I’m off to that big mysterious blob in the middle of Palo Alto for today’s really big show, The Internet Today and Tomorrow, to hear Vinton Cerf, eat lunch with venture capitalists and engineers, and give my ten-minute talk about whether books, CDs, or whatever are obsolete–a dumb question, but there you go. I have a 33-megabyte Powerpoint, 24 photographs and one text slide. My photos range from children at storytime to library galleries to people simply relaxing and reflecting. Books going digital? Yeah… sure… whatever… but so what?
If you’re live-blogging the day, do post. If you heard me… be kind. Our system launch for the forthcoming site is wearing me down–how could that be, you wonder, when it’s only a year late and 20% over budget, with a shrinking but still formidable pile of yet-to-be-delivered deliverables–and I’ve simply had enough of crying jags in the underwear section of Target. Tell me I was fabulous! Tell me I was funny! Tell me I won one for the biblio-Gipper!
Posted on this day, other years:
- NASIG revisited -- a series of posts -- introduction - 2007
- MPOW Seeks Search Engine Evaluators - 2006
- Michael Stephens on DOPA and Flickr - 2006
4 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Jul 28, 2005 at 11:50 am
What a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars…
2 Karl G. Siewert // Jul 28, 2005 at 5:14 pm
Can I just say that I’m really impressed that you put “Gay and Lesbian” under the “People” heading? That’s a wonderful reminder for folks who might otherwise forget.
3 [libcat] // Jul 29, 2005 at 10:37 am
As opposed to where, Karl? (I do have to say, I might’ve had them under Society, esp. since that’s where Gender is, but I’m not a cataloger, or a librarian at all, just a circrat.)
4 kgs // Jul 29, 2005 at 10:53 am
I’m guessing Karl is pointing out that it’s nice MPOW doesn’t bury the GLBT tag. I have heard second-hand that this displeases some libraries… so be it.
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