May you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I hope all of your dreams come true in the New Year!
I miss blogging
I've been working on sort of a historical project this week at work, and it's been great to look back through the archives of this blog to see what I did way back when. I started this blog in 2004, I think, so sometime this year I missed the ten-year anniversary. I used to write... Continue Reading →
Is it worth coming to the office?
I'm currently reading Remote: Office Not Required. From page 47: Worth counting too is the number of days you spend emailing someone who only sits three desks away. People go to the office all the time and act as though they are working remotely: emailing, instant messaging, secluding themselves to get work done. At the... Continue Reading →
I admit I have an email problem
The article "Is there Life After Email? Yes, and it's Amazing." states that most business email is sent to either "cover your ass" or to "show off". I'm guilty of striving for excellence in both areas. In the CYA statement, the author says that "Email is broadcast to entire divisions simply to ensure no one... Continue Reading →
Feel good moments via social media
The past two days I received two very nice compliments via social media. Both of them made me feel especially valued and appreciated, even if the kind words came from people I have never met in person. I'm posting them here for those days where things aren't quite so rosy. The first comment came out... Continue Reading →
Park Place Fountain, Ginko, and Alden Library sign
Shot with my Sony HX100v, roughed up a bit in Snapseed for iPad.
Why this blog ain’t dead yet
Do you ever try to remember something and you can't quite remember the date or details? This happened to me yesterday when I got an email from a colleague asking about our library podcast tour project. We stopped doing the podcasts some time ago due to the low return on investment, and I had a... Continue Reading →
Photo Gallery Primer
http://ottopress.com/2011/photo-gallery-primer/ I've been thinking of moving my family pics from Flickr to my self-hosted WordPress blog. This post shows how to customize the WordPress gallery without the need for plugins.
Moving is no fun
Long story short, my old host has been down a week with not notice or communication to its customers, so I've moved. Some things are a little whacky with the text and a few other things, but I hope to get back in business before too long. My last database dump was from March (bad... Continue Reading →