June 4, 2010 It’s hard enough to get kids thinking about ‘summer reading’ when kids are gearing up to break loose from school for fun in the sun, but this cool idea prompting families into libraries to check out freebie ‘staycations’ is brilliant. You know how local attractions sometimes offer ‘free admission days’ that turn into hordes of over-crowded frenzied folks … [Read more...]
Refreshing Media Mashup: Using Library Cards for Freebie Fun!
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Will Internet Ads Become The Leaf Blowers Of Digital Media?
May 21, 2009 Seguing from the clever Google search logos and their homepage fun to this one at left from "Ask"...I must "ask" dear readers...Who would like to join me in a childish, lip-fluttering raspberry on behalf of ad creep and product proliferation? I mean, c'mon, really...selling off your own homepage search screen to blitz tomorrow’s premiere of Night at the Museum … [Read more...]
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