Learning and Sharing
Despite how crazy the past few weeks have been, we managed to cram in WordCamp Victoria on Saturday. We had a great time slot — between the keynote and lunch Continue Reading →
Category Archives: blogging
Fatigued
I’ve been exhausted by work lately — the tasks on my to-do list have been limited to things that require very focused attention (weeks of OCR proofreading followed by a Continue Reading →
Prest-o Change-o
If you aren’t reading this from a news reader you’ll notice I redecorated. Procrastinating, yes, but the re-theming has been on my mind for a while. So here it is! Continue Reading →
Writing, Writing, Writing.
December seems to have included a lot of writing. While it has included work on Undead, my fiction has not been the focus. I’ve been working on some research projects, Continue Reading →
Search Exclusions
Many thanks to @linuxchiq on Twitter for sharing a post from Librarian By Day which is focused on a TED talk by Eli Pariser about the danger of “personalized web Continue Reading →
Copyright or not?
Consider this photo: It shows US President Barack Obama editing the address he gave on Sunday night. It’s part of The Whitehouse Flickr stream. If you view it on Flickr, Continue Reading →
The Secret is in the Feeds
Wednesday, I tweeted this: And I got back responses from several people that surprised me ranging from not having a clue what RSS is to blatantly stating they had “no Continue Reading →
Funny story
Storytelling is an art, really, but it is one of the most accessible. We all tell stories from the time we are young, recounting our day at school or our Continue Reading →
Contest Fatigue
Over the past year, I’ve run (and entered) a fair number of blog-based give-away contests. Entering is often as simple as leaving a comment but frequently there are “extra chances” Continue Reading →
Creative Commons Image Basics
Kiddo wanted to know how to add an image to her blog and it was a question that came up over and over at WordCamp, too so I decided to Continue Reading →