Monthly Archives: December 2006

meebo love

Jessamyn and I got mentioned on the meebo blog today:
Turns out that locked-down computers, reference librarians who always want to be in touch with their patrons, and the desire to make libraries fun and friendly have given meebo and meebo me the perfect opportunity to shine.
Just recently, we smiled when reading Jessamyn’s blog where she [...]

the librarian dialogues

This afternoon I stumbled across “A short comical satire about a group of librarians that take their job very serious” uploaded by YouTube user f4tk1dx. The person that wrote this movie must have worked in a library before.

a new opportunity

I’m happy to announce that in addition to the other things I’m doing, I’m now also the director of the North Plains Public Library. Located about 20 miles outside of Portland, this small town of 1755 people has a beautiful library building that is staffed by three paid employees and a ton of volunteers. [...]

free wifi in portland!

Portland’s airport is one of my favorites. It is clean, attractive, and easy to get to the gate. And importantly, once at the gate, there’s free wireless.
Yesterday, Portland released a free, advertising supported wireless network throughout the downtown and nearby area east of the Willamette.
12 blocks and it’ll reach me!! [...]

game as web interface

Steffen P Walz, a game designer and cultural anthropologist designed a great navigation system for his website. There are four mini games, each an archetype of a game genera: Achiever, Killer, Explorer, and Socializer. When the website viewer/game player completes a small task, the content on the web page changes. There’s also [...]