I was both flattered and excited to be interviewed on the T is for Training podcast. I first met the host, Maurice, when he and I both attended a session at a conference and I cyberstalked him by sending him a Twitter message saying that I was sitting right behind him.
We looked back on 2009, looked forward to 2010, and looked *way* forward to the future of technology and how it’s going to impact libraries. There was, of course, lots of talk about training, instruction, classes, and the perils of the audience’s eye-roll.
Having never listened to audio interviews of myself before, I discovered that I apparently really enjoy the word “really”. I hope you enjoy the podcast. Really.
A lot of people worked very hard on the website usability studies and redesign, as well as its constant maintenance. These folks include Sherrida Crawford, John Taylor, Becky Murphy, Vince Spezzo, and all the folks who write content for the website (especially our steady bloggers Laura Wright and Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg)!
I had a great time at the conference, presented It’s All About the User, met a lot of cool librarians, and had some inspiring conversations! Thanks again for a great time!!!
I had a great time in Ft. Myers for TechLearn2009 last Friday, and heard some great talks on literacy and brain science, how to invest in learning, e-branches, and much more. I was delighted to give the opening and closing keynote speeches, LEARN and TECH, both shown below. A great big thank-you to everyone there for making me feel welcome, and especially to Lee LeBlanc for inviting me!
I got to speak on gaming and libraries, something that I had not spoken on before. Although we do gaming at MPOW as part of our marketing and outreach services, I had never delved into the topic. Once I got started, I learned a lot and started making some connections between different ideas. For example, I will occasionally play with social norms, doing such things as breaking the boundary between public and private space, speaking in non-gendered terms, etc. (you know, just for fun!). These and other ideas are explored in my presentation:
