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The Berkman Center’s blog shares some words from Dan Gillmor about The New York Times opening up its archives again. A move I know will be popular among some of my friends and colleagues.

On Tuesday, September 18, I plan to be at the Cafe on the Ave, 4201 University Way, in Seattle between about 1 p and 2:30 p to hand out some Babbledog schwag and talk about the nifty chat software. Sorry for the short notice. Even though I’ve been planning to do something like this for [...]

Garrett pointed me to a follow-up to a gapingvoid post about why some of the top bloggers are blogging less. Some people took Hugh’s initial post to be a statement about the death of blogging, which wasn’t his intention. Times change. People change. People blog less. What he keeps observing is “Blogging isn’t for everybody. [...]

Hey hackers (er, as in coders, not as in ‘let’s put a police car on the top of the MIT dome’): Brett reminded me that DevHouse3 is Sunday, September 16, in Central Square. Fun, fun!

Next week brings two fun Special Libraries Association events. On Wednesday, September 19, the Boston Chapter has its annual fall kickoff. This year’s venue: the newly renovated MIT Museum. 6-10 p. $25 for SLA members. Registrations much appreciated, but walking in at the door is fine, too. I really look forward to seeing Arthur Ganson’s [...]

Tuesday’s lunch at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society should be a great discussion: the future of the Internet because of OneWebDay (September 22). Speakers include Jonathan Zittrain and Wendy Seltzer. RSVP by noon on Monday to rsvp [at] cyber.law.harvard.edu to attend in person. Remote participation is possible via a webcast, IRC, and other tools. [...]

Garrett sent me a link to a blog post about a study of the top librarian bloggers. If you’re just curious about who came out on top (Jessamyn and Jenny) or looking for some librarian blogs to read, it’s worth at least a skim.

OK, well, I didn’t have much of a summer vacation this year, so I’m borrowing the title from those silly back-to-school essays we used to have to write, but I would like to tell you what I’ve been working on because I think some of you might find it quite useful. Babbledog is a chat [...]

"How are things on the west coast? Hear you’re moving real fine … Let it come ’cause I’ve got a chance for a sweet sane life I said I’ve gotta dance and you’ll do just fine Well I’ve got a plan with forward in my eyes" –Interpol, The Heinrich Maneuver In an article similar to [...]

"Meet me at the coffee shop We can dance like Iggy Pop" –Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coffee Shop Can someone please recommend a coffee shop or cafe in Seattle near the Seattle Center or Belltown that’s like Toscanini’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts: tea, coffee, steamed milk, inexpensive light snacks and/or sandwiches (ice cream a plus), a [...]