On Friday, I gave a case study at the Advocating for New Technology session of the N-Ten 2005 Boston Regional Conference: Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers. My notes from the session are linked above. I learned quite a bit about advocating for new technology from the other two presenters, Eric Segal and [...]
Steve Rubel lists some cool things people can do with feeds. Some of these I actually covered in the talk I gave Wednesday. I’ve seen this post in several places in the blogosphere, like LISNews, but I think someone e-mailed me about it, too … Thanks!
It looks like the server gods changed some things yesterday. I was so happy to go to the stories page and see the Create a New Story link at the top of the page. That’s a tweak I’ve been dreaming of for two and a half years. The other exciting changes to the Stories section [...]
In the midst of lots of busyness, I shirked responsibility and got lost in two books. I finally read Forever … by Judy Blume, one of the books I borrowed for Banned Books Week. I can’t remember the last time I read a book cover to cover in one sitting. It took me about two [...]
The talk on feeds for the Special Libraries Association Wisconsin Chapter went very well. The food was great; the audience asked lots of good questions; and someone even told me I clarified things better for her than some of the RSS articles she had been reading. I will post my presentation within the next few [...]
My lunch with the library and information science students was cool. One considering business librarianship and another pondering law librarianship or records management or something joined me. We talked about library school stuff, the job market, how to get a job, and those kinds of things. None of us actually ate lunch. We hoped more [...]
Like we need more to read … Time Magazine’s critics select 100 top novels, which the magazine highlights on its Web site, including reviews. link from reddit
I found a totally awesome button tonight, but it’s not the RSS or XML pin I’ve been seeking to wear during presentations. I was in a cool store that makes my wallet nervous because I can’t go in without making a purchase and noticed a glass bowl of small buttons with individual letters on them. [...]
beSpacific points to this Wall Street Journal article about wireless access in hotels, its growing popularity, and charges.