[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #158: Reflecting and projecting

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #158: Reflecting and projecting*

December 30, 2009


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries./

*Here, we sum up the last year and as a bonus, give you a glimpse of 2010.*

Twitter isn't going away, and 2009 seems to have set that in stone.  
OPLIN follows a few libraries on Twitter, but it's certain that we are 
missing some. Follow us <http://twitter.com/OPLIN> so we can follow 
you!  Twitter articles of interest: 2009 As Seen Through Twitter 
Hashtags <http://mashable.com/2009/12/26/twitter-year-review/%20%20>  
and How Twitter Conquered the World in 2009 
<http://mashable.com/2009/12/25/twitter-2009/>.

Is your library on YouTube yet? YouTube in 2009:  One Video That Ruled 
Them All 
<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_in_2009_one_video_that_ruled_them_all.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader>

To sum up 2009 technology, here are the Best and Worst Tech Gadgets of 
2009 
<http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1125_gift_guide_best_worst_tech/index.htm> 
from Business Week Magazine.

*And now for 2010:*

    * Be sure to check out 8 Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2010
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/8_mobile_technologies_to_watch_in_2009_2010.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=fe%20ed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader%20and%20Mobile%20Advertising:%205%20Things%20You%20Need%20to%20Know%20to%20Succeed%20in%202010%20http://mashable.com/2009/12/29/mobile-advertising/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader>
    * 8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/8_things_every_geek_needs_to_do_before_2010.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=fe%20ed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader>
    * Technology Predictions 2010
      <http://technobabble2dot0.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/technology-predictions-2010/>
      from TechnoBabble
    * 2010 Predictions
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2010_predictions.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Bloglines>
      from ReadWriteWeb

/*Cool fact from the 4Cast:*
In summing up the past decade, the New York Times offered this: 
Picturing the Past 10 Years 
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/27/opinion/28opchart.html>.
Bonus link:  Care to guess the Single Most Innovative Product of the 
Decade 
<http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/12/28/crunchgear-presents-single-most-innovative-product-of-the-decade/>?/

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations&  Support
P: 1-888-966-7546
www.oplin.org

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