On top of everything else, teetering in the breeze, I have a July 7 deadline for a short article in School Library Journal on open source software in school libraries. I haven’t done a lick of work on this article and will be extracting it from various orifices beginning July 3, when I return from [...]
I seem to bring something to hem to every ALA conference. This time, ALA Annual 2008, it’s a lovely lightweight pair of khaki slacks (Ann Taylor Loft Petites). I am presenting 7 times at this conference — four demos in the Equinox booth (that’s Booth 1888!) — and then at three ALA programs. Open source! [...]
I hope to see you at ALA, either at Booth 1888 or Somewhere.
I zoomed back from ATL with a new $10 toy in my car — an auto accessory-outlet 3-way splitter I bought at Fry’s. (Fry’s! Oh joy! Fry’s!) So now when I go to and from MPOW — and scoot around Georgia, saying hi [...]
Whew, week of shiny-new-job! I’ve posted my first post at the company blog. Expect many more — I’ll try to mention the best ones here, but you may want to subscribe.
ALA is imminent! I’ll be at the Equinox booth, 1888 — at least half the time, anyway — and I’ll be part of [...]
I have been on a wild ride for two weeks — and almost didn’t get off, thanks to another Delta error.
Due to a chain of events beginning with a delayed flight out of Albuquerque last Sunday, I never made it home. Delta ultimately rebooked me into Boston, where I was flying the next day, so [...]
(Speaking of reading: part of my “score” at an independent bookstore this week was Money Changes Everything, an essay collection about the love that dare not speak its name — I am of course referring to Filthy Lucre. I strongly recommend this essay collection for libraries, book groups, and personal reading; the essays are spot-on [...]
Note: my comment feed is broken. I probably won’t be able to fix it for a couple of weeks.
Over on Panlibus, Richard Wallis interviewed me about my new position as Community Librarian for Equinox. Fun convo!
Meanwhile, here are several links related to libraries affected by the midwestern floods…
By way of LISNews: an amateur video posted [...]
Sandy and I called him the round-headed guy, and when the camera cut to him, we’d often crack up. Tim Russert didn’t have a poker face; it was obvious when he thought he was hearing nonsense, and in the last seven years, he seemed to be scowling a lot.
In our book he was the real [...]
It’s funny that both Tayari Jones and Michelle Richmond wrote this week about knowing when to let go of a writing project, because that has been my week, during my tenure as self-appointed Artist in Residence at the Monterey Nonsmoker’s Hotel in Albuquerque (what a great place — more on that in another post).
First, I [...]
I will keep this brief as my writing retreat ends Thursday morning, and it is just flying by. However, someone at CBS News pointed me to this story and thought FRL’s readers would like it. I’m quite flattered, but also mystified by the association. FRL + teens + GPS? Though perhaps it’s because this blog [...]
