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Netflix CEO Writes A Book

Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]

¶ Posted 09 September 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, orgdevl

Camping Countdown

Going camping for a couple weeks starting at the end of this week so likely won’t be doing daily posts since the Internet out there is pretty crappy. See you in August!

¶ Posted 15 July 2020 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Library Run “Famous Quotes” Database

I’ve always loved quotations and used to even “read” quotation books. Now the web has modernized the idea in the form of quote web sites. There are a few options out there but I recently found out that a library system in Kentucky runs its own “Famous Quotes” web site which is pretty cool!

¶ Posted 26 June 2020 § FridayFunLink § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

The Importance of Being Able to Say “I Don’t Know”

Perhaps like no other profession on earth, librarians are dedicated to providing others with factual, accurate information across an incredibly broad range of subjects (if you’re a Dewey fan, you might think of it as us covering from 000 to 999 – basically the full range of human knowledge!) So one of the toughest things […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2020 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, history, science

Fun With Opposites – Linda from London Public Library

Was nice to see this pop up in one of my social media feeds today – one of my favourite classmates in library school (and a real life rock star librarian!) doing a digital program (and I’ll likely do a longer post at some point about the library’s role and response in the COVID era […]

¶ Posted 15 April 2020 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, ontario, youtube

Friday Fun Link – Some Useful COVID-19 Resources & Trackers

These are ordered roughly in the order that I find them useful but I’d encourage anyone reading this to open them all and find which ones you prefer for yourself. Also, feel free to post a comment if there are sites I haven’t listed that you prefer. COVID-19 Canada Tracker – designed by a […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § News § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Going (Mini) Viral Online in the Age of Pandemic

From working on the Ryan Meili leadership campaigns, mostly in the area of social media plus my own personal interest in the topic, I know some of the “rules” about what makes tweets/Facebook posts successful. But ultimately, human nature is a funny thing and no one can truly predict what will make a tweet go […]