IL05 - Day 1: Lee Rainey (Keynote speaker)

I attended Lee Rainey’s keynote presentation this morning. It was a great presentation! Here’s what he talked about, in a nutshell:
Asked who was blogging his talk in real time - about 6 people raised their hands - much different from even 5 years ago
The more invisible the technology is, the more it impacts users
- ex [...]

IL05 - Things to do before I leave for Internet Librarian 2005 (in fairly random order)

Email both presentations to myself
pack paper copies of presentations
download presentations on USB drive
make sure book proposal is also on USB drive
pack extra bag for all the goodies I’ll find in Monterey
Download cool songs for MP3 player (preferably Death Cab for Cutie)
pack earphones
Pack laptop for blogging
pack cell phone
pack PDA for blogging backup, songs, and possibly a [...]

Presentation Reminder

I gave a 4-hour presentation yesterday for a library-related organization. It was fun! And I realized that one should always be prepared - especially with Powerpoint presentations. The computer I used for presenting didn’t have a handy USB port… and my presentation was on a USB key. Bummer, right?
Wrong! Because I usually email my Powerpoint [...]

Bricks, Clicks, and Pics

Here’s a little more … ahem … broad thinking about websites being actual destinations, presented in pictures…

This is a brick. It represents the physical library building. It’s an actual destination - library customers actually go there to visit, to use the resources, to be entertained, and to find loads of information.

This is also a brick. [...]

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