Posted in 3272, 2755, 3235, 3273, 3274, 3276, 3275, 3137, 3113, the, blogging, great, 2962, 2735, 2966, General on Feb 14th, 2008 Comments Off
There’s a lot of great blogging going on in the Intro to New Media Studies class (always room for more, of course), much of it sparked by Ted Nelson’s Computer Lib/Dream Machines. We’re moving from Nelson to Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg next Tuesday, but before we go, I thought I’d share a recent response […]
Posted in 3002, 3003, 3001, 3000, 2999, 3004, 3005, 3009, 3008, 3007, 3006, 2998, 2997, and, great, version, the, 2757, a, 2996, 2995, 2994, 2993, General on Jan 18th, 2008 Comments Off
This isn’t a great movie–in fact, it’s pretty formulaic and manipulative in spots. But I still like it. It’s a treat to see Denzel Washington act in his role, and several of the supporting players also do a fine job.
But the real reason I finally bought this film (Blu-ray version, on sale at Amazon) was […]
Posted in 2940, 2941, 2942, 2939, 2938, 2003, great, General on Jan 12th, 2008 Comments Off
Since I took up this work in 2003, I’ve met some great, great people. One of them is Liz Kocevar-Weidinger, Instruction and Reference Services Librarian at Longwood University. Liz is a very creative and imaginative person who understands the power of metaphor and has an uncommonly interesting strategic sense of how libraries can become vital […]
Posted in session, meeting, book, highly, opening, doris, intensely, inspiring, goodwin, kearns, speakers, great, recommend, the, read, devoted, team, summer can, rivals, breakfast, extending, General on Oct 25th, 2007 Comments Off
A great day, beginning with the speakers’ breakfast, extending into an intensely inspiring opening session with Doris Kearns Goodwin (I read her Team of Rivals this summer–can’t recommend this book too highly), a great meeting devoted to online learning, at least two wonderful conversations in the afternoon … such a feast.
But aside from Goodwin, whose […]