Cyberpunk Librarian

Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for another episode of Cyberpunk Librarian! On this episode we talk about sub-reddits and recommend a bunch of them for your library, technology, educational, and informational needs! Links MetaReddit – Discover new subreddits and find one to suit your interests! Library •    http://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/LibraryScience/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/bookporn/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/books/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/CoolCovers/ Tech •    http://www.reddit.com/r/windows/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/osx/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/ios •    http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/linux •    http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu •    http://www.reddit.com/r/kde Science •    http://www.reddit.com/r/space/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/ •    http://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/ History •    http://www.reddit.com/r/history/ •  

Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, as he discusses the ways, the means, and the reasons for taking back control of your data. Do you really need a cloud based solution? Maybe not! And even if you do, make sure you get the right thing for your needs. Links OwnCloud – It’s like Dropbox for your own server Setting up OwnCloud on GoDaddy – I’ve done it, and it’s not hard; especially if you know how to make MySQL databases work with websites. BitTorrent Sync – Using torrents to sync your data with yourself and your friends. SyncThing – Like BitTorrent Sync, but open source. Vienna – Standalone RSS reader for OS X NetNewsWire – Another standalone RSS reader for OS X Liferea – Standalone RSS reader for Linux Akregator – Standalone RSS reader for KDE (Also Linux, but specifically for KDE.) RSSOwl – Cross platform, Java based RSS reader. Brief – A RSS reader add-on for Firefox. Also a cross platform solution that integrates right into your browser. AlternativeTo – There are other solu

What makes my everyday list of things that I use? From my phone to my computer there are certain apps and hardware that I use every single day to get things done and make projects happen! Links My operating system of choice: Firefox Evernote (My commonplace book) LibreOffice GIMP Spotify Pocket Casts VLC Audacity Dropbox and Google Drive aText text expander Timely Any.do XiiaLive Pro Music Kevin Bryce – A Flashback for Mr. Computer Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

This time around Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, talks about some of his favourite podcasts! Links 99% Invisible Bad Voltage Hello Internet Knightwise.com MacBreak Weekly Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project Ihnatko Almanac The Linux Action Show and Linux Unplugged Welcome to Night Vale Windows Weekly Music The Polish Ambassador – Journey to the Center of Jah Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

Join Dan, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for an episode on what happens and what to do when things go down. No, not computers. What do you do when there’s going to be a fight and you’re going to be one of the participants? It’s a problem some librarians face, and there are ways to deal with things when the smile and the empathy doesn’t defuse the situation. Links Black Belt Librarian Don’t Talk to the Police (Without a Lawyer) Music The Polish Ambassador – My Time Machine Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

This week, the Cyberpunk Librarian takes a look at running a state-wide digital book initiative using FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and Dropbox. The costs are low and the reward is high on this episode of Cyberpunk Librarian. Links WordPress – Blogging, CMS, extra wonderful, totally easy. Contact Form 7 – A contact form plugin for WordPress, yet so much more. Dropbox – Save everything to the cloud. Send To Dropbox – Send everything to the cloud! LibreOffice – Because Microsoft Office is way too expensive for what it is. Writer2ePub – Create ePubs with ease using this plug in for LibreOffice. Calibre – Like iTunes for eBooks, but works far better than iTunes. Music Ample Mammal – Spacecrunkadelix Part 2 Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

Welcome to the sixth episode of Cyberpunk Librarian! Join Dan as he talks about using AutoHotkey for scripting your way out of boring, repetitive tasks! Make your life easier by investing a couple of hours in writing code and saving days of work down the road. Links AutoHotkey AutoHotkey Documentation – Well written and you can figure things out on the fly! SciTE4AutoHotkey – An editor for AutoHotkey. Though you can write AHK scripts in Notepad, this editor does code highlighting and collapsing. Great for developers who like that sort of thing. Cyberpunk Librarian on Github Music Ant the Symbol – The Quiet Ones Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

Do you know how to use your tools? I mean, really? You should learn how to use everything you use and learn how to use it all well. You’ll make your life, and your job, easier and hey, you might become a mentor. Join Dan for Episode 5 and find out how! Music Deltason – Ground Loop Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

Confused by STEM? What does STEM even mean? Is it different from STEAM? Oh man, librarians love their acronyms, don’t they? Check out this episode where we talk about STEM and introduce some great videos to get you started! Links The Brady Haran Videos – Just, seriously just watch all of them! Vsauce | Vsauce2 | Vsauce3 Vi Hart SmarterEveryDay CGP Grey MinutePhysics Music Dmitriy Krotevich – Dope Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu

Fire up your public and staff computers with elementary OS! It’s pretty, easy to use, and people won’t think they’re getting some cheap-o operating system. Thanks for checking out out the show! Share it with your friends and help the show grow! Links elementary OS – Get it, you’ll love it! The Linux Action Show covers elementary OS Infinitely Galactic looks at elementary OS Music Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu Psychadelik Pedestrian – Memories

The Cyberpunk Librarian returns to talk about a bookmark aggregator that can be yours and yours alone. It’s simple to use, easy to install, so why not share with Shaarli? Thanks for tuning in, downloading, and listening to Episode 2 of the show! Tell your geeky friends and your not-so-geeky enemies about it and help the show grow! Links Shaarli – Open source, easy to use bookmark sharing. Total. Awesomesauce. Link Dump – My own Shaarli site, so you can see what this looks like in action! This is the total default set up, but most everything can be customized. Music Ryo Miyashita – Bellydance at Ebisu Koalips – Miranda

Welcome to the relaunch of the Cyberpunk Librarian podcast! I’m back on the airwaves, or at the very least a wireless router or two, with a new podcast that’s pretty similar to the old podcast. As much as I love video and making videos, I find I just don’t have the time right now to roll them out as I’d like to. Meanwhile, I can make a podcast in an hour or so, and that’s start to finish. (Plus a little time to create an outline and stuff, but that can be done over the course of a week.) On this, the first episode of the relaunch, we’re going to talk about writing a book and paying nothing for software! Links Kubuntu Linux – Probably the easiest way to get Linux and KDE. Kate – The text editor for KDE. Comes standard with most installations of KDE. LibreOffice – The free, open source office suite. Writer2ePub – Create ePubs from your documents in LibreOffice Writer. Calibre – eBook management, eBook conversion, and so much more. XFCE – A lightweight desktop for Linux. You can easily get it wit

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