I have reread that post and I see statements like “Some of the most interesting blogs I now read are by librarians,” and “I now realize that I can find cool software ideas by searching for blogs and websites with the word library in the URL.” If these statements can be considered negative, I apologize, but I don’t see it. My point, as shown by the question mark at the end of the title and the listing of several examples of innovation in libraries, was that I was seeing that librarians WERE innovators and that this was surprising to me. If my being honest enough to say that I was surprised to find that the common stereotype was wrong is negative, I again apologize. I still think that the line about “running naked through the stacks” was a pretty obvious clue that the post was written in an ironic tone of voice. I don’t write with smileys, so I guess that the intended humor could somehow be missed. You have to admit that saying “I’m only kidding guys” was an explicit signal.

So, here is a the most straightforward way to read that post: “Gee, librarians are clearly software innovators. That is surprising to me, but I appreciate what they are saying and doing with the web and software, and therefore I make a point of reading their blogs.” Sorry, but that is a pretty boring writing style, even if there is less chance of confusing some readers.