Pfishing and other scams

How timely. I used to say that I have never had any problem with identity theft.
That is until last month.

And it wasn't via my pc or at a credit card reader.

I pay my cable bill directly through the cable using the digital cable box and my remote.
You select a 'customer account channel' and fill in the info. I have been doing this for two years using my bank atm card. Last month however, about two hours after I paid the cable bill, I went to the bank website to check to ensure that transaction registered...and lo and behold there was another online purchase showing. In that short time, someone...somehow had secured the card info.

I am not sure what made me think to check my balance so quickly...I shudder to think how much damage they could have done with the card info for, say 24 hours. I shut the card off immediately. Next step was to call the cable company who seemed very unconcerned about it!
Saying, they would look into it. (That was two weeks ago, and no response.)
Obviously, there is someone there who is dishonest OR they have a network security problem.
Needless to say, I will no longer be paying using this method.

Growing, Learning, Evolving

Learn 2.1, Librarians as Learning Leaders, Professional Development opportunites with ALA; there's a plethora of opportunities for learning here at OCLS.

But it doesn't stop there. We are experimenting with eHow.com to share our knowledge with others. Online learning is rapidly spreading, and we need to be there.

I am always amazed at not only the quantity of information on the web, but the increasing level of quality. Last season, I mentioned how I got explicit (and simple) repair instructions for a washing machine malf.

I am finding that I am doing a lot more on my smartphone as well. More and more sites are being presented in mobi formats...including PapaJohns. All I need to do is bring up my favorites, click a couple radioboxes and the pie is ready on my way home.

Getting caught up

Wow, the holidays sure caused me to get behind in my blog.

While reading through the early December topics (re: Library 2.0) I recalled the evening that Helen Thomas graced a full audience in Library Central with her presence.

I spoke with her afterwards and she (at 87) has no plans of slowing down. "What would I do?" she asked when posed with a question about possible retirement. She's one spunky lady. And this photo was uploaded to the Orlando Memory History section.

Programs like this are vital to the community and I was proud to see the Library step up and offer this to our residents.

Can't wait to see her grill the new president.