Category Archives: Harford County Public Library

What I don’t like about Word.

Too much “gosh darn” code. Example: I copied the phrase “South Jersey Regional Library System” from a Word 03 document to a blog post for T is for Training. It had no special formatting. This is what it had to … Continue reading

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My Favorite Posts By Month — NavelGazing 2008 Part 2

(Subs were great.  It is a yearly tradition at HCPL that  my director throw for staff who happen to work on New Year’s Eve.) As we come to the time of year rife with looking back and looking forward I … Continue reading

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My Favorite Posts By Month — NavelGazing 2008 Part 1

As we come to the time of year rife with looking back and looking forward I want to thank all of you for following me, reading my blog, following my friendfeed, looking at my pictures, and following my exploits as … Continue reading

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2008 I(o)LP – April 2008 Library Staff Training

Now that we are at the end of the traditional western calendar year, I am looking back at some posts that were not quite ready for prime time.  I hope they interest you and provide some enlightenment and entertainment these … Continue reading

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2008 I(o)LP– April 2008 Wikis: Managing, etc.

Now that we are at the end of the traditional western calendar year, I am looking back at some posts that were not quite ready for prime time.  I hope they interest you and provide some enlightenment and entertainment these … Continue reading

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2008 I(o)LP – May 2008 The MLS Thing

Now that we are at the end of the traditional western calendar year, I am looking back at some posts that were not quite ready for prime time.  I hope they interest you and provide some enlightenment and entertainment these … Continue reading

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2008 Island of Lost Posts I(o)LP – April 2008

Now that we are at the end of the traditional western calendar year, I am looking back at some posts that were not quite ready for prime time.  I hope they interest you and provide some enlightenment and entertainment these … Continue reading

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Exam Week’s Random Kudos

Hey all, been busy doing the exam week and two job thing, so its has been quiet on in the world of the bald. There are some things that have come across my radar (thanks friendfeed) that I want to … Continue reading

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MLA 2k9 Presentation: A Pecha Kucha about 2.0h

Next May, I will be speaking at the 2009 Maryland Library Association Conference as part of a Pecha Kucha. It is in Ocean City, MD, so it should be a good time. I am on a panel with Annette Gaskins, … Continue reading

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My Personal Dewey

Thanks to Stephanie I now know about my personal Dewey: So here it is: Maurice Coleman’s Dewey Decimal Section: 006 Special computer methods Maurice Coleman = 31189353525314 = 311+893+535+253+14 = 2006 Class: 000 Computer Science, Information & General Works Contains: … Continue reading

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On Open Letter about election 2k8

An open letter to my friend Helen, It is presented in Twitterhaiku style since it started as a bunch of twitter replies: Dear Helen, You ask what I am thinking today.. I am still, Still Still in complete numbing shock. … Continue reading

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How to Elect a President in the US in Plain English

An election day video from Common Craft:  How to Elect A President In the United States. Yeah, Election Day.

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The 2.0pian election

The local B’more paper (The Baltimore Sun) has a good article pointing out some 2.0 and non 2.0 tools for keeping up with any possible election day “boogativity” by anyone on behalf of anyone during tomorrow’s election day. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-te.to.votertech03nov03,0,5856073.story Some … Continue reading

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Our (brief) Tampa Experience

Pardon the bad blues esque poetry, but this was a recap of our musky expereince at the Tampa/Ybor City Days Inn. One bad night in Tampa, Right Outside of Ybor One moldy night in Tampa With sirens outside our door … Continue reading

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Learning 2008- The End…

Yes, it was great.  I have at least two pages of notes from each of the sessions, including the different non-plenary session stuff. I will blog after my mini-vaction to Western Florida about the conference.   It was fantastic to share … Continue reading

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Learning 2008 Keynote Short Post

Please also follow me on twitter for up to date posts. Doug Lynch of UPenn and discussed issues that converged economics and learning. Some quotes from his fascinating talk: “You have an economic and moral mandate to demonstrate the impact … Continue reading

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Learning 2008: Meet Them Where They Play Short Post

Florida’s Virtual School is creating a game that teaches US history to 10-11 graders. They had a long development cycle of over 2 years with most of that being concurrent subject writing and game engine development. This process was costly … Continue reading

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Learning 2008 – Social Learners Group Short Report

The Learning 2k8 Social Learners group was lead by David Sanderson of General Mills. Key discussion points: A goal of Social Networking should be  to focus, moderate, build and direct social networks into knowledge management. discussed the 1-9-90   As a … Continue reading

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Learning 2008 update LIVE via IPod

In Learning 2008 afternoon session. Just got out of Gaming Design 101. Best session so far!

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Follow Me on Twitter at Learning 2008

I am tweeting the Learning 2008 Conference.  Follow my tweets at twitter and keep up with what I am doing at the conference.  You can also follow the hashtag #learning2008 at hashtags.org for other twitter folks tweeting the conference.

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