Friday, December 29, 2006

What I Learned in Blogland This Week

LISTS!
Put away your jousting equipment I'm not talking about the Rennaisance Fair. It's the end of the year so I'm seeing lists of every conceivable thing. Best, Worst, Most, Least, and "I wish..." Some of the more interesting:
From CNN: The top 10 entertainment stories of 2006
Bookgasm: BOOKGASM’s Best (and Worst) of 2006
9 Fake Books I Wish Someone Had Published This Year


PREDICTIONS!
I seriously think some weird stuff is going to happen in the next 6 months. My own prediction? The Web and Social Networking are going to take another sharp turn very fast - and this time it won't be in my parent's living room (How Blogs, Feeds, Wikis and RSS Changed One Bookte... )

Predictions for both libraryland and the rest of the world:
Gartner's 2007 Predictions
Experts on What's Ahead

THE YEAR IN REVIEW!
What a Year! 2006 in Posts, Presentations, Permutations, and ... PARTICIPATION! (Updated)

LIBRARIANSHIP - STILL YOUR BEST CAREER OPTION
US News & World Report

BLOGGING
Lots of good ideas and discussion about policy and procedures
Blogging policies and procedures

DVD
It's surprising how many things have not made it to DVD yet.
Very good things come to those who wait

THOSE MAD-CAP, RABBLE-ROUSERS, JIMMY CARTER AND HARRY POTTER!
Reacting, not reading.
SF Wire reports on Harry Potter Plot-Bets

LIBRARY 2.0
Continued discussion. Are we going too fast? Is Second Life just a flash in the pan?
Slow Library, a 2.0 idea
Visiting the 'Second Life' World: Virtual Hype?

SELF
HA! I told you we all have our own special organizational styles!
In Favor of Mess

And Father Sarducci comes through again - Classic Humor Never Dies!
Father Sarducci's Absolute Worst Holiday Song Ever

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