how i do conferences
I’ve been at NCLA for the past two days, and I’ve liveblogged most of what I’ve attended. I’ve gotten used to being one of the few with a laptop at conferences, but at this particular one, I was the...
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For a long time I only commented on blogs when I was really, really interested in the conversation. The interest had to be intense, because I’d have to remember to come back later to make sure I didn’t...
View Articlea question for you, or, how I’m avoiding an area of specialty
I’ve been blogging for some time. In December of 2005 I decided to stop my political, hobby, and personal blog posts and began focusing on my new interest: libraries. I had just finished my first...
View Articleshifting gears: talking about the future of libraries
As you might have noticed, I’m blogging a lot less these days. There are a bunch of reasons for that, some of which I’ve talked about a lot and some of which I haven’t as much. One of the things I...
View Articlemore blogging project(s)
I’m starting up a few blogs at work and thought I’d share the links here in case you’re interested: A blog on educational technology, for librarians (and hopefully faculty) who are interested in how...
View Article20 Days of Blogging: A Challenge for an Absent Writer
I’ve been having a lot of conversations about blogging lately, for whatever reason. It feels like 2005 again. And, like most people who have been blogging for a while, I’ve been through several periods...
View ArticleBlogging and Tenure
One of the things that has come up in a few offline conversations I’ve had lately has been about the value of blogging in a tenure environment. The obvious answer: it doesn’t count. But there is an...
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