Archive for April 26th, 2005

Vancouver Law Librarian Blog

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Someone sent me a link to this blog by Steve Matthews, who does Web development and library and knowledge management for a Vancouver law firm. Some of his more recent posts deal with KM in law firms. I like his vacation policy.
Addenda: Check out what Steve wrote on his blog about me linking to him. [...]

A Comic for Anyone who has to Help Others use Technology

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

I was laughing so hard after reading this one, I’m sure my coworkers wondered what I was doing.
I saw this in my aggregator. It’s the first time in weeks I saw a comic in my aggregator. Yea!

Slight Change in Plans for Tonight’s Wikimedia Talk with Jimmy Wales

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Beginning at 8 pm, sj will demo his birds project, which is what he showcased at the Boston Cyberarts Festival on Thursday. It’s great.
Jimmy Wales will still speak at 8:30 pm in 101 Pound Hall.

Lunch with Jimmy Wales

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is hosting a special lunch for Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia/Wikimedia this afternoon. I am lucky enough to have gotten an invite. I will probably do some live blogging. Since it’s over lunch, my notes may not be that great because I’ll want to eat, too. sj is here [...]

The Misleading Comment Form

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Just a word about the comment form because the info it asks for and what it does with it is a bit misleading.

Name
Email
Web site
Comment

Manila requires an e-mail address from people to post a comment. It doesn’t have to be a valid e-mail address; the blank just has to be filled in. Why it does this, [...]

No, really, I’m the first j Baumgart in Google.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

I told someone who thinks I’m being a bit elusive that I should be either the first or second hit for “j Baumgart” in Google. I don’t think he believed me. It’s true–at least for the time being.
I’m competing with a nursing scholar and a lawyer.
There’s a bad joke in there somewhere …

My Orkut profile now has a picture.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

*j imagines lots of readers flocking to Orkut to view the picture.
I’ve had a stack of photos for scanning for a while. When I went through them looking for another photo, I paused at one and asked, “Why wouldn’t this work?” I couldn’t come up with a good answer, so there it is. I think [...]

Notes from a Talk by Michael Gorman

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

A few scratchpad readers dropped me some lines about their impression of a talk American Library Association president Michael Gorman gave at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies. I linked to Amanda Robertson’s comments because she summarizes what people told me about the event. The students, who have strong interests in [...]


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