Daily Archives Friday, November 2006

Buttonfly at the Grad Club

Sorry for the late notice but tonight at 9:30pm, classmate Linda Bussiere will be playing at the Grad Club with her band, Buttonfly.  There's no cover and it's a great chance to see an excellent local band, have a visit with fellow MLIS Students and perhaps quaff a beverage or three.  Hope to see many […]

Lose Yourself

With apologies to Eminem, one of my favourite things, both at school or in the workplace, is when I lose myself in a project and all of a sudden, two or four or eight hours have passed.  Last time I looked at the clock, it was 3am and I was thinking that I should probably […]

Friday Fun Link – 40 Ideas We Need Now (Nov 10, 2006)

This Magazine’s current issue has a cover story on “40 Ideas We Need Know” which has many prominent thinkers contributing their thoughts on “a big idea whose time has come.” Copyright reform, the Hipster PDA (which I use myself – who knew I was hip?) and “a safe place to pee” is just a small […]

OLA SuperConference 2007 Program Released

If you're an OLA member, you might have received a copy of the 2007 SuperConference program in the mail today.  If not, FIMS alum, Jennifer Cyr (aka Canuck Librarian) has a link to the conference program on her blog as well as some thoughts (Jen's on the conference planning committee.)I was able to attend for […]

Tips For Designing A Web Page

Having done a lot of web site design over the years, I thought of doing a list like this in first semester right before our 505 web site assignment was due.  I never got around to it.  But now, having spent quite a bit of time in the last few weeks helping fellow students who […]