The if:book folks have released CommentPress, a fascinating WordPress theme that allows paragraph-by-paragraph commentary. CommentPress has great potential… at some point IÂ suggested it could be used for public discussion of license agreements, such as those from Google Book Project. I was privileged to test CommentPress before release — you can visit my test site […]
Yes, it’s another opportunity to weigh in on interesting issues *and* get you or your organization mentioned in an online journal read by IT managers in and out of LibraryLand! For an upcoming article, I’m writing about best practices for managing/supervising virtual employees or contractors (sometimes known as satellite workers). Before you say “but we […]
Writing from a Holiday Inn Express in Decatur, Georgia, as I get ready for a day of interesting presentations about cataloging in the 21st century… This Just In… Congratulations. You’ve snagged an Early Reviewers copy of Gifted by Nikita Lalwani. You should get your copy in the mail shortly. We hope you find the time […]
Over at Buzz, Balls, and Hype, M.J. Rose has a deliciously feisty post about empowering women to write. She points out how we are conditioned to see ourselves in service to men: Women are expected to think of ourselves, and to package ourselves, as those “things”–as consumer objects. There is a narrow range of approved […]
I had a great eight hours writing yesterday — one of those long fugues where I only stopped when I realized that funny lightheaded feeling was hunger and that it was almost 9 p.m. — and though the essay I’m working on will never be what I want it to be, it has improved, and […]
My latest article for IT Manager’s Journal, Vendor Confidential: How to Sell to the IT Crowd, went live this afternoon. I turned it in this morning… I love online publications. Love my editor, as well. Meanwhile, I try very hard to keep this blog work-safe, but with the news that the uber-pious Rep. Allen had […]
Today is Tax Day in Tallahassee. Well, it’s Tax Day for me in my house, because I filed an extension (as I always do; it’s legal, I always have a good reason, and I do pay what I owe) and got my tax stuff halfway done and then got into the “hustle and flow” mode […]
I posted to various lists, but you may not have seen this. For an article for a general-interest online IT magazine (yes, your name in lights outside LibraryLand!), I’m looking for pointers (anecdotes, horror stories, success stories…) on how vendors and PR folks can best market or pitch their products to IT managers — what […]
I sat in on Joe Janes’ class yesterday (perched on a cloud in the biblioether), and was delighted to see he is continuing his tradition of subverting the dominant paradigm among generations of new librarians. Being among library students also reminded me how much I love the classroom, which if you are even half a […]
Sandy’s away for the next several weeks, and when I’m not working on paid writing/presenting gigs, I’ll be deep into revision of a portrait of Ann Lipow, a librarian pioneer. My goal is to pull the essay from where it is — ordinary stuff, clomping along in ugly brogans — toward creative nonfiction: lithe, on […]