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I’ve read at Bibliotecários sem Fronteiras (Librarians without borders?) about a public library that changed their categorizing system and will not use the Dewey. They’ll organize the books like a book store, or, in fact, will organize the books  in a more human system. Thinking about usability, Dewey, in my opinion, is for computers, not for people :P

The demise of the century-old Dewey Decimal system is overdue, county librarians say: It’s just too confusing for people to hunt down books using those long strings of numbers and letters. Dewey essentially arranges books by topic and assigns call numbers for each book.

“A lot of times, patrons feel like they’re going to a library and admitting defeat because they don’t understand Dewey Decimal and can’t find the book they’re looking for,” said Marshall Shore, adult service coordinator for the Maricopa County Library District and driving force behind the idea. “People think of books by subject. Very few people say, ‘Oh, I know Dewey by heart.’ “

Libraries are trying to adapt to changing times, experts said, and their success lies in a generation of young people who are more comfy at Borders than libraries.

Link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0530nodewey0530.html

I think it’s amazing and I hope it doesn’t stop here. When I see what Amazon does to help consumers to find their books (of course, Amazon wants to sell books, it’s important that everybody finds them and others that they don’t even imagine), I think we still have a lot to learn with the book stores, nowadays. I think Dewey has one function, that is organizing the contents for the librarians, but for regular people, it doesn’t help a lot…

But, reading the comments in the article, is kind of scaring how many people is against the idea.  That’s why, sometimes, I think the libraries will die. It looks like the librarians are always so afraid of changes or trying something new. And, in a world that we always have something new everyday, it looks like suicide…

This is sooooo nice! I’ve just saw in Tom’s flickr his newest work. Instead of expensive toy arts, that in most of the cases are meaningless, he’s doing nice toys, with recycled objects like water bottles and card boxes, and leaving them on the streets to be found by homeless kids (well, yes, unfortunatly we have many here in São Paulo, and that’s not the solution, but it’s really a kind initiative).

You can find more in his wiki.

A cool office system, designed by Collective4 – a group of industrial design students. At their site you can see the creation process, very cool!

Link: http://collectivefour.blogspot.com/

At Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/collectivefour/

Ou melhor dizendo, no fim da paciência, não? Afinal, quem ainda aguenta continuações? Já foi o Homem-aranha 3 (nesse, pelo menos me diverti). Vem Shrek Terceiro (quase meu parente – mas nem por isso não sei se verei…), semana que vem. E vc se dá conta que a temporada está repleta de continuações. Como apontou o Sergio Dávila esse domingo, na Rev. da Folha, são 14 esta temporada. Todas, de preferência, seguindo a receita do maior, mais comprido, barulhento e cheio de efeitos. Haja.

Sobre os Piratas, eu adorei o primeiro. Vi no cinema e revi muitas e muitas vezes na TV. A graça do filme, claro, era o Johnny Deep, naquele amalucado e adorável Jack Sparrow. E os piratas do mal, seu Barbossa e comparsas, também eram ótimos. No segundo, a história começa a ficar mais enrolada, Jack Sparrow não tem mais tanto espaço, mas vá lá, ainda é divertido.

No terceiro, Jack aparece menos ainda. Aliás, ele mal aparece! O cachê do Johnny Deep aumentou demais, será que foi isso? As tiradas e piadinhas dele, 90% vc já viu no trailer. Tem gente demais, um roteiro embolado e que não anda (imagine, fui no banheiro no meio do filme e quando voltei, ainda estavam na mesma cena!).  Tem uma deusa chamada Calypso (!! – sugestões para as próximas sequencias: Rumba, Salsa…). Tem até momentos mais ”profundos”, como Keith Richards (o pai de Jack) dizendo que difícil mesmo é viver consigo mesmo (!!!). Um desperdício de bons atores, como Bill Nighy, que está lá só para servir de suporte a tentáculos.

 E o pior é que, pelo final do filme, deve vir por ai os Piratas 4. Já estava na hora de usar outra atração na Disney para fazer filme, não?