130 days until Pi Day

This is it; I've done it; I've logged all of my 23 Things. I did the learning by serendipity and by following what I liked over the last nearly four years (and before, of course), but I did the tracking and blogging in a very compressed way over the last week or so. I discovered that, while some of the new Web 2.0 tools have supplanted others, or evolved substantially, or become irrelevant (to me, anyway), the world that opens up all across the interwebs when you really look to see what's out there is magical (as we knew it would be) and robust and right in tune with who we are as librarians and as a profession.

Talking to ourselves

Or thing 9.
It turns out that the most useful library news aggregator for me comes as the weekly American Libraries email newsletter. Fabulous links to all things library universe, intellectual freedom, library marketing, etc. David Lee King is pretty irresistible, as well, as he is bright, articulate and wonderfully customer-aware.

Thing 1

Lifelong learning & the art of learning what you like
(ce que vous aimez/circus amaze)

ce que j'aime (these things are in my toolbox):
stories
games & puzzles
cool stuff

ce que je n'aime pas:
deadlines (except that they are so useful for getting things done)
long explanations (foot-tapping; beginning to daydream...)
clunky language (badly written technical manuals, for instance)