IMG00025.jpg Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian Oh, did I forget to mention that I’m in Tampa to teach a workshop Thursday? I think I’ve been a little distracted… So, the five habits: * I use a packing list. The list isn’t just so I don’t forget things; it really speeds up packing. * I take a […]
I still have 21 single-spaced notes from IA Summit 2008. Two weeks ago I dreamed I was flying a small airplane low and slow across a gorgeous and ever-changing landscape new to me; beneath me spread cities, farms, rippling wheat fields, and rivers twisting and wrinkling in the distance. I think I’m in that airplane […]
Just over four years ago, in front of family and friends and a few surprised tourists, Sandy and I were married at San Francisco City Hall. Our marriage was eventually declared invalid, and the recent ruling in California won’t change that. We can get married again in California (or Massachusetts, or Canada), and probably will, […]
Social hardware Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian I brought this small travel power strip to IA Summit 2008 (write-up pending, but it was great). I’d like to say it was my idea, but it wasn’t; I snarfed the concept from Cindi Trainor. It’s small, powerful, sturdy, folds up neatly, and is insanely useful. Some of its […]
A long-overdue post about the best of the best from Connecticut Trendspotting, NISO Discovery, a Kent Campus visit, and Computers in Libraries. (I have since attended IA Summit and Florida Library Association…more about them later!) Quick Takeaways: Clearest tech trends rippling through the presentationsphere: mobile interfaces, intelligent folksonomies, open source Favorite presentation: Helene Blowers, Computers […]
Still careening through homework, but the fire got turned up when I found myself attending the Connecticut Trendspotting forum this Friday to talk about open source. Gotta be done 2NITE! Or 2morrow, at the butt-crack o’ dawn! Hence a lunchtime link-love post… (Why can’t we give St. Patrick’s a makeover and turn it into “Talk […]
candle salad Originally uploaded by Ellbeecee And I have absolutely nothing to say about it. It’s just a salad. In a cookbook for kids. So stop laughing! (Thanks to Twitter friend ellbeecee for the tipoff.) Bookmark to:
I understand Kate’s resistance to New Year resolutions. We start every year on a diet very strict about processed and sugary foods, and somehow by late January I find myself with a Marshmallow Peep in my mouth. I’ve also never been much for “resolutions” that didn’t do much for anyone; nothing is particularly affected if […]
Writing away Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian This workshop — my first-ever writing class — was blissfully successful for all concerned. The post-class evaluations were the best I’ve ever had in fifteen years of training and teaching. Teaching a writing class has been a goal of mine for a couple of years, and it was better […]
I am enormously flattered to have my thoughts on the state of the essay featured as a blog post in an interesting ongoing discussion on Brevity’s blog. These thoughts started as a comment on an earlier post in an eminently readable thread. Perhaps my words showed me in good form because I’ve been thinking about […]