never go home

One of my desks sits in a very dark spot in our IT department.  I’ve tried to decorate a little but I just realized that I don’t even have a photo of my child in my cube (although I do have multiple photos of my dog and his best friend).  My everyday machine is a MacBook Pro (with additional monitor on the left) but I just got a new (to me) computer to try out Windows 7 and programs like Pivot along with some other non-mac friendly tools to work with for mobile devices.
I’ve also been pondering how to improve the e-board content for the big screens set up around the library and I’ve started to demo some tools using the Windows machine. We have some cool tools like computer availability, study room availability, and now a tool called GroupFinder that allows people to leave messages to their group study partners about where they are sitting in the library. I’ve been thinking about how to use other sorts of dynamic content that uses webcams or Twitter feeds to create engaging boards. Of course, if it were up to me, I would have random Jenny Holzer phrases pop up on random TVs around the library. I fear that students are starting to tune these out and we really need to grab their attention. What content would make you look twice at a TV monitor?