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What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership?

Below is the top voted answer, by former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, to the Quora question “What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership” (it’s worth clicking through for some of the other answers as well.) 1) Have a grand vision – Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire […]

¶ Posted 03 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § LibrarySchool § List § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, philosophy

Friday Fun Link – Ten Things That Can Ruin An E-Book Help Session at the Library

So I consider myself a fairly tech-savvy individual. I’ve been using computers since I was ten years old. The first computer I used regularly was a Commodore-64. I sent my first e-mail in 1995 and designed my first web site in 1997. I’ve since designed numerous web sites and even got paid to produce many […]

¶ Posted 28 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, facebook, metafilter

Minecraft Mania!

Saskatchewan Legislature Re-created in Minecraft So today, Majong, the company formed around the hugely popular Minecraft video game, released the TU14 update for Minecraft on XBox360. If you’ve been living under a rock (or at least without an obsessed six year old in your house!), Minecraft is a “sandbox” game – basically, a game that […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2014 § Meme § Pace § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, science

Ten Things That Make Me Happy These Days

I’ve recently rediscovered hummus. God, that stuff is addictive! The local hard rock radio station playing German quasi-death metal on my drive back to work after lunch recently = Jason has a very productive afternoon! 😉 I’ve mentioned this before but getting to come home for lunch every day is beyond awesome. That’s partly because, […]

¶ Posted 25 March 2014 § Family § Humour § Internet § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, hockey, reddit

The History of the English Language in 10 Minutes

¶ Posted 20 March 2014 § Humour § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language

28 Books You Should Read (If You Want To)

I’m probably one of the worst people for loving all of those “50 Books To Read Before You Die”, “10 Books Every Child Should Read”, “17 Books for a Summer Holiday” lists. I mean, they *do* comprise two of my most favouritist things in the world – books and lists. However, I think this list […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2014 § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

What Are The Best Mentions of a Book Title Within That Book?

A great question from Reddit’s /r/books sub-reddit.

¶ Posted 06 March 2014 § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

Why Libraries Deserve To Be Hip

A mother explains the value of libraries to her and her family. I like being among the people who come to my branch for English language classes, the retirees who sit and read the newspaper, the rowdy kids who are killing time before they go home, and moms of young children reading their tots Ezra […]

¶ Posted 02 March 2014 § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read Week Display @officialRPL Regent Place Branch

It’s actually kind of goofy how much I look forward to doing a Freedom to Read Week display at the library each year. A couple years ago, I did one at Central and this year, I got to do one for my new branch. Luckily, I still had my “Caution” tape but unlike before when […]