Comments on: The Salmon of Dubious Technology http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/01/03/the-salmon-of-dubious-technology/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 18 May 2013 18:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: madeline kelly http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/01/03/the-salmon-of-dubious-technology/#comment-5502 madeline kelly Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:41:59 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2897#comment-5502 If you are over 35 but have kids (a not untypical boomer parenting situation) the rubric doesn’t necessarily hold as you see the “new technology” through their eyes.

]]> By: J Barlow http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/01/03/the-salmon-of-dubious-technology/#comment-5496 J Barlow Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:16:14 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2897#comment-5496 This is true, and makes me think of a carton by the Spanish political cartoonist El Roto, which can be seen here:

http://retalls.seminaritaifa.org/2010/12/12/ordre-i-desordre/

Order: What there is
Disorder: Any modification on the former

]]> By: maria http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/01/03/the-salmon-of-dubious-technology/#comment-5486 maria Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:45:05 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2897#comment-5486 I love this observation! I most definitely find there are many on staff that feel the newest technological advances are “against the natural order of things.” Meanwhile, my two and 1/2 year old granddaughter can operate any of the 90 apps on my iPad.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/01/03/the-salmon-of-dubious-technology/#comment-5485 Rosemary Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:56:28 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2897#comment-5485 I find myself struggling with this occasionally. When we added video games to the collection I had to remind myself how excited I was when I was a teenager and the library started purchasing CDROMs. I’m still not convinced video games are a good idea, but at least I can see the reasoning. :D

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