initial reaction was "that's a cool scale model" and then I started reading the comments… my mind boggled when I realised it wasn't a model, but a real photograph that's undergone a process called "tilt-shift" (which is [...]
Librarians as books – part 3
I've tweaked the code to try and improve the final image (more info below), and here's the latest batch… Peter (largest version) Ruth Kneale (Random Musings from the Desert) (largest version) (largest version) Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes) (largest version) (largest version)
Librarians as books – part 2
Here's a few more… By the way, if anyone would like an image "bookifying" then feel free to email it to me: email[at]daveyp.com Stephen Abram (stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com) (largest version – 3,420 book covers) Sarah Houghton-Jan (librarianinblack.typepad.com) (largest version – 4,680 book covers) Casey Bisson (www.maisonbisson.com) (largest version – 2,700 book covers) Meredith Farkas (meredith.wolfwater.com) (largest version [...]
Librarians as books – part 1
…or should it be "books as librarians"? Anyway, some more playing around with book covers and average colours… Michael Stephens (www.tametheweb.com) (largest version – 3,720 book covers) Stephen Abram (stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com) (largest version – 2,460 book covers) (largest version – 2,040 book covers) Kathryn Greenhill (librariansmatter.com/blog/) (largest version – 3,600 book covers) Hopefully the people who [...]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night…
As reported at the Gordian Knot, Pat Sommers (CEO, SirsiDynix) has resigned. I don't think we were expecting Pat to come to the joint EUUG & Dynix User Group Conference in Barcelona, but it will be interesting to see if anyone from Vista attends. The conference programme is shaping up nicely, so I'm looking forward [...]