Head Tale

Yikes – at least Lisa was only inspired to start a recurring Music Monday post after reading my blog instead of doing something really crazy!

That does bring up some random thoughts…
– I get contacted by or comments from or connect to about one new library school student (or someone contemplating going to library school) about once every month or two on average.  I consider it a huge honour that people find this blog and then find it useful and/or entertaining after that first visit.

– I'm really bad about updating my list of links on the left side to the blogs of people I know (and weeding out the ones that have become inactive) since I usually add these blogs to my NetVibes account and then laze out on doing more.  I'll mess around – maybe NetVibes has a widget I can embed or something that would work better.

– this is probably a longer post but I wonder if blogs are becoming a bit passe?  With people getting a lot of their information from Facebook and Twitter, where do blogs fit in anymore?  Longer, more thoughtful posts for one thing (I guess I'm out on that count! )  Niche information is still easier to find on blogs than on FB or Twitter probably.  I don't know – it'll be interesting to see where blogs are at in another year or so.

– And completely unrelated, Reddit has a sub-reddit called “IAmA” where people from various walks of lives post “I Am A [Blank]” and then answer questions from other users, very similar to the idea of Living Libraries that is making the rounds in libraryland lately.  Here's one “I Am A Former Children's Librarian – Ask Me Anything” which is interesting although, being Reddit, there are also a few off-topic, goofy or inappropriate questions (well, depending on your POV – it is called “Ask Me Anything” after all!)