We’ve been in a cargo cult for several decades, waiting for library software vendors to cure our ills. Not too long ago I met a librarian who with a wan smile told me she was actually “trained” on Taos, the vaporware DRA promised its customers before DRA stopped being DRA. Now we hear that Sirsi-Dynix […]
So last Sunday I called Weber, and Jean–who I suspect is in Minnesota–got my Silver Genesis working again. Jean: I’ll be sending you a document, now just give me your email, see? Me: Oh, thank you! Jean: So now, you know where the manifold is, right? Me: Yes, I see it in the booklet. Jean: […]
I changed the fonts (there’s a command in Powerpoint called Change Fonts, and you know, it actually works…) and here it is again in PowerPoint. I also cranked it into Acrobat, but then you don’t get the notes (what’s all this about kittens, etc.?). Bookmark to:
My PowerPoint from yesterday’s Code4Lib Keynote may look like gibberish to you… I should have realized that if my slides couldn’t display on Roy’s laptop, that pointed to a bigger problem! When I get home tonight I’ll do the PowerPoint-to-Acrobat dance–that should take all of five minutes. Also, all the sessions have been videotaped, and […]
I appreciate all the input. Well, sort of. I do feel I put myself out there with what I was asked to talk about and got defensive feedback from varied Cranky-Pants. Let’s see, of course I hate all software. Of course I’m talking down to developers. Etc. Etc. O.k. … you know… I’m tired. I […]
Shopped til we dropped Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. Ah, the joys of Destin! Bookmark to:
Remember that video of a week or two back..? I am not completely on board with every part of Walt Underwood’s critique, but he hit home here: “Finally, the vid ends up with ‘We’ll need to rethink love/family/ourselves.’ Really. I think not. I’ve been on the Internet for nearly twenty-five years, I was IM’ing my […]
I was practicing task avoidance when I strolled over to Feel-Good Librarian, a blog where some anonymous librarian in the MidWest shares the good news of librarianship. It is very much a feel-good blog, one that always makes me think and usually makes me smile. Today I wasn’t smiling, as FGL was explaining that s/he […]
Of all my training challenges, developing a keynote is always tough. The one I’m trying to develop for Code4Lib for my keynote is giving me conniptions. Do you hear an echo somewhere? That’s my brain. I’m feeling more self-critical than usual because I feel my keynote in South Africa last fall was weak, largely because […]
Everyone needs a personal training plan, but I really feel the need for one this year as I get familiar with academia, strange duck that it is, and work my way back into the hardcore library IT world, which is a duck with three wings and one leg one day, one wing and three legs […]