ALA TechSource BlogInsightful, important, and discerning reports and commentary about technology for, and used by, libraries."Get over it" - and Experiment: Notes from a 2.0 Presentation at PLA- March 31, 2008 I was very lucky to share a podium with Jen Maney, Pima County Public Library, and John Blyberg, Darien Library, on Friday morning at the 2008 Public library Association conference in Minneapolis, MN. I wrote two pages of hurriedly scribbled notes while Jen spoke and I really wanted to share them here. They tap into some of the themes I've written about at TechSource since we began in 2005.Jen opened her talk, titled "Let's get Excited (and Realistic) about Web 2.0," by noting that there is no.http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/get-over-it-and-experiment-notes-from-a-20-pres... Teaching a Dog New Tricks- March 31, 2008 When you are training a dog, you do not start with something complicated. You begin with something small and easy: sit. From sit, you move on to tricks that build on that one skill, like shake and lie down. You never start with lie down or shake, because a dog has to be sitting to do those things.When we teach children to read, we sing them the ABCs first and then teach them how the letters form words. We do not show them words and then teach them the alphabet. We know that to learn a skill...http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/teaching-a-dog-new-tricks.html Robin Williams Joins the TechSource Blog Team (Part 3)- March 26, 2008 13:35 Greylin Fairweather: Everything I have read suggests that people are, with a few exceptions, more or less as they are in real life, characterwise13:35 Greylin Fairweather: leaders are leaders, educators are educators, etc.13:35 Greylin Fairweather: The philanthropists are doing their thing13:35 Maxito Ricardo: ponderers are ponderers13:35 Greylin Fairweather: lol13:36 Maxito Ricardo: I'm laughing so hard I'm waking Max my dog from his nap13:36 Greylin Fairweather: haha13:36 Greylin...http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/robin-williams-joins-the-techsource-blog-team-p... Robin williams Joins the TechSource Blog Team (Part 2)- March 26, 2008 13:13 Maxito Ricardo: Now I'm going to spend the rest of the day imagining Info Olympics Events.13:13 Greylin Fairweather: lol13:14 Maxito Ricardo: Retrocon is the marathon.13:14 Maxito Ricardo: Reference is Greco-Roman wrestling13:14 Greylin Fairweather: rofl13:14 Greylin Fairweather: that would be hilarious13:14 Greylin Fairweather: For me the greatest bit of the whole virtual world thing is that, as a parent of 2 kids under the age of 5, I get to be home with them and, frankly, am more...http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/robin-williams-joins-the-techsource-blog-team-p... Robin Williams Joins the TechSource Blog Team (Part 1)- March 26, 2008 Robin Williams is the newest member of the ALA TechSource Blog Team. Welcome, Robin! Recently she and I met and chatted on ALA Island in Second Life, the 3-dimensional virtual world. The text chat transcript of our conversation is pasted below. Greylin Fairweather is the name of Robin's avatar in Second Life, and Maxito Ricardo is my avatar. Because the transcript is long, it has been divided intomultiple blog posts. -- Tom Peters (interim editor of the TechSource blog)12:58 Greylin...http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/robin-williams-joins-the-techsource-blog-team-p... |