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I recently joined Facebook. Have you heard of it? know, I know, that sounds crazy, given that I’m “an Internet guy.” ”  If you search for me on Google, say “ John Battelle Facebook ,” you see that I am already there , and that I have nearly 5000 “friends.” It’s not turning out to be easy. MORE >>

Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson’s new book Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution Is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy is getting a ton of press. But not everyone is fretting about a future of work dominated by machines. innovation, creativity and kindness). MORE >>

I often enjoy the Manager Tools podcasts for their sensible approach to the world of work. One of their recent entries has been on "Project Meeting Reporting" Part 1 and Part 2. Effective managers are really good at managing projects. Projects provide a focus, an attention, that often regular responsibilities don’t. MORE >>

The latest issue (Volume 37, Issue 5) of Journal of Academic Librarianship (homepage [link] ) includes: Heather Sanderson: Using Learning Styles in Information Literacy: Critical Considerations for Librarians (pp376-385) Ben Hunter, Robert Perret: Can Money Buy Happiness? Statistical Analysis of Predictors for User Satisfaction (pp402-408) Ellen I. MORE >>