Some of my Favorite Non-Library Blogs

Humor and Personal Blogs:

Cute Overload - cute animal pictures. Here is an example:

I can haz cheezburger - cute animal pictures with funny captions - these can cheer you up! Here is one:


moar humorous pics

Confessions of a Pioneer Woman - beautiful ranching photos, recipes, humorous stories
Here is my favorite picture from this blog:


User Friendly - comic strip about computer programmers and some political humor

Misc. :

Lifehacker - technology tricks and general life tips
Bargainist - sales, coupons, and special deals from major stores

Environmental Scanning for Librarians

Librarians should keep up with new trends in society and technology, so that we can plan for the future.

Here are some good blogs for environmental scanning:

Docuticker - new research studies and statistics on everything
Teleread - what is new with ebooks and ebook readers
Massively - all the news about virtual worlds (like Second Life) and massive multiplayer online games (mmos)
GigaOm - general technology news
Mashable- social networking news
Read Write Web - web technology news