Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 38 – Cyberpunk Actual
Sometimes you need an eBook, article, musical track, movie, or something like that. Sometimes that thing isn’t available through the normal channels. You’ve tried, but you just can’t put your hands on it. The system is letting you down. Facing a time crunch, trying to help, you need to go outside and around the system….
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 37 – Dead Trees and Graphite
Awww yiss, chummers! Cyberpunk Librarian is back from an unexpected hiatus with a new show about notebooks! Wait, notebook computers? No, paper notebooks! But there is a tech twist to my notational madness as we get into how to keep a notebook where you can actually find the information you wrote down, even if it’s…
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 36 – GTD With the CL
After an unexpected hiatus, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a show on Getting Things Done! Discover the tools, tips, and tricks for getting the job done and not working so hard to do it! Links Getting Things Done by David Allen – The book that started it all. How to be Productive and Get…
Intragalactic Librarian – Episode 02 – Collection Development
Join Skylar and Jessica in episode two of Intragalactic Librarian! After the events of the last episode (Other Duties as Assigned), Skylar and Jessica decide to pay a visit to the offices of the Galactic Public Library and Information Centre for a little meeting with Chauncery. It ain’t gonna be pretty…. Sound Effects Power Down…
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 35 – Marky Markdown and the Funky Bunch
Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in a plain text editor and easily share it online! It’s easy to learn and easy to use and will change the way you look at plain text! Correction: In…
Intragalactic Librarian – Episode 01 – Other Duties as Assigned
Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for a new show about high adventure in deep space… with librarians! This is Intragalactic Librarian: The Adventures of Skylar and Jessica! A retro sci-fi story harkening back to the days of pulp magazines and bad radio drama. The podcast carries an explicit tag for some of the language…
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 34 – What I Use: OS X
Drink the Kool Aid, or take a bite of the Apple, or something like that! Dan gets into the nitty gritty of how he gets it done on his MacBook and what he uses on a regular basis! Links Online Firefox (open source) Reeder Microsoft Remote Desktop Transmission (open source) Multimedia Creation Pixelmator GarageBand Logic…
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 33 – Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds
Putting stuff in the cloud? That’s fine. Getting more out of your cloud storage than just a dumping ground for stuff? That’s even better! Dan offers up a couple of ideas on how to get something extra from your cloud storage solutions!
Cyberpunk Librarian – Special Episode – Presentation at the 2015 Innovative Users Group
Join Dan for a special, highly technical episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he presents a talk at the 2015 Innovative Users Group conference in Minneapolis, MN! Links My slidedeck Music Quantum Leaper, feat. Lady Parsec by Azureflex HyperSpaceAdventure by Skip Belly Dance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 32 – Picture This
Discover sources of free, public domain and Creative Commons images you can use for your library’s website, print pieces, or social media! Dan navigates you through the world of images and how to stay on the right side of your library’s ethics policies. Links Pixabay Albumarium Compfight The yoga image I selected from Pixabay. Tokyo…