Yes, it was an earthquake – just north of here outside San Jose registering at 5.6. Several of us were enjoying a fantastic evening program on Gaming & Gadgets when a slight jolt got some of our attention. Cindy Hill knew immediately that an earthquake had occurred. I’ve been checking the Recent Earthquake site regularly [...]
Way back in 1999 the Cluetrain Manifesto started many of us thinking about the impact technologies were having on our interactions with our customers, and within our organizations. But really, there have only been a handful of people looking at how organizations will change – and how they’ll work from a practical standpoint. Andrew McAfee [...]
We’ve long been proponents of Harvard Business Review; for me it is must reading. The November 2007 issue has 2 must reads for information professionals. The Forethought Conversation is with Lynne Brindley, CEO of the British Library. The first information professional and the first female to hold this position, Lynne has “overseen a major shift [...]
Google is definitely into experimentation, green practices, and employee support. I saw people taking their dogs into their office (no cats!), and running them on the green spaces between buildings. I saw people dropping off their cleaning, doing laundry, exercising, playing pool, working alone and in groups. On their large campus (including a number of [...]
Well, my visit yesterday to Google was fantastic. A tour, a feast in Charlie’s Cafe (the first and largest of the wonderful Google Cafeteria’s), and, best of all, active discussions with Google gurus on a number of topics — Google Scholar, Book Search/Library Program, public sector initiatives, and my fav, YouTube! Google Book Search, a [...]
Have you seen the management bloggers from the Harvard Business School? Included are Larry Prusak, writer and former executive director, Institute for Knowledge Management; Tom Davenport, KM guru, with his latest post on evidence-based advice; Gary Hamel (his Competing for the Future is one of my favs) and lots of writers on the topics of [...]
It’s always refreshing and exciting to hear a government official speak so passionately about libraries. I was so impressed with The Honourable Ray Danyluk when he spoke at the The Alberta Library’s Netspeed 2007 in Calgary last week. Imagine a minister asking for the library portfolio from another government department! Danyluk is very much into [...]
Just discovered a series of videos on YouTube from the Univeristy of North Carolina — interviews (rather long ones) with the Dean, Jose-Marie Griffiths, professor Joanne Marshall, and an impromtu lecture by Danah Boyd . Danah is currenly working on a PhD at the University of California’s Berkley School of Information and is also a [...]
What a great book title for a publication from publisher Information Today. Edited by Rachel Singer Gordon, Information Tomorrow: Reflectgions on Technology & the Future of Public & Academic Libraries, brings together a number of authors many of whom will be speaking at Internet Librarian, Oct 29-31, Monterey CA. Stephen Abram wrote the foreward, Megan [...]
Isn’t this great? I believe Pavarotti is singing today for the good friend I, and others, lost yesterday. Pavarotti knew that Has, as he was called, had a Masters of Fine Arts and loved to sing and perform.