Librarian by Day Bobbi Newman | I'm not that kind of librarian

In many of the articles I read about the Social Web, especially Twitter, the author laments that they don't care that I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich for lunch, or what I thought of the latest American Idol. I've long felt that these writers are missing the point and this week I came across two sources that articulate this better than I could have. The first is Clay Shirky's book Here Comes Everybody, he makes the point that with new advances in technology people mistake broadcasting media (1 to many) for communications media (1to 1).  New tools allow people to use broadcasting media Read more [...]

spotted this over on BaldGeeks' blog and had to play along ;) My pirate name is: Dread Pirate Kidd Like the famous Dread Pirate Roberts, you have a keen head for how to make a profit. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com. part of the fidius.org network Read more [...]

or the Librarian’s Apprentice

While browsing my FeedReader this morning I came across this post about Akoha.  Akoha is a game, not on your computer, or your Xbox, but a game with cards.  Cards that people hand to you and you hand to others that allow you to play good deeds forward.  When you get a card, you log on to the site and tell the story of how the card got to you, then you play it forward, passing the card to someone else. If you're wondering what this has to do with Libraries or the Social Web, my usual topics, the answer is nothing.  This is an idea and a philopshy I am incredibly excited about.  The potential Read more [...]

As we've seen from previous posts keeping up and feeling overwhelmed is something I struggle with regularly.  There are so many great people out there in libraryland, it makes sense that I would want to keep up with all of them.  As part of my "I'm not a Superhero" therapy ;) I'm admitting I can't do everything I've been attempting and over the next month or so I'll be weeding.  I started with Twitter. First I needed to figure out what I need/want to get from Twitter, so I went to my del.icio.us account.  I'm an avid user of delicious and while I don't like the option to automatically post Read more [...]