Posted in General Thoughts on Jan 21st, 2008 3 Comments »
When I was in Philadelphia I discovered that there is a great deal of difference when you use a mapping tool and want walking not driving directions. One of the biggest differences is the fact that driving one has to contend with one way streets. This influences the route for driving in a way it [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on Jan 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
Over the holiday break, I picked up and read Getting Things Done by David Allen. I’ve been thinking that I should read it for a while now. But in the craziness that was my fall semester I realized I needed some SERIOUS help getting my sh!t together. I was spending way too much time beating [...]
Posted in Nifty Tools on Jan 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
Top Tech Trends in tomorrow and I’ve been bouncing ideas off of several colleagues trying to decide what topics exactly would be the most interesting to discuss. The last 6 months haven’t really produced any killer insights for me but maybe that is because I’ve been spending huge amounts of time implementing new systems at [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on Jan 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
It never fails that when I’m on the road something happens in the office that requires my attention. Maybe that is because I’m a control freak. Maybe it is because IMHO my department isn’t staffed well enough for us have optimal redundancy. Maybe it is because all the good continuing education and professional development are [...]
Posted in Notes from the Field on Jan 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m at Midwinter early this year because I’m attending the ALCTS preoconference on Metadata and Digital Library Development. The first day of the preconf was interesting. I liked many of the exercises that the instructors had us do. Some of the participants had a really difficult time understanding the idea of use cases. This was [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on Jan 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Tuesday 1/8 - Arrive in Philadelphia late
Wednesday 1/9 - ALCTS Preconference on Metadata and Digital Library Development
Thursday 1/10 - ALCTS Preconference on Metadata and Digital Library Development
Friday 1/11
1:30 - 4:30 - OCLC Symposium: New Leadership for New Challenges
5:00 - 7:00 - LITA Happy Hour
Saturday 1/12
8:00 - 9:00 - Joint LITA Committee and IG Chairs Meeting
9:30 [...]
Posted in General Thoughts on Jan 6th, 2008 No Comments »
A while back I posted about using Amazon S3 to backup my data. I promised a follow-up post evaluating how it was all working. So here is my summary. It took me the better part of 2 months to get all my files uploaded to S3, but consider I was on the road most of [...]
