Archive for April 21st, 2004

Happy International Special Librarians Day!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

This holiday for special librarians “… recognizes the unique contributions made by information professionals around the world and the critical role they play in the changing global information community.”
I’m not sure what to make of the holiday having a sponsor, though. I appreciate Factiva’s willingness to support librarianship, but it just makes me wonder which [...]

Library Browsing Reinforces the Small World Principle

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

While I was waiting at the reference desk at my local public library tonight for a librarian to finish with another customer, I picked up a book on the display in front of the reference desk: “Walking Across America.” I looked at the back cover to see if it said what the book was about [...]

Disappointing News about Laptop Prices

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Murphy’s Law got me like I thought it would. I figured whenever I bought a new computer, within a few days, the next best thing would appear on the market. Sho ’nuff. Apple released a new line of laptops this week–which come with wireless standard–and the price on mine dropped $300. I called the dealer [...]

Google Works Quickly

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Within a few hours of posting this tagline:
“For my blogiversary, I bought myself a copy of Jump’s new CD Between the Dim and Dark, released on April 20th. How timely. Newbury Comics: $11.88 on sale. review“
I was getting hits from searches for variations of “the dim and the dark.”
(It’s good. Buy it.)

Why Don’t I Remember …

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

giving this guy featured on page 98 of Time magazine a business card? ha ha ha
(It’s an inside joke. If you sat near us at dinner at BloggerCon, you might laugh, too.)

Synthesizing BloggerCon

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Now that I’ve typed and posted my notes from BloggerCon, I’m remembering and revisiting how much the sessions I attended meshed with each other. As people in the Librarianesque Session talked about blog features, I wondered how many had been in the Visions from Users session and wondered how I could communicate what people were [...]


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