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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">OPLIN 4Cast #95: Monitoring
productivity,
OpenSocial, OverDrive w/iPods, LibraryThing<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">March 26, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b>1. Can a bigger monitor (or dual monitors!) make you more
productive?</b><br>
>From <i>Lifehacker</i>: "The Wall Street Journal reports on a recent
study
that asked whether more screen real estate gave workers the ability to
do
things faster and better. Workers were given either an 18-inch or
24-inch
monitor, and the researchers found that people using the 24-inch screen
completed the tasks 52% faster than people who used the 18-inch
monitor; people
who used the two 20-inch monitors were 44% faster than those with the
18-inch
ones. There is an upper limit, however: Productivity dropped off again
when
people used a 26-inch screen."</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/make-the-most-of-your-dual-monitors-317479.php">Make
the Most of Your Dual Monitors</a> (Life Hacker)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/03/10/bigger-computer-monitors-more-productivity/">Bigger
Computer Monitors = More Productivity</a> (Wall Street Journal)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/return-of-the-bigger-is-better-argument-261097">Return
of the 'bigger is better' argument</a> (Tech Radar)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://http:/blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/03/10/size_matters_when_it_comes_to_screens.html">Size
matters, when it comes to screens</a> (Guardian)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>2. Playing nicely together: Yahoo, Google, & MySpace working
on
OpenSocial project</b><br>
Online interaction is more productive, and let's face it, more FUN when
you can
EASILY interact with your friends and colleagues across multiple social
websites.<br>
OpenSocial is setting the standard for all of the existing and future
social
networking sites so they can all play nicely together.</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9902585-36.html?tag=nefd.lede">Yahoo,
Google, MySpace form nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation</a> (c|net)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120645799636362569.html">Yahoo
Joins 'OpenSocial' Initiative</a> (Wall Street Journal)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/PBLSHG/idUSWNAS585020080325">Yahoo
supports Google social network applications</a> (Reuters)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/03/the_walls_conti.html">Facebook
says no to OpenSocial, yes to taking your money</a> (Webware)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>3. Speaking of standardizing applications, OverDrive seems to be
working
overtime.<span style=""> </span>Bring on the iPods!</b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6542329.html?rssid=191">OverDrive
Breaks the iPod Barrier for Downloadable Audio</a> (Library Journal)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/03/the_walls_conti.html">The
Walls Continue to Fall Down</a> (Stephen's Lighthouse)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/14/epub-boost-overdrive-announces-global-support-for-new-e-book-standard/">.Epub
boost: ‘OverDrive announces global support for new e-book standard’</a>
(TeleRead)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.overdrive.com/aboutus/getArticle.aspx?newsArticleID=20080319">OverDrive
to Distribute MP3 Audiobooks to Booksellers and Libraries</a>
(Overdrive)</li>
</ul>
<p><b>4. What's that LibraryThing?</b><br>
The 4Cast has briefly touched on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing</a>
in the past, but it's prominently making library news once again now
that Tim
"Metadata Man" Spalding has been named as one of the LJ "Movers
and Shakers".</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88514715">Web
Sites Let Bibliophiles Share Books Virtually</a> (NPR)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/03/twenty-five-million-books.php">Twenty-five
million books!</a> (LibraryThing)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/03/google-book-sea.html">Google
Book Search API: LibraryThing and libraries grab it right up</a>
(LibrarianInBlack)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2008/03/03/librarything-local/">LibraryThing
Local Connects Authors, Venues and Readers</a> (Mashable)<o:p> <br>
</o:p></li>
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