Do you remember which ones were your favorite books in school? Were there any? Kidding aside, were they the ones filled with facts? Was there a particular subject matter that interested you? What was it about it that grabbed - and retained - your attention? Was it the writing? Perhaps the visuals? N...

PVLD is in the process of developing a new strategic plan which is forcing us to both take a hard look at what we currently do and how we do it, and to think about what we want the library......

There is nothing more amusing than watching someone in the street who is proclaiming the world is going to end. Still, they’ve at least given us enough warning to book our rocket ship so we can picnic on the moon whilst watching the world implode. But if you can’t do this, what do you do? Thankf...

In 2003, back before online dating was remotely acceptable, I met a woman from Perth, Western Australia over the Internet. As many of you know, I ended up selling all my stuff and flying across the planet to meet her in person. It was pretty much the adventure of a lifetime, and even though parts of...

I’ll be telling a story onstage at the legendary Stonewall Inn next Wednesday night, if any of you are so inclined. This is perfect, actually — I have a big show coming up in late March, and this should be a perfect short-term deadline to write the story, test it out, and generally get m...

You might remember that the very first CRS track was on a Thom Yorke instrumental. This is a must watch/record. This Saturday @ 9pm - VH1… I hope VH1 streams the entire 3hrs online. Spotted @ MTV via Reuters: During the taping, according to a Reuters reporter, West was aggrieved that Radiohead...

Most of us have been brought up thinking about stories as structured with a beginning, middle and end. Most of them tend to unfold chronologically. If you miss the beginning, you have to work pretty hard to catch up with the middle.The Internet has changed this experience. Information comes at your ...

In August of 2006, I first blogged about Matt, "Where The Hell is Matt?" (visit the blog entry to get all of the background information). While on YouTube, I discovered an interesting presentation by Matt. He was invited for a short presentation called an Ignite Talk for Gnomedex in August of 2008. ...

Yesterday, on Citizen of the Month, I talked about the importance of storytelling in blogging, and brought up that idea of a storytelling session at BlogHer. (you can sign up to attend or present during this session over here) I hope this idea that bloggers are writers doesn’t scare anyone off...

I find that one of the most useful features of Twitter is the resource sharing. With a well-established network of educators, it seems easy to solicit responses from educators who are willing to share favourite resources on various topics. Today, one of my undergraduate students Krystal (@tealek) in...