I’m ridiculously proud that both my NH hometown libraries sport blogs - among the first blogging libraries in the state. And these librarians really get it! Madison Library (where I grew up) blogs about their Summer Reading Program treasure hunt and their summertime raffle. The library’s director, Mary Cronin, seems to do [...]

I’ve been thinking some lately about the special skills required in blogging and what they might teach a college classroom of students. Stephanie Klein is a talented, beautiful, brave New Yorker who has parlayed her blog writing into an impressive measure of fame. Friday’s post included an interview by a current [...]

It takes me an average of 45 minutes to write a post for Remaining Relevant. I struggle and twist over every sentence, every paragraph, every nuance. I think blog writing needs to be disciplined and concise. I’ve been assured by other bloggers that it will get easier once I find my voice. [...]

Has every blogger heard this or something like it: “Why do you have to blog everything, can’t you just email me?”
I’ve been following up on Danny O’Brien’s research and the fall out from his presentation at O’Reilly’s 2004 Emerging Technology Conference. Cory Doctorow noted:

Power-users don’t trust complicated apps. Every time power-geeks has had [...]

In a bald-faced effort to drum up enthusiasm and support for social software I hosted a webinar from

For a number of months, I’ve been talking to, although she would probably say AT, the director of my favorite public library, Cook Memorial in Tamworth, NH about social software, remote services, and the important opportunity that they have to be forward thinking. Being small makes rural libraries nimble and able to respond to [...]