Twitter: Not for Conferences for me

I recently spent some vacation time at ALA. I took it as vacation so I could visit friends and family after the conference was done.
Like Walt Crawford before me, I thought Twitter had potential as a communications tool during ALA. He didn’t find it helpful, but I thought it was worth a shot. I had [...]

Meager Contribution to Public Airwaves

One of the biggest, though unacknowledged, socialist subsidies in this country is the grant of the broadcast spectrum to broadcasters. The airwaves are auctioned off, but it is the government that guarantees their availability and establishes virtual monopolies. In exchange, there is an actual requirement for every broadcast station to serve the public interest. One [...]

Conversation Feeding by Anna

Anna Farmery, blogger over at The Engaging Brand, had a post about feeding the conversation that I think library managers (well, any managers) should read. Smart managers everywhere want good ideas from the people they supervise/lead/manage, but how many of us shut down conversation instead of growing it? I like to flatter myself that I [...]

Book Review: Made to Stick - Librarians must read!

I feel fortunate that my library participates in a downloadable audiobook project called Listen Alaska through Overdrive, inc. It’s given me the chance to do try out books on my mp3 player that I might not have picked up to read but turned out to be great books.
Such is the case with Made to stick [...]

Have a listen: Vanishing Context

For Immediate Release is always a good listen, but I’m begging you to listen to this episode for Lee Hopkin’s report on the “The Age of the Vanishing Context, and the Annual Pig and Pussy Hunt.” It’s more brilliant than usual and his image of people trying to bound down the up escalator four or [...]

Mark Sanborn’s Continuing Dell Disaster

Fred Factor author Mark Sanborn is still having serious trouble with Dell’s (lack of) customer service.
When you read this guy’s blog, you know that he really tries hard to see the best in people. So when he’s using phrases like:
I’ve been ingored now for going on two weeks by the pseudo customer service department at [...]

Talk It Up!: Social Media Stupor Syndrome

From Heidi Miller’s Talk It Up!: Social Media Stupor Syndrome:
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“I’ve had a terrible case of Social Media Stupor Syndrome, with underlying Microblogging Paralysis. And it’s not just me–it’s an epidemic. Lee Hopkins spoke about this in his latest vidcast, and Mitch Joel discussed this very serious issue on Six Pixels of Separation. I was in [...]

Live Earth can make a difference at NevilleHobson.com

According to PR blogger Neville Hobson, the Live Earth concert organizers have received permission from those involved to allow mashups of material from the concerts.
To read more, go to Neville’s posting at:
Live Earth can make a difference at NevilleHobson.com
The information about mashup materials is towards the bottom of the post. This is interesting to me [...]

We all make a difference - What’s yours?

For the past week or so, I’ve been listening to the audio version of a business book called the Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn.
Today I was struck by a passage where he says we shouldn’t worry about making a difference. In fact, all of us make a difference and change the world each day.
How? Sanborn [...]

Unwarranted Praise?

The NPR talk show OnPoint carried this story on the dangers of unwarranted praise:
Po Bronson: The Problem with Praise
Aired: Friday, February 16, 2007 11-12PM ET
By Tom Ashbrook.
The show focused on the work of Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford. Dr. Dweck’s research suggests that praising children indiscriminately actually harms them later in life. [...]