Well, the day is here – it is “officially” the last day of the RootsTech Connect conference, the global family history event put on by FamilySearch. In years past, the conference has been a popular in-person event. I have not been able to attend in person, but I avidly followed along each year #NotAtRootsTech, trying […]
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This weekend, I was pleased to have the opportunity to present as part of a special programming event of the Middle Tennessee Genealogy Society. We had a session yesterday afternoon loosely based on the concept of a roadshow/roundtable. Our session featured 4 major concepts; presenters were at 4 tables covering the following subjects: Computers in
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I have been wanting to learn how to use Google Hangouts on Air (HOA) for web presentations for awhile now. In my last post, I even shared a short test video so that I could get some initial practice on how it all works. Well, I’ve been quite busy testing the past few days and
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For my professional work I am a knowledge management information specialist. That means I help people manage and organize information. It is clear to me that I was meant to do this for I LOVE to work with and organize information. With the explosion that occurred this past weekend with RootsTech I saw an opportunity
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Yesterday I posted details on how to follow along to the Tools of Change in Publishing conference hosted by O’Reilly Media. Books + technology is their focus. Well, I realized last night that there is another conference I wish to keep my eye on – Educause. This group is about Education + technology. EDUCAUSE is
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Over the weekend, many of us were busy online tweeting & blogging about (as well as following along) to all the events at RootsTech. I personally spent hours reading about all the great things going on. On Tuesday, another conference starts that some of my geneabuddies & library friends may be interested in – the
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The upcoming RootsTech conference is beginning to get blogged & tweeted about quite a bit. Official RootsTech bloggers have been announced and I’m looking forward to following along in the conversation. However, what do I do when I have to work all day and can’t follow along the Twitter feed like I hope? I
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Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, is a keynote speaker at the upcoming RootsTech 2011 conference. I’m planning a couple of posts within the next 14 days or so around the Internet Archive, so this seemed especially appropriate to post about him. As he, I too am a librarian, and I am absolutely
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