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DATE/TIME: Oct 23 2012 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Community Room, Princeton Public Library
Technologists John LeMasney and Khürt Williams will debate the merits of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS mobile device operating systems, respectively. Trying to decide between a Droid-powered phone/tablet or an iPhone/iPad running iOS5? After what promises to be a spirited discussion between these two experts, the pros and cons of each operating system should be clearer. Community Room
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Part 1: Monday October 15 from 6:30 to 8:30
Part 2: Monday October 22 from 6:30 to 8:30
LOCATION: Technology Center, Princeton Public Library
Interested in creating your own blog? In this two-part course, social media and technology expert John LeMasney will teach how to start and manage a blog for free through WordPress. Prior web design experience is not needed. Skill Level: Basic Seating will be held for students who attended Session 1.
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On April 19th, 2012, I stopped drinking. I also began paying attention to my health in other ways. The urge to change came with a debilitating four-day downtime, in which I was hardly able to walk, had lots of time to think and process my life as it was, and decided that I was going to either change or die.
Today, exactly six months later, I’ve learned a lot. Here are some of the things that I’ve learned.
So, I just wanted to leave this note to say thank you to all the wonderful people who have helped me to celebrate these last six months, and that it has been a genuinely great start to the rest of my life, whatever that may bring.
Aristotle said “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
I love this quote. I love the open-mindedness of it, and I think of myself as educated, open to new ideas, and considerate of other points of view.
It is commonly accepted etiquette that one should never discuss sex, money, religion or politics in polite company.
There is a conflict for me between these two ideas: the acceptance of alternative ideas and the avoidance of alternative views.
I conversed with a new acquaintance this past weekend that left me drained within 15-20 minutes of our first conversation. I started out the conversation standing, then sitting, then lounging, then laying down, and it was mostly that I tired of being weighed down with what I viewed as nonsense being presented as fact. In the very short discussion, which touched upon the topics of artificial intelligence, computer based emotion, intelligent design, nature as religion, human nature, man-made vs. natural, humanism, addiction, belief, faith, and trees, I found myself defending facts against ideas, emotion, and opinion.
To say I did not enjoy the conversation is not entirely true, but I don’t want to ever do it in the same way again. It wavered with contradiction, loosely supported ‘truths’, anonymous statistics and studies without citation or source, and a metric ton of assumption and prediction. Worse yet, these were on both sides of the argument. I should have been more ready to defend my views with conviction.
You can have your beliefs, but please don’t trample mine in the process of sharing yours. In the mean time, I will do a better job of preparing the defense of my beliefs.
So in this video, Brian and I talk about a few important topics, including customer service, retail operations and service, and caring about your work environment. What does this have to do with health and calories? Everything. Talking about physical health so often excludes mental health, and having a good or bad shopping experience can greatly alter one’s mental health for a time. If food outlets, retail operations, and even educational institutions considered the real, unaltered experiences of their customers, really felt the pain of the transaction, they would know exactly the ways in which they must change. I can not believe that any Best Buy manager that cared about improving sales would go through the recent experience that I had (described in the video above), where I went from a real joy of the purchase, to a feeling of personal disregard, to an open anger about the way that I was treated as a customer, and not change the operation at a very basic level to improve the outcomes. My health includes my mental health, and I will now actively avoid Best Buy to keep it.
“This two-part webinar will introduce you to Pinterest, the explosively popular free visual bookmarking service. In Session One, Pinterest experts John LeMasney and Hilary Morris will introduce you to the service, showcase how others are using it effectively and share their savviest tips to help you get started following, pinning, & liking pins yourself! In a highly-interactive Session Two, we will discuss your experiences in the few weeks that have passed, answer questions about your practice, and discuss strategies for future pinboard improvement. By attending this two-part webinar series, you can expect to: Gain new insights into your library’s audience. Generate content for library’s social networking and blogging practices Connect with highly engaged, tech-savvy users in your local and online community. Expand your library’s brand placement and presence as well as other related brands. Increase visibility and reach among your target audiences. Define your library brand’s visual elements far beyond the logo. Registration Information Limit: 100 Register online by using the link below. Link to Online Registration – Login Notice: You MUST log in first to see the online registration link. Only Authenticated Users (who have a LibraryLinkNJ Website user account) can register for any event or program. Use “User Login” on the left side menu or at https://librarylinknj.org/user. If you have not yet created your account, go to ” quoted from FREE Webinar: Pinterest: Community Engagement Through Visual Bookmarking | LibraryLinkNJ at https://librarylinknj.org/content/free-webinar-pinterest-community-engagement-through-visual-bookmarking
John LeMasney to defend Android vs. iOS tonight at Princeton Public Library
