Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, April 25, 2019 What is Lynda.com? Here’s the description that OCPL gives: “Lynda.com is an extensive collection of award-winning online courses and video tutorials to help you learn business, technical and creative skills. Achieve your…
Apps You Didn’t Think Existed but Might Find Useful
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, March 28, 2019 It’s become a cliché that for anything you’d like to do “There’s an App for That.”®1 At the same time, the slogan is often true. This month’s tech program will present apps…
Phone Scams
You may have gotten “sales” calls that caller ID showed as coming from your own neighborhood (or not too far away) but turned out not to be from the number that was shown. Perhaps you called that number to give…
Fanfiction, Story Sharing Sites, and Online Samizdat
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, February 28, 2019 This month’s tech program will explore sites and apps for those who want to read literature that might not yet be ready for prime-time but that still might be just the thing…
Cutting the cord
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, January 24, 2019 The question of whether one can cancel cable TV comes up more and more. Though the answer still seems to be “It depends,” the venues for finding online video entertainment, documentaries, and…
Niche News and the Blogosphere
From Language Log to KnitHacker Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, December 27, 2018 Aside from seeing pictures and videos of cute dogs or cats, what do people expect from the Internet? One thing they want is solutions to problems, whether…
Online Book Clubs
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, November 29, 2018 Often after you’ve read a book that you really enjoyed, you want to discuss it with other people who’ve also read it. That impulse has long been one of the motives people…
Staying Secure Online
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, October 25, 2018 This month’s program will introduce various apps, techniques, and habits that can help keep your online life as safe as it can be on an inherently unsafe internet. The lack of safety…
The Taming of Google
Search Engine Tips and Tricks Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, September 27, 2018 The rumors of the death of the reference librarian have been greatly exaggerated. Just as electronic books have killed neither paper books nor the libraries that provide…
Finding Job and Career Information Online
Maxwell’s Tech Program for Thursday, August 23, 2018 The more things change, the more they stay the same. French proverb Whatever the world is, today, good and bad together, that is what Gutenberg’s invention has made it: for from that…