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Introvert, extrovert, or false dichotomy? I’ve been baring my soul and cockeyed schemes on the internet since 1997. I tell total strangers here on this site about my life, my thoughts on work, and the things that bring me joy. I’ve had two jobs where I acted professionally. I love making strangers smile. On Sundays, [...]
I’ve escaped my parental bonds for a moment, thanks to my husband, so I have a few minutes to tell you about my recent trip to the SF Public library. The big one downtown. The one I visited a long time ago and left, convinced that public librarianship in a large city belonged to the [...]
Greetings from an ethnic librarian working in the games industry! I’m posting this review of my experience last year at GDC (the Game Developers Conference) held every year here in San Francisco. It was originally part of a letter to my team here at Linden Lab, but I thought you librarians might be interested/amused, considering [...]
From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace
I visited my local Bernal Heights library branch this afternoon, in search of a place to sit and read. It turned out to be one of the last weeks the building is open before it closes for an extensive renovation. On a kid-filled sunny spring Saturday, the current building gives the impression of being a [...]
Binders of field notes sit in the common area of the Macaulay library, the audio/video library where I spent three years working as a software interface designer. These are all digitized now, but the collection goes back to the 1950′s so these books are the last line of defense in case of a digital preservation [...]
Elyse Sewell came in second place on America’s Next Top Model. I know this because I spent two solid days watching it on YouTube this winter while battling the flu. Why should you care about Elyse Sewell? Well, she’s funny, she has a livejournal, she’s smart as hell, and she visits libraries for fun. Libraries [...]
Off to Vancouver, BC for the week. I’m stalking the sea otters at the Vancouver aquarium. I get in tonight. If any CUPE 391 members want a beer, I’m buying. Organized librarians rock.
I got my New York Public Library card in the mail today. Anyone who lives in New York state is eligible for a card, so I now have access to the library’s impressive collection of online resources. I spent the morning refreshing my Spanish at the NYPL’s Online Language Learning Center. It uses the Rosetta [...]
If you have six or seven hours to dedicate to dinner and post-dinner drinks, you will discover the delightful absence of hangover or hunger the next morning. No wonder Parisians take so many vacation days. They are needed to eat properly. Gentlemen take note: Gui brought roses to all the women at dinner. I’m just [...]