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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Charitable Writing
A couple of years ago Meredith Farkas wrote a post in which she introduced Josh Neff’s phrase “charitable reading” to the library blogosphere. The phrase is a good one, so it has bubbled up from time to time over the years. Essentially it means “read what people write and assume that those people meant well [...]
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Mini Rant About Gtalk’s Idle Status
Part of the reason I love IM and dislike the phone is that I have a better chance of telling if the person on the other end is interruptable before I interrupt them when we’re talking via IM. Phones don’t have statuses, so I get shy. Most the time IM statuses make sense. People are [...]
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Shoving and Making in 2009
The first annual (I hope) LSW Shovers & Makers awards are being announced as we speak, and I’ve got to say, it’s inspiring. We all know that we do a lot of good work in this profession, and that it takes a village, and all that. This is tangible expression that these things we know [...]
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Reflecting on ACRL
This time around, ACRL was a better experience than last time, thanks in a large part to those of you who introduced yourselves to me, and to several of my LSW friends who spent a great evening together on Saturday. As I sat in the closing keynote (with IRA GLASS, people!!! Now that’s how to [...]
I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane