http://data-obsessed.renji.org Neither obsessed nor data-oriented Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:50:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slate has one of their ubiquitous articles/slideshows about the future of public libraries this week.  I haven't seen any posts about this one yet, but I'm sure they're out there - the liblogs I read represent a tiny percentage of the ones out there, and I tend to stay away ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=369 In a couple of weeks I'll have have been at my new job two months.  It's been fun, something my old job never was for me - or at least not in recent memory.  So far: I've been to London for work and training (and shopping) I've (apparently) become the resident chemical ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=368 It took longer than a week to get to, but as is often the case, the interview and decision process was slower than anticipated. I submitted my resignation at MPOW today.  It's not been a good year for me there, and I'd been wanting to move on anyway when a new ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=367 I know, I know, long time no post, but this was just too cool not to:  NORAD and Google Team up to track Santa's sleigh on radar. I didn't know the original story - that in 1952 a Sears store inadvertantly gave out the phone number of the NORAD (North American ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=366 (Long time no post, I know.  I haven't had much lately to say related to libraryland - and still don't, actually) It's the first week of September, which means Steve Jobs just pulled his One More Thing out of his back pocket, and the geek world drooled on cue - including ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=365 I'm a Midwesterner. I work in New York. The biggest culture clash? Whether it's pop or soda. Maybe if I showed them all this, I'd win the battle once and for all: Via BoingBoing. http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=363 So I took that Pew Technology Typology Quiz that seems to be making the rounds, and apparently I'm an Omnivore, the category of all hip, trendy technogeeks. Okay. Based on your answers to the questionnaire, you most closely resemble survey respondents within the Omnivores typology group. This does not mean ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=362 It's been an extra-long time since I posted here.  Mostly work has remained the way it's been all year for me - extremely busy - and it doesn't leave me much time or energy for blogging.   Plus, there just hasn't been as much out in the liblogs that I've felt ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=361 I nominate this as the new definition: Librarians hoard the wisdom of humanity. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding, and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy. Plus, they are often aware of very cheap places to dine alone ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=360 Information Outlook needs a re-design. By re-design, I'm not referring to the superficial - they've changed some fonts and some graphical details, and they changed the titles of their regular columns already, and I'll admit it looks nice and pretty. What I mean is that SLA needs to take a ... http://data-obsessed.renji.org/?p=359