[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #136: Google Wave, Hunch and Let Simon Decide, Let's read, Nomee

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #136:
Google Wave, Hunch and Let Simon Decide, Let's read, Nomee
*June 4, 2009


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

  /

1. Google Wave - This open application will be available later this 
year.  Here's a sneak peek.

    * VIDEO: Google Wave Developer Preview
      <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%2Fview%2F%3Fhl%3Den%26tab%3Dwy&feature=player_embedded>
    * Google Wave: Our First Hands-On Impressions
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_wave_our_first_hands-on_impressions.php>
    * Hands-on with Wave: Weird and quite wonderful
      <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10255402-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware>
    * A Curmudgeonly Look at Google Wave
      <http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4400.html>

2. Don't trust your gut?  Try Hunch or Let Simon Decide.

    * Hunch Inc. Fact Sheet <http://www.hunch.com/fact-sheet/>
    * Hunch: Flickr Founder to Turn Indecision into Profits
      <http://mashable.com/2009/03/28/hunch/>
    * Let Somon Decide: Decisions made easy <http://www.letsimondecide.com/>
    * Hand Off Life's Big Decisions to Science; Let Simon Decide
      <http://mashable.com/2009/05/06/let-simon-decide/>

3. Let's read!  Besides being able to find info about books and authors 
at about:books <http://aboutbooks.info/>, you can also check out these 
sites.

    * Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter
      <http://mashable.com/2009/05/08/twitter-authors/>
    * Preparing to Sell E-Books, Google Takes on Amazon
      <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html?ref=media>
    * In the era of the Espresso machine, will bookstores turn into POD
      publishers? And perhaps try e-books, too?
      <http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/03/in-the-era-of-the-espresso-machine-will-bookstores-turn-into-pod-publishers-and-perhaps-try-e-books-too/>
    * Scribd Store: YouTube for Documents Becomes iTunes for Documents
      <http://mashable.com/2009/05/18/scribd/>

4. Nomee <http://nomee.com/> is "Not another social site, nomee is the 
tool that helps manage them all."

    * Nomee Is An All-In-One Social Networking Aggregator And RSS Feed
      <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/01/nomee-is-an-all-in-one-social-networking-aggregator-and-rss-feed/>
    * Nomee Introduces New Social Aggregation Software
      <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/nomee_introduces_new_social_aggregation_software.php>
    * Nomee Beta
      <http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,77627-order,3/description.html>
    * Do you nomee?
      <http://blog.mikenimer.com/index.cfm/2009/3/26/Do-you-nomee-or-my-new-job>

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
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