Mike M. responded to my “Top 10 Memories of FIMS” post by suggesting I should write a library screenplay (noting the beautiful irony of doing a movie rather than a book.) Here is my response:“Party Girl” didn't really do it so I think there's still room for a really good library movie – either a […]
Amanada Etches-Johnson who I referenced in my last post, also points out that: TangognaT reminds us that it’s National Delurking Week. If you’re a lurker, hello! Say “hi” in the comments, won’t you? I have another idea. I posted a “Virtual Baby Guess Book” contest a couple weeks ago. Maybe because it was the holidays, […]
Amanda Etches Johnson did a post today where she mentioned the “Top 10 Blog Usability Mistakes”. I'd seen this before and intended to do something in response but never got around to it. But there's no time like the present.1. No Author BiographyWell, contrary to some people who think this blog is purely an exercise […]
These intrepid youths, standing outside the SaskPower building, show what happens when you throw boiling water in the air when the temperature is -40 (as it is today…hmm, that gives me an idea!)Here's the Alaskan version.
I've spent the last couple hours trying to write a post responding to the recent Maclean's article naming Regina's North-Central neighbourhood as the worst in Canada. But I don't know how do to it. So instead, here is a painting I bought from a former North Central resident who came around my old office to […]
My absolute favourite project at library school last year was a presentation I did for a class called “Shaping of News & Information Through Technology”. The seminar-style course was offered jointly with the journalism department so we had about 16 LIS students and 6 or 8 journalism students. Given the title of the course and […]
AskMetafilter recently had the following question posed which led to some great discussion.Did libraries (public and university) stop requiring people to be quiet in the last few years, or is it just me?At home on a recent break, I tried studying in a number of public libraries and found that most were noisier than the […]
This site is one I rediscovered looking back through my MetaFilter comments. The author makes excellent use of brief MP3 clips to illustrate the various points. (Make sure you click through to Part Two linked at the top of the page as well.) And here's a list I compiled a long time ago as the […]
Tomorrow's the first day of Winter semester for FIMS students and I have to admit, I'm pretty glad I'm not there. You tend to get pretty wrapped up in things (for good and bad) while you're immersed in that environment. Then when you graduate, it all drops away…almost immediately. For example, I just realised tonight […]
This is both the worst and one of the best plays you'll ever see in the NHL. Former first overall draft pick, Patrik Stefan of the NHL's Dallas Stars, gets an open shot at an empty net with fourteen seconds left in the game…and misses. The Edmonton Oilers regain control of the puck, make a […]
