CILIP Yorkshire and Humberside Members’ Day

Yesterday I got yet another trip out the office up to Leeds to attend the CILIP Yorkshire and Humberside Members’ Day (#cilipyh). I’ve never been to one of these before so, aside from the pre-registered sessions, was unsure what to really expect.
Opening up the day was the amazing Biddy Fisher with her keynote address… Of [...]

Twittering… another year on

When I first wrote about Twitter in Higher Education (back in November 2008) I’d not been using the service all that long or as frequently as I do now and it wasn’t until early 2009 that I really started to gather my thoughts about how to make the best use of it. So now we’re [...]

Hello Ghostbusters…

Can you guess where I’ve been? The first clue’s in the title… Here’s your second:

Yep, that’s New York Public Library. Unfortunately it’s currently undergoing renovation on the exterior so the place is covered in scaffolding and tarpaulin but it takes nothing away from the awesomeness of inside!
It was my first visit to New York and [...]

Twitter Love

One of my favourite things about Twitter is being able to make Tweet clouds to see what I’ve been rambling on about for the last month, six months, year or however long. There are a few Tweet cloud things out there (Google em) but I mostly stick to this bad boy. It’s easy to use, [...]

The Third Degree

I made it into the Overview this month, here’s what I had to say:
What’s the best bit of advice you’ve ever received?
“Ask the librarian”, because even when they don’t know the answer they’re pretty good at pointing you in the right direction. It’d be that or “Knowledge is power, arm yourself”.
Who or what inspires you?
Evolution! [...]