Archive for October 1st, 2004

Web of Ideas Discussions

Friday, October 1st, 2004

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is starting a discussion series called Web of Ideas. The first is on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Berkman Center at 6 pm. David Weinberger will lead them. They will be about the effect of the Web on how we understand ourselves and our shared world. Each session [...]

SLA’s New Member Drive

Friday, October 1st, 2004

This is a shameful solicitation on behalf of the Special Libraries Association. Read with caution. The Special Libraries Association is encouraging current members to recruit new members by offering them some minor incentives for refering new members. I found their e-mail to me about the promotion to be incredibly hillarious. The message was pretty much: [...]

Happy BlogACatMas!

Friday, October 1st, 2004

BlogACatMas is a holiday celebrating people who blog about their cats by encouraging everyone to post a picture of a cat on their blog. I missed the announcement of this holiday earlier in the week, so I am unprepared. I don’t think I have any digital photos of my cats. (Yes, it’s true that I [...]

Bill Ives on Personal Knowledge Management and Blogging

Friday, October 1st, 2004

Yeah, sure, he talks about this topic frequently on Portals and KM, but a few of us heard him talk about the topic and his blog at Thursday’s blog group. As the de facto group secretary, I took notes on that blog. They are linked above. Bill challenged us to talk about our own blogs [...]

Banned Books include Good Literature

Friday, October 1st, 2004

In honor of Banned Books Week, USA Today columnist Whitney Matheson observes that some of her favorite books are some of the most challenged. She lists ten books on a banned/challenged book list, says why she liked the book, explains why it’s challenged, and links to a summary of the book. I began reading A [...]


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