Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Internet Safety: round 17, 984.
While on a search for good, both-sides of the issue books on internet safety, I ran across this article by Nancy Willard about current popular safety techniques that aren't working, and why. I liked it so much, I ordered her book.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Book vs. Movie
So we all know that movies based on books never quite measure up to their origins. Movies based off Frank Miller's graphic novels, however, tend to be the exception. When Sin City came out, we were amazed at how close some of the movie frames matched scenes from the graphic novels. It looks like they're doing the same thing with 300, which comes out in theatres (and the IMAX!) on March 9th. Check out the book to movie comparison shots here.
(Note: There is a link to the Sin City comparison shots in the blog post above. If you are easily offended by nudity, I would recommend just sticking with the 300 shots.)
(Note: There is a link to the Sin City comparison shots in the blog post above. If you are easily offended by nudity, I would recommend just sticking with the 300 shots.)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Google, be my valentine?
Google's Valentine's Day Singles Appreciation Day logo has a chocolate covered strawberry. I like the way they think.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
Internet Safety Meeting
You might have missed it, but in today's paper they announced that there will be a Community Forum on internet safety here in Bardstown. I think that some of us need to show up and provide an opposing viewpoint to the fear and panic. Anyone with me?
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Brainstorming!
Nelda sent me some pictures of the brainstorming exercise from Tuesday, and I immediately stole them and put them on my flickr so I could find them later.
There were six categories, and we each had 5 minutes to write down as many ideas as we could for each category. We ended up with at least 80 ideas in each category. Then we broke up into groups, and sorted through all the ideas in each category, weeding out the duplicates, and putting them into similar groups.
I didn't steal all of Nelda's pictures, so if you were interested in the whole set you can go here to see them.
There were six categories, and we each had 5 minutes to write down as many ideas as we could for each category. We ended up with at least 80 ideas in each category. Then we broke up into groups, and sorted through all the ideas in each category, weeding out the duplicates, and putting them into similar groups.
I didn't steal all of Nelda's pictures, so if you were interested in the whole set you can go here to see them.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Racing into the Future
We went to the "Racing into the Future" workshop over at Rough River State Park yesterday. For a workshop that I had no idea what to expect from, it went pretty well. It's different from most workshops, in that this is more of a program that we're participating in. They're going to follow up on our progress and everything. Luckily, this is something we really needed to do anyway. Plus, there was a cool brainstorming activity that I'm going to steal one of these days.
We talked about making plans of action, short and long term goals so that we provide the best technology and support to our patrons that we can manage. And if we do this planning correctly, "what we can manage" in the future can be much more. My goals are: to use the move as a good opportunity to create a technology inventory (we don't have one, as far as I know) and to keep it updated, and also to make a procedures manual with instructions and passwords for all of our technological equipment. Some of this is already in the binder at the front desk (TLC procedures, but they probably need updated now that I think about it), but there are several things that really should be added, like the microfilm machine and the phone system. This will be a good reference for everyone, especially new employees. Whee goals!
What goals would you like to see us have?
We talked about making plans of action, short and long term goals so that we provide the best technology and support to our patrons that we can manage. And if we do this planning correctly, "what we can manage" in the future can be much more. My goals are: to use the move as a good opportunity to create a technology inventory (we don't have one, as far as I know) and to keep it updated, and also to make a procedures manual with instructions and passwords for all of our technological equipment. Some of this is already in the binder at the front desk (TLC procedures, but they probably need updated now that I think about it), but there are several things that really should be added, like the microfilm machine and the phone system. This will be a good reference for everyone, especially new employees. Whee goals!
What goals would you like to see us have?
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