Rebecca Blood wrote one of the first blogs I ever read. She turned out to be a local contact and good friend. Her husband Jesse James Garrett helped me with the design of the very first librarian.net pages and is an early and continuing inspiration. When I went fishing around for a date for their wedding, I met my current boyfriend Greg through his blog. It’s been a pleasure having all of these people in my online and offline world. Rebecca is starting a series of blogger interviews on her site. She did one with Matt Haughey [of MetaFilter, Creative Commons and and PVRblog fame], and this months she’s done an interview with me. I talk about stats, birdwatching and why this blog doesn’t have comments.
RFID not being used for new federal ID cards
Hey if RFID isn’t good enough for Homeland Security and their privacy concerns, maybe it’s not good enough for libraries? Read the article for more information on what RFID is, and what it is not.
the only books you’ll ever need?
Apple computer makes its opinion clear. Note: books behind the laptops are photographs. [thanks jack]
HOT technologies
Leave it to Michael Stephens to be a speaker at a conference on HOT technologies. Oh hey I’ll be there too, and Scott. If you’re in the Indiana area, please come by and say hello.
what’s it like, being a librarian in Alaska?
Library staff from all over Alaska describe their jobs, a neat new feature at the Alaska Library Association web site.