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Fail!lab
technology, libraries and the future!
	Luddites, Trumpism and Change: A crossroads for libraries
&#8220;Globalization is a proxy for technology-powered capitalism, which tends to reward fewer and fewer members of society.&#8221; &#8211; Om Malik Corner someone and they will react. We may be seeing this across the world as change, globalization, technology and economic dislocation force more and more people into the corner of benefit-nots. They are reacting out [&#8230;]
	Is 3D Printing Dying?
Inc.&#8217;s John Brandon recently wrote about The Slow, Sad, and Ultimately Predictable Decline of 3D Printing. Uh, not so fast. 3D Printing is just getting started. For libraries whose adopted mission is to introduce people to emerging technologies, this is a fantastic opportunity to do so. But it has to be done right. Another dead [&#8230;]
	The State of the Library Website
T&#8217;was a time when the Library Website was an abomination. Those dark days have lightened significantly. But new clouds have appeared on the horizon. Darkest Before the Dawn In the dark ages of Library Websites, users suffered under UX regimes that were rigid, unhelpful and confusing. This was before responsive design became a standard in [&#8230;]
	Virtual Realty is Getting Real in the Library
My library just received three Samsung S7 devices with Gear VR goggles. We put them to work right away. The first thought I had was: Wow, this will change everything. My second thought was: Wow, I can&#8217;t wait for Apple to make a VR device! The Samsung Gear VR experience is grainy and fraught with [&#8230;]
	W3C’s CSS Framework Review
I&#8217;m a longtime Bootstrap fan, but recently I cheated on my old framework. Now I&#8217;m all excited by the W3C&#8217;s new framework. Like Bootstrap, the W3C&#8217;s framework comes with lots of nifty utilities and plug and play classes and UI features. Even if you have a good CMS, you&#8217;ll find many of their code libraries [&#8230;]
	AI First
Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the “device” to fade away. Over time, the computer itself—whatever its form factor—will be an intelligent assistant helping you through your day. We will move from mobile first to an AI first world. Google Founder&#8217;s Letter, April 2016 My Library [&#8230;]
	Google Analytics and Privacy
Collecting web usage data through services like Google Analytics is a top priority for any library. But what about user privacy? Most libraries (and websites for that matter) lean on Google Analytics to measure website usage and learn about how people access their online content. It&#8217;s a great tool. You can learn about where people [&#8230;]
	The L Word
I&#8217;ve been working with my team on a vision document for what we want our future digital library platform to look like. This exercise keeps bringing us back to defining the library of the future. And that means addressing the very use of the term, &#8216;Library.&#8217; When I first exited my library (and information science) [&#8230;]
	Locking Down Windows
I&#8217;ve recently moved Back to Windows for my desktop computing. But Windows 10 comes with enormous privacy and security issues that people need to take into account&#8230;and get under a semblance of control. Here&#8217;s how I did it. There has been much written on this subject, so what I&#8217;m including here is more of a [&#8230;]
	Killer Apps & Hacks for Windows 10
Did the UX people at Microsoft ever test Windows 10? Here are some must have apps and hacks I&#8217;ve found to make life on Windows 10 quick and easy. Set Hotkeys for Apps Sometimes you just want to launch an app from your keyboard. Using a method on Laptopmag.com, you can do this for most [&#8230;]