The winners of the Linden Prize were announced today. I’m very happy for the people at Studio Wikitecture and Virtual Ability. I know some of the hardworking and tremendously creative people in both of these groups–they richly deserve this award and need the cash infusion. In my heart was really hoping that the Alliance Library [...]
Ok, its a self-publishing archive. I get it. They call it “democratized publishing.” I get that. Even our President has a Scribd page with 100 friends. We can use it to embed documents into websites. Like that. Check! Please do not say that this is the future of the book or I will totally lose [...]
Oh, yes indeed! Glenn Cummings from S. Maine CC has been appointed Asst. Secr. of Education for vocational and adult education. Yes we can!
The Chancellor of Foothill-DeAnza CC district has been appointed the Under Secretary of Education. Martha Kanter, you are my girl! I’m sure Foothill is crying at the loss though. Good leaders are tough to find and hold on to. This is great for CC’s. I know she won’t let us down so here are my [...]
In this installment of I’m Learning Photoshop, I took on the Working with Masks and Layers chapter from PS CS4 Classroom in a Book. Ok, masks are not easy. This lesson took me two hours. Masks are like taping off things you want to retain like taping off the trim when you paint a room. [...]
Ok, I had to bring this topic back because I have found that I cannot, or should not, change the name of my blog to be less representative of my work as a librarian. I like being a librarian. I worked really hard to become a librarian. Like many people who are entering the mid-stage [...]