I can’t be self-promotional all alone here, people. I need your help! Vote for meeeee! My proposal is up for voting right now on the South By Southwest Interactive Panel Picker. It’s a geek frenzy over there. Vote early and often. VOTE HERE (login required) Panel Proposal: Video Game Research:…

A lovely fellow from The Austin Chronicle wrote to my fellow South by Southwest panelists asking for a definition of our enigmatically titled presentation. He wanted to know what a “Funologist” was, and rather than sadden him with the news that our moderator made it up, we all took a…

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,…

More analog tagging from South by Southwest Interactive… photo by noneck I’m trying to start a trend. Conference badges need more than just geographic metadata. Together we can raise the level of schmoozy conference discourse! Grab some stickers and tag yourself! It’s your duty as a librarian!

I just spoke with a gentleman who helps run Second Life, and he informed me that there are, like, a billion librarians on SL, who own a string of islands and facilitate information exchange. Can anyone confirm this? Are we cool or what?

Guy at mike: In the words of Walt Whitman, do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Guy next to me (stage whispers): Gay. Edit: I’m annotating this one for the non-literature/human-sexuality majors. It’s deconstruct-jokes-day here at Librarian Avengers. Walt Whitman’s status…

Guess who drank too much last night? Everyone! It’s hangover day here at South by Southwest. The panels are slow and attendance is low. This morning I went to a panel debating the merits of ignoring users. It matched my mood nicely. User profiles are taking a beating this year….