Cyberpunk Librarian

Turn on, tune in, and chill out as Dan takes you on a trip through the sounds of ambient and space music! Put your mind at rest, lay back, and let the sound flow over and around you. Relax and get more done thanks to the soundscapes and cosmic wonder of ambient music. Dan delivers...

Almost everybody who uses a computer winds up typing something sooner or later. Heck, Dan is typing this… right now… on a computer! So join him for a show about getting more out of typing with text expansion! YouTube Listen on YouTube Links Text Expander from Smile Software for macOS aText for macOS PhraseExpress –...

Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Do you have to do repetitive tasks on your computer? Gotta do the same thing over and over again, week in and week out? Weren’t computers supposed to make this job easier? Join Dan as he dives into the problems he’s faced with repetitive jobs and how he automated his way...

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian as he digs deeper into the topic of Minecraft and helps the uninitiated get themselves up to speed! After all, you might want to do some Minecraft things at your library, but what do you do when your co-workers don’t know a diamond pick from a Creeper’s behind? You can start...

When things stop working and computers break, you need a trouble ticketing system to get the problems in the hands of the professionals! Join Dan for a ride with eTicket, a FOSS help desk system for everyone! YouTube Listen on YouTube Links eTicket Help Desk Software – A FOSS trouble ticket system running on LAMP....

Dive into the awesome, portable Raspberry PirateBox, a version of the classic PirateBox running on a Raspberry Pi! Dan’s got the information and the ideas to get you started on your own PirateBox project! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links PirateBox – Begin at the beginning. Raspberry PirateBox – Build a PirateBox from...

It’s laid back, it’s musical, it’s story time! Dan takes a break and reads a couple of chapters from his new book, Digital Outback: Cyberpunk and Culture on the Edge of the Net. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Digital Outback – Available on Amazon and DRM free. Feel free to convert as...

Scientists recently discovered gravitational waves and Dan gets atomic with the Atom text editor from GitHub! Let’s talk about writing simply, so you can simply write what you need to write. It’s simple, and with Atom, it’s beautiful. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links ImageMagick – Go hardcore and make images from the...

The Cyberpunk Librarian returns with a show about new year’s goals and self improvement! Find out what he’s got on the agenda for 2016 and stay tuned throughout the year to see how he’s doing with his resolutions! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Hearing Voices: Librarian Produced Podcasts – A feature in...

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and dive into the weird world of the Integrated Library System. Sometimes, librarians are called on to help set up libraries for small organizations, non-profits, and schools. There’s rarely a lot of money to throw at an ILS so, if you’re looking for free, open source alternatives, Dan’s got your back....

From the frozen north of Flagstaff, AZ — the Cyberpunk Librarian talks digital signage and setting it up at your library! Join Dan for a special episode of the show, recorded live during his talk at the 2015 Arizona Library Association Annual Conference! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Music and Sound New Life...

Sometimes you need an eBook, article, musical track, movie, or something like that. Sometimes that thing isn’t available through the normal channels. You’ve tried, but you just can’t put your hands on it. The system is letting you down. Facing a time crunch, trying to help, you need to go outside and around the system....

Awww yiss, chummers! Cyberpunk Librarian is back from an unexpected hiatus with a new show about notebooks! Wait, notebook computers? No, paper notebooks! But there is a tech twist to my notational madness as we get into how to keep a notebook where you can actually find the information you wrote down, even if it’s...

After an unexpected hiatus, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a show on Getting Things Done! Discover the tools, tips, and tricks for getting the job done and not working so hard to do it! Links Getting Things Done by David Allen – The book that started it all. How to be Productive and Get...

Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in a plain text editor and easily share it online! It’s easy to learn and easy to use and will change the way you look at plain text! Correction: In...

Drink the Kool Aid, or take a bite of the Apple, or something like that! Dan gets into the nitty gritty of how he gets it done on his MacBook and what he uses on a regular basis! Links Online Firefox (open source) Reeder Microsoft Remote Desktop Transmission (open source) Multimedia Creation Pixelmator GarageBand Logic...

Putting stuff in the cloud? That’s fine. Getting more out of your cloud storage than just a dumping ground for stuff? That’s even better! Dan offers up a couple of ideas on how to get something extra from your cloud storage solutions!

Join Dan for a special, highly technical episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he presents a talk at the 2015 Innovative Users Group conference in Minneapolis, MN! Links My slidedeck Music Quantum Leaper, feat. Lady Parsec by Azureflex HyperSpaceAdventure by Skip Belly Dance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

Discover sources of free, public domain and Creative Commons images you can use for your library’s website, print pieces, or social media! Dan navigates you through the world of images and how to stay on the right side of your library’s ethics policies. Links Pixabay Albumarium Compfight The yoga image I selected from Pixabay. Tokyo...

We carry this wonderful computer around in our pockets, but we don’t really use it as much as we could! Join Dan as he spends a week living without a tablet and relying on his smartphone for his on-the-go computer! Links Recirculated: Circulating Ideas Transcripts – Help make Circulating Ideas available to a wider audience...

The Cyberpunk Librarian podcast turns 30! (Well, 30 episodes.) Join Dan for something different and fun, an original story time done in the style of a radio show. It’s pulp sci-fi with a library twist as we blast off with Intragalactic Librarian! Side note: I’ve marked this episode as explicit because of a bit of...

When it’s your job to provide access to information for everyone, why not do the same about your job? Join Dan as he talks about how he keeps his coworkers up to date on what he’s doing! Links Phrase Express – Text expansion software for Windows. Evernote – Notes, online collaboration, awesome usefulness. Dynchronize –...

On this episode of Cyberpunk Librarian, Dan talks Minecraft and how you can do some cool stuff with it at your library! Links Minecraft – Buy and download the game! Minecraft Server – Because you can have your own world. Install Minecraft Server on Linux Install Minecraft Server on OS X Minecraft Wiki – Everything...

Join Dan for an episode full of tips, tricks, tools, and techniques for creating better graphic design! After all, you don’t want a dumb looking sign in your library! Put some thought into your design and it’ll show in the end result! Links Books worth checking out Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans – Amazon...

Projects at work and projects at home! Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for a look at some of the things he’s working on for money and for fun. Raspberry Pis, LAMPs, Minecraft, and more. After all, busy hands are happy hands! Links KnightWise.com community on Google+ Raspberry Pi Kiosk Screen Tutorial Cherokee Web Server...