ange fitzpatrick: the ubiquitous librarian

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thewikiman strikes again! Extensive research that includes gin, cardigans and LOLcats, but wisely avoids sexual deviance and beards. Candidates I’d offer for ‘The Great Library Stereotypometer- The Revenge’ include folk dancing and real ale. 

For tumblr-folk outside the UK, this might be the first time you’ve looked at Ned’s blog, if so it’s well worth delving deeper. His posts on getting prezi right and presenting skills are must-reads in my book.

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WordPress: Now Powering 50 Million Blogs

Each month, there are around 287 million people accounting for 2.5 billion pageviews on WordPress.com blogs, reading posts that are written in over 120 languages. English accounts for the two-thirds of all written posts, with Spanish and Portuguese in second and third respectively.

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Wow, an average of half a million new posts per day; great news for Wordpress, but I do wonder how many of the blogs are active.

Extra Credit

WordPress Powers 50 Million Blogs, How It Do That?- Brothersoft

WordPress Statistics: 50 Million Blogs Now Powered By WordPress- Stat Spotting

From the brilliant cambridgenoir:

At Granchester Orchard I found my quarry had eluded me once again; but I was gaining on him. The deck chair was warm, and the scone crumbs fresh.

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Outside World - Real Life 2.0

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The New Anatomy of a Librarian – Stephen’s Lighthouse

I may be in the 75% age group, but I wear the glasses of a 20 year old- can’t be all bad!

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