According to a report from Nielsen, the largest number of visitors to twitter.com are in the 35-49 category. Twitter Most Popular Among Working Adults Twitterers (a.k.a. Tweeters) are not primarily teens or college students as you might expect. In fact, in February the largest age group on Twitter was 35-49; with nearly 3 million... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Bike Ride
Since I worked Monday night, I had the afternoon off. I was able to ride about 22 miles on the Athens Hocking Bike Path. I wanted to ride longer, but I broke a spoke in my rear wheel and had to turn around. Here's a few pictures of the ride. It was... Continue Reading →
Movers and Shakers 2009: Thank you so much for the honor
Over the weekend the list of Library Journal's Movers and Shakers was announced, and I was selected as one of the librarians on the list. Since then I've tried to think of the perfect words to show my gratitude, but no matter what I write or say, my words cannot express how much I... Continue Reading →
Learning to brainstorm
We've recently had a whiteboard installed in our office conference room. The purpose of the whiteboard is to jot down all the great ideas that my colleagues have and collect them in one place. In an effort to get folks into the practice of brainstorming, my colleague, Sherri, taped two paper cups to... Continue Reading →
Time Management techniques offered via twitter
Need time management advice? Do what BusinessWeek did and ask folks on Twitter. BusinessWeek.com's John Byrne, Patricia O'Connell and Shirley Brady asked their followers on Twitter for their best time management tips, and we're re-tweeting the best of the bunch. Twitter Time Management Tips: The Twitterati offer their favorite time management tips and tricks
Web Work 101
WebWorkerDaily had a nice series they're calling Web Work 101. The summary and links to all the posts in the series can be found in the Web Work 101 Wrap Up. The series has lots of useful advice about working from home, using the web in your work, and telecommuting.
10 Web Worker Apps You Can’t Do Without
WebWorkerDaily » Archive Web Work 101: 10 Apps You Can’t Do Without «. Offers a really good list of apps that are particularly useful if you spend your time working in the cloud.
lunchtime bike ride March 5
8 miles on the bike path 28 minute ride time 58 degrees Strong headwind on the return leg Tags: cycling, hocking bike path, athens ohio This was the first lunchtime ride of the year, and I hope to do a lot more. Due to the parking lot being full, I had to alter my... Continue Reading →
Monday Night Update: Episode 5
This episode discusses and shows how the Ohio University Libraries' Skype Reference Service works. The video shows the kiosk setup, as well as discusses some of the issues with the service. Formats available:Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: reference services, skype, skype a librarian, video reference If you'd like to learn more about... Continue Reading →