Thanks to my friend Anna Creech, I had the honor of being a judge for this year’s Parsec Awards. I was a judge for the “Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)” category, and it was great listening to the different podcasts. All of the submissions were at least good, and many of them were [...]
Early Saturday morning, I was interviewed by Connie Crosby and Stephen Kellat about Library Camp Kansas for the LISnews podcast, LISTen. The podcast was posted this morning, so give it a (*ahem*) listen. And like Connie, I hope others are inspired to organize unconferences in their areas (if they haven’t already),
The Promotions people at MPOW decided they wanted to offer patrons a free CD of recorded storytimes before Thanksgiving, with the idea that parents could put the CD on and keep the kids entertained during a long car ride to wherever they were having Thanksgiving dinner. Discussion and planning followed, readers were solicited from our [...]
It was with a heavy heart that, due to a variety of circumstances, I had to miss last night’s Uncontrolled Vocabulary. But in general, I do my utmost to listen and participate in the conversation. And so should you. Why? Cindi Trainor has some reasons for you, so go read her blog. And if you [...]
Last night’s premiere of Greg Schwartz’s “Uncontrolled Vocabulary” was an immense amount of fun. It was also an interesting exercise in multitasking streams of information and conversation, as I was listening to and participating in the discussion, reading the typed chats that some participants were typing out, reading the articles we were discussing, and reading [...]
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