Category Archives: By the Power of the Interweb!

Say My Name

Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 by Keith

I was quoted in this WaPo article (bottom of the first page) about Facebook and their weird policy involving people with eccentric names. how this came about: the article’s author saw my comment on a Boing Boing post a few … Continue reading →

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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Keith

I’ve entered my second novel, The Lives of Perfect Creatures, into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest: The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is an opportunity for emerging fiction writers to join a community of authors on Amazon.com, showcase their work, … Continue reading →

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No Bye, No Aloha

Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by Keith

These tough economic times are hard on everybody but there’s a special flavor of suck to loosing your paying job as a conservitive blogger to Joe the Plumber. And not Just Joe doing your job for half the pay but … Continue reading →

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Save Our Souls (And Our Book Store!)

Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 by Keith

Moby Lives has two unrelated stories that have a sort of symmetry: Amazon.com employs Dickensian work conditions in its UK warehouse, forcing workers to toil in unreasonable conditions for up to 7 days a week. Meanwhile, Powell’s books, here in … Continue reading →

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The Last Debate

Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 by Keith

I’m live tweeting the debate. I will of course be drinking.

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Is This The Greatest Library Ever?

Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by Keith

There are libraries and then there are the shrines that super nerds build:  Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker’s library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway … Continue reading →

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Slide Show and Presentation Now Available!

Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 by Keith

The text and slide show of my presentation, Using Social Network Tags in a Library Setting is now available. I’ve put it on it’s own page, so that I can have it handy for future reference. There’s a permanent link … Continue reading →

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Historical Photos on Flickr

Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2008 by Keith

One part of the presentation I did for my recent job interview was about how libraries and other institutions are using Flickr to attract attention to their photo archives. The Library of Congress has been doing this for a while … Continue reading →

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Where Are Blogs Bred? In the Heart Or In the Head?

Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Keith

Last night, I was searching Amazon for something completely unrelated* and happened upon this book, Balanced Libraries: Thoughts on Continuity and Change, by Walt Crawford. The author is trying to find the middle ground between the old school library way … Continue reading →

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Jane Espenson Is: The 5th Beetle

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Keith

Just a reminder that real Life is still stranger than fiction: Remember how I was just in Vancouver? Well, instead of checking luggage, I had a box of clothes FedExed up there and then back down here when I left. … Continue reading →

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