Nabil, a non-library blogger (I just cannot yet get myself to say ‘biblioblogger’), makes an interesting point this week:
blogs serve as a surrogate home on the internet.
…Blogs (whether it

Casey tackled the role of art in society last winter, “As the Useful Becomes Useless, It Becomes Art“. Anything that puts “art” and “useless” in the same sentence immediately gets my back up but that doesn’t mean he’s not on to something - perhaps when art becomes commodified, it changes the source of its [...]

I will admit that I feel a sense of urgency when it comes to public libraries at this time - our services are no longer novel. Via the internet there are dozens of information and library service providers that are doing it better than we are because they are not limited geographically. Library [...]

I chose to go power-point-free, seat-of-the-pants-live-demo for yesterday’s presentation, nevertheless I felt especially important for them to see a good example of Gaim to really show it off. So, at the right moment, I took the perfect Gaim money shot. It turns out I didn’t need the image, but I was excited by [...]

I was happy today to speak to a fabulous group of New Hampshire librarians interested in social software and Web2.0. Their questions, interest, and commitment to improving library services always impressed me and am I’m really looking forward to the projects they initiate.
Tomorrow, I’ll repeat the process at the Laconia Public Library. And, [...]

I’m psyched that local papers are paying attention to Web 2.0, shifting primary information sources, and how libraries are responding to it to meet user needs even though “the trend has sparked anst-filled discussion for the past several weeks among librarians online.” Marian Peterson of the South Portland Library sums things up nicely:
Librarians need [...]

Last week a friend emailed me a heads up about an upcoming new musician:
here’s the video from a newly signed British singer… she became famous after webcasting concerts from her basement… (she’s of the KT Tunstall? genre)… i hope you like…
I like her sound all right - bit bubblegummy- but what really excited me was [...]

I haven’t posted in ages, but I have a good reason. After attending a fantastic conference in Denver I realized that I was a mere six hour drive from my aunt’s place outside of Santa Fe. So, in an uncharacteristically bold move I changed my plane ticket, rented a car, and headed south [...]