On 20 Years of Blogging at Information Wants to be Free
Today is the 20th anniversary of this blog. I put that on my calendar about 6 months ago when I realized how close to 20 years I was and then…
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Losing my friend, Mark Lindner
Our profession has lost one of its best. My friend, Mark Lindner, died on Monday. Mark wrote one of the best library blogs during that lovely golden age of blogging in the aughts…
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A decade of blogging
It has been exactly 10 years today since I started Information Wants to be Free. My life has changed in so many ways since then. I'm not sure I really had…
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The right to create our own digital footprints?
There are things on the Internet about me that I regret. Things that embarras me. Things that make me cringe. However, it's nothing that I didn't do to myself. I…
The changing professional conversation
I have had some great discussions on Twitter. Professional discussions, discussions about parenting, conversations with friends. I've been pleasantly surprised that you can have a quality professional discussion with multiple…
Tips for being a great blogger (and good person)
Since having my son, I have not been the best blogger in the world, but that doesn't meant that I'm not thinking about blogging. I probably have a year's worth…
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Edublog Award Nominations
In this post I'm just registering my nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards. My Nominations for The 2009 Edublog Awards are: Best New Blog - In the Library with the…
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This is not my blogosphere
One of the things I always loved most about social media was the transparency it created. If a product, service, hotel, etc. was terrible, you could be sure that you'd…
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W(h)ither blogging and the library blogosphere?
I remember the first OCLC Blog Salon at ALA very fondly. It was like fangirl overload for me. I have to laugh now when I remember that I begged Michael…
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2.0 or and bust
Since before my brain was hijacked by baby stuff, I've been thinking a lot about how many third party Web 2.0 vendors libraries are dependent upon (not to mention all…
Why not?
I have been so touched by the kind words people have written about me with respect to my winning the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and…
Validation of my crackpot teaching ideas
Last week, my students in the Web 2.0 and Social Networking class I teach (at San Jose State) presented their fantastic proposals (via web conference) for implementing a specific social…
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I’m REALLY not the Annoyed Librarian (nor am I annoyed)
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine commented on the fact that I hadn't written anything about the Annoyed Librarian being paid to blog for Library Journal. That was…
How I got started blogging
A student in the class I'm teaching for San Jose State University asked me the following the other day: How did people first learn about your blog? Do you have…
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Collecting blogs in archives
One of my former students from SJSU had an interesting question for me about archiving student and faculty blogs: I am in the midst of reading Varsity Letters : Documenting…
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 26 – 31
Note: 95% of this was written on a flight from San Juan to Philadelphia, so please excuse any spelling/grammatical errors or anything that just doesn't make sense. I haven't had…
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 19-25
Day 19: Respond to a Commenter on Your Own Blog This activity is supposed to be about responding to people who comment on your posts. The person who created the…
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What is this thing we have here?
I've been reading and experiencing things lately that have really gotten me thinking about blogging, social media, and why people share so much of themselves online. If you're looking for…
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 15 – 18
Day 15: Give a Comment Award I'm supposed to recognize one or a few commenters on my blog today, and for whatever parameters I choose (they write good comments, they…
