Right now I’m in Xalapa, Mexico for the Peer Learning Meeting of the Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries Project. People attending the meeting have either received, or will be receiving grants from the Gates Foundation and I’m along to talk about Web 2.0 and library usability.
We’re going to do a few [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
greetings from mexico!
25 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
the usable library website poster
24 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
Amanda Etches-Johnson and I presented a poster about library website usability at the 2009 Information Architecture Summit last week. What fun!
The poster was interactive. It asked readers to list things they’d like to see on library websites and nudged people toward thinking about fun, whimsical things. It wasn’t a surprise [...]
orbit/moo card hack
24 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
I’ve never had a handy case for my business cards. They’re the Moo variety and not a standard shape.
Turns out that Orbit and Trident packs make for great dual purpose cases, keeping the cards safe until they are deployed into my pocket. Also, my cards smell like cinnamon and mint.
Creating Future Libraries Notebooks
23 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
Word is already out on the streets but I should probably still announce the first in what will be a series of limited edition library related notebooks. I’m selling them on a new section of this site called WALKING PAPER GOODS.
Not only does this first notebook (WP01) read “Creating Future Libraries,” [...]
