Category Archives: blogs and blogging

Blogging Dilemma

By Iris | Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2009
I think I need two blogs, but I only want one. What I really want are nested blogs. Here’s the thing, I have some longer-form things I may want to actually *write* rather than just think about writing, but long-form doesn’t really go over well in Blog World. So I’d like to have a place to [...]
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Welcome!

By Iris | Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Welcome to the new version of my blog. If you’re seeing this in your feed reader, woohoo! You’re all set. If not, I know one of two things about you. You either a) landed on this page in its native habitat and should really subscribe to my new feed, or b) REALLY aren’t seeing this [...]
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Minor Tweaks and Major Reminders

By Iris | Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2009
This past week, Dorothea sent a link to FriendFeed on the art of writing and designing for readers. It’s called In Defense of Readers, and it’s one of those pieces of writing that pulls me in, engrosses me completely, makes time stand still, and then leaves me thinking about it for days afterward. I loved [...]
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Whatever Happened to Library Blogs?

By Iris | Published: Monday, November 17th, 2008
Something’s shifted. Maybe it’s just that I’ve shifted. My life has become almost unrecognizable compared to a year ago, so I wouldn’t rule this possibility out just yet. But even so, I’m inclined to think that the landscape and function of librarians’ blogs is in the process of a transformation. Two years ago, I mentioned that [...]
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Hello World

By Iris | Published: Monday, August 4th, 2008
You wouldn’t know it to look at this blog, but I’ve really wanted to write more here lately. When I started writing this thing, I could never have predicted how much I’d grow to love the act of writing (I typically hate writing and am embarrassed by it, which you’d probably never know seeing as [...]
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