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That Was The Week in Twitter That Was
Back in February, I started digesting my Twitter feed to this blog. Well, I’ve decided to stop. I was inspired by Scott‘s My Day of Twitter posts and Dave‘s Twitter digest posts, plus I liked the archival aspect to it. … Continue reading
Peer review, feh.
I had a realization a few days ago, about my reading habits and my approach to intellectual work. I was reading The Bursting of the Academic Library Bubble, by Steven Bell, in Library Journal. That article contains a link to … Continue reading
My Life in Twitter
Inspired by Scott‘s My Day of Twitter posts and Dave‘s Twitter digest posts, I’ve decided to also digest my Twitter feed to this blog. I’ve installed Twitter Tools, and if I’ve set it up right, it will be making posts … Continue reading
Post from the iPoderantz
Thanks to the good people at ibiblio, specifically Ken, I now have the WordPress app for the iPhone set up. Behold, the matzah… or, in this case, my first post from my iTouch. Which, yes, I call the iPoderantz. (It … Continue reading
Breathing new life into the old blog?
Now that tenure is a done deal — on March 10 I submitted a signed copy of my tenure letter to the Provost’s office… see my celebratory tweet — I keep telling myself that I’ll put some effort into this … Continue reading
I’m a twit
Once again again, I come late to the party… Yvonne has shamed me into creating an account with Twitter, by accusing me of being a Luddite. My new tweety username: jpom. I have to admit I don’t really get it… … Continue reading
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Done with spring cleaning
Well, it took me about a month, but I’m done with my blog spring cleaning. I’ve now posted or simply deleted all of the old posts that I wrote ages ago and have been sitting on for years. My Write … Continue reading
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Bursty
You may have noticed that I’ve been posting like mad here lately, at least compared with the past two months of near radio silence. I genuinely don’t know what makes me lose or gain interest in my blog over time, … Continue reading
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Intellectual debates in public forums
In the latest issue of JASIST is an article by Marcia Bates, which is a response to an article by Birger Hjørland, which is a response to an article by Marcia Bates. Bates’ first article was published in 2006; Hjørland’s … Continue reading
Upgraded
I’ve finally gotten off my duff and upgraded my version of WordPress to the latest version, 2.2.1. (I believe I was previously using version 1.5.2 — very, very old.) Most important: comments are working again, finally. Considerably less important: in … Continue reading
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