I'm in love!

I think I have a reputation for pooh-poohing things in general. Probably deservedly so. But when I like something--really, really like something-- I'm the world's most enthusiastic cheerleader. It's merely that I don't run across something worthy of gushing that often.

I just met iGoogle, and it was love at first site. This is everything that customizing the home page from the isp I use at home should be, but isn't. As soon as I get home, iGoogle is my new home page.

If I take nothing else new away from this 2.0 deal, this was worth it.

Edited to add: I'm nearly as much in love with Google Docs, but please don't tell iGoogle I'm cheating on it already.

Assignment: Post to an ACPL blog

I've posted to ACPL blogs before (today's contribution was to the Mac discussion), but admittedly not often.

I should love using blogs to discuss work matters. I've always preferred writing to speaking, and you don't have to wait for your colleagues to shut-- er, finish speaking-- before stating your mind on a blog. However, I've noticed several things that keep me from embracing them wholeheartedly.

First, I'm hyper-aware that someone may misconstrue what I type. So I edit. And edit. And edit again. What should have taken me 5 minutes to tap out turns into a 30 minute search for les mots justes.

Second, you don't know who's reading. Are the people you want your message to get to reading? More important, are the people you might not want to hear the message reading? If you're sitting in a meeting, you know who's hearing your message. (Egad, did I just defend meetings? Somebody shoot me.)

7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners

Did anyone else think the narrator sounded... unwell?

My favorite part was the suggestion for making time to complete the 2.0 stuff-- ask your co-workers not to disturb you during a certain time.

This assumes so very many things that aren't true that I can't even begin to list them.

I consider myself a successful lifelong learner. Really. Presentations like this suck all the life out of the process for me.

Library Lady Got Whacked

Sometime between 5 p.m. last night, and 7 a.m. this morning, someone severed the head of a Snoopy figure I had in my office. Is that the library equivalent of finding a horse's head in your bed? And how am I going to break the news to Charlie Brown?

I have suspects!

The Kidnappers

If you don't get it, you can't be my friend.

Look ma, I can blog. Actually, I've had a Live Journal account since 2002, but if I told you that URL, then I'd have to kill you.

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want a public blog, if they weren't trying to sell something. I spent a great deal of time as a child trying to keep my diary scribblings secret. That's why they used to put locks on them, folks.

So, why am I doing this? I'm a sucker for a free t-shirt.