Archive of information science

Freebase Hack Day II: The Return of Hack Day

on June 23rd, 2009 in Avenging, Cataloging, Digital Library, Freebase, information science, Research Obsession, San Francisco by | 2 Comments

Librarian? Data junkie? Obsessive compulsive? Come to the Freebase hack day on July 11, 2009 here in SF. There’s food, drinks, an excellent network, plenty of powercords, and a nice room full of geeks to chat with. It’s a fun way to dive a bit deeper into making cool data…

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SXSW Interactive 2009 – Funologists live and in person: Guerilla Game Research

on February 3rd, 2009 in Avenging, Career, Digital Library, information science, Interface design, Librarianship, Linden Lab, Second Life, SxSw, Tech, User Interface Design, Video games by | 2 Comments

Happy news! I was invited to be a panelist at the South by Southwest Interactive conference next month, as part of their ScreenBurn track. I’m on a panel called “Funologists live and in person: Guerilla Game Research.” I’ll share my experience starting some low-budget user research cycles for Second Life,…

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Ethnically Librarian

on January 14th, 2009 in ALA, Books, Career, Cataloging, Comics, Digital Library, Favorite Posts, information science, Librarianship, Library school by | 5 Comments

I am a librarian. I am not a librarian. I have an information science degree. I’ve been working for fourteen years, my entire adult life. Most of my jobs have been in libraries. I am a librarian. I am not a librarian. As a student at Michigan State University, I…

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Drunken blog post #3

on November 6th, 2008 in information science, Life, Linden Lab, Nerdcore Rap, Second Life by | Comments Off

The Thursday night Linden Lab whisky tasting has degraded in the traditional way. I’m surrounded by tipy nerds, discussing the glories of JQuery. One of my co-workers is wearing a shirt that reads “The Age of Consent Tour 1997″. Nerdcore rap blares from the QA office. Life is good.

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Another Data Mob at Freebase – Ethnicity

on May 27th, 2008 in Avenging, Cataloging, Digital Library, Freebase, information science by | 1 Comment

Wanna enrich some data? Got OCD? Tired of trying to get a foot in on popular Wikipedia entries? Try helping out with Freebase. It’s a database. Of stuff. Free stuff. You can mush it however you like. You can compare stuff. You can edit it. And this week? This week…

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On Graduating from School and Getting a Job

on May 14th, 2008 in Avenging, Career, Cornell, Digital Library, information science, Ithaca, Librarianship, Library school by | 4 Comments

I was crawling through my archives this morning and came across this little rant that I wrote years ago, during my first, horrible, post-grad school job at the Cornell University Library. I know several of you Gentle Readers are in school right now, and I thought you might enjoy the…

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This is what happens when you CC license your Flickr stream.

on January 9th, 2008 in Avenging, information science, Librarians in popular culture by | 7 Comments

Master! Of! Information!

on December 6th, 2007 in information science, Librarians in popular culture, Librarianship, Products by | 1 Comment

Hooray! There’s some new t-shirts over at the Librarian Avengers Store. Because if you are like me, you are frantically looking for holiday presents when you should be working. That’s it. I’m done. Everyone is getting PowerSquids for Christmas this year. Buy a t-shirt. kthnkxbye

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