Blogging About My Blog
Okay so I've been kind of slack this summer with the blogging and all, but hey, it's been a rough summer! I've completed Anatomy and Physiology II and an English 101 class that I had to re-do because I was such a slacker back when I was eighteen [twenty years ago, people!] and so I must live the nightmare a la Rodney Dangerfield. A word to the kids...get the best grades you can! They WILL come back to haunt you! [full disclosure--I've maintained a 3.8+ average since grad school.] I also have a VERY full-time job and a kid on the way (queue the violins!) On a positive note, the English class was awesome! It's nice to get back to the basics! I'm a life-long learner and proud of it, yo!
So now I'm blogging essentially about setting up this blog. It's kind of like moving into a new apartment and getting just the right pieces of furniture, a couch here, a coffee table there...
Anyway, I've been updating the sidebar and have added more links and been placing them in topical "buckets." The "utilities" section is where I'm putting essential links which I will probably rename "essential links." It's all over the news (I know) but Flickr and del.icio.us are killer web apps! If you don't know, then act like you know and get with it! These two sites are "de rigueur" right about now, or at least they were five minutes ago (backlash in 4...3...2...1)! Also TinyUrl makes big URLs that wrap around and are unusable totally clickable so you don't have to add the "cut and paste" disclaimer--nice!
On the cybrarian tip I've added ResourceShelf and ResourceShelf's DocuTicker. These are run by Gary Price and Steve Cohen who have been fixtures at the Internet Librarian conferences I go to and are cybrarian "celebs." The info on these two sites is massive! Even if you aren't a librarian you can still get your geek on!
Artsy Schmartsy has my favorite artsy blog Drawn! for now ...more coming soon.
Finally, my profile pic is a Maori carving I snapped at the Auckland War Memorial Museum while honeymooning in New Zealand. Believe me, it's much better looking than I am!
So now I'm blogging essentially about setting up this blog. It's kind of like moving into a new apartment and getting just the right pieces of furniture, a couch here, a coffee table there...
Anyway, I've been updating the sidebar and have added more links and been placing them in topical "buckets." The "utilities" section is where I'm putting essential links which I will probably rename "essential links." It's all over the news (I know) but Flickr and del.icio.us are killer web apps! If you don't know, then act like you know and get with it! These two sites are "de rigueur" right about now, or at least they were five minutes ago (backlash in 4...3...2...1)! Also TinyUrl makes big URLs that wrap around and are unusable totally clickable so you don't have to add the "cut and paste" disclaimer--nice!
On the cybrarian tip I've added ResourceShelf and ResourceShelf's DocuTicker. These are run by Gary Price and Steve Cohen who have been fixtures at the Internet Librarian conferences I go to and are cybrarian "celebs." The info on these two sites is massive! Even if you aren't a librarian you can still get your geek on!
Artsy Schmartsy has my favorite artsy blog Drawn! for now ...more coming soon.
Finally, my profile pic is a Maori carving I snapped at the Auckland War Memorial Museum while honeymooning in New Zealand. Believe me, it's much better looking than I am!
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