http://librarytechtonics.info An ex-librarian making a shift Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:28:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You coming? Information Superhighway Four: The Construct Additional Pylons Edition FableVision, Boston Games For Change, Harvard Free Culture, and the Public Radio Exchange Proudly Present... INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY FOUR: THE CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS EDITION A Gathering Of Boston Tech January 31st, 2009, 8:00 - 12:00 Berkman Squared, 50 Church Street, Cambridge MA RSVP on Upcoming Boston is full ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/615/special-guesting-at-information-superhighway-4-tomorrow/ I've talked about what I'm looking for in a job, with a greater focus on how the organizational culture works as well as how that meshes with my work style, rather than how the job description reads. I found this video (~35mins, just under 3 time tokens) via a ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/614/merlinmann-time-attention/ This morning's Social Media Breakfast Boston (SMB10) focused on the topic of measuring ROI. As someone who is predominantly a consumer in this context, it was an interesting peek at what seemed like advertising/PR inside baseball. There was a live stream of the talks, and the recording will be posted ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/613/musings-on-roi/ First, let me address the "how's the job hunt?" question: in short, it's not. Right now, I'm not actively spending my days pouring over job listings and sending out cover letters, and I won't be anytime soon.  Instead, I'm spending way more of my time just talking to people, ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/612/job-hunt-what-im-looking-for-how-its-going/ It was a festive day, running about online and in real life, "covering" the history-making election of 2008. Can you believe how many people actually got out to vote this year? Go Team USA! I spent a good amount of the morning trying to feverishly tweet about Twitter Vote Report, a ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/611/tweeting-election-2008/ This panel session at BlogHer Boston focused a great deal on the blog realm of social media when it comes to cooking foodies interacting online.  Overall, other areas of social media didn't really play to highly in each blogger's strategy... Twitter came out the big winner, but as you'll see, ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/610/blogher-social-media-can-save-dinner/ I want to see this happen at more conferences. Step 1:  Make everyone stand up and find a spot along the wall. Step 2:  Now having everyone stand in front of another person. Step 3:  Have everyone talk to the person in front of them for about 1 minute. Step 4:  Announce a "shift!" ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/608/blogher-speed-dating/ Today I'm hanging at the BlogHer Boston 2008 conference, where I have bartered early-morning registration table duty and 2 live blog posts for entrance into the conference.  Props to Kristy Sammis for a job excellently done in terms of organizing the conference, and for giving me the opportunity to be ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/607/blogher-social-media-can-save-media/ Figured a change in professional scenery should also come with a digital change in scenery.  Thus, my new theme. Dino Latoga's Una is a lovely, usable theme in general design, with a slightly different approach to the two-column layout. The color scheme isn't what I'd like, so I'll be ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/606/playing-with-a-new-theme/ It's been very quiet around here, because I've been doing lots and lots of thinking. Out of that thinking came a decision: I'm leaving. So wait, what does that mean? I've given a month's notice at my library. My last day is September 5, 2008. What are you going to be ... http://librarytechtonics.info/bits/605/departure/