I had to take Champ, our golden retriever, to the vet Friday. While waiting for what seemed like forever, I wandered around in the small wooded area next to the facility and came across this nest of baby robins. Cute!
Baby robins
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
What do I use my iPhone for, really?
There is so much buzz and hype surrounding the iPhone that it is rare for me to hear specifics about how useful it is in day to day tasks for other people.
Here is a list of the main features I use on my iPhone:
– a cell phone (duh)
– calendar (this is absolutely essential)
– password manager
– Internet browser
– camera
– note taking
– financial manager
– social network stuff like Twitter and Facebook
– keeping up to date via mobile version of Google Reader.
Not terribly exciting or innovative stuff, I know. But these features have become essential to me every day. Note that using the device as an iPod isn’t mentioned. I like having iPod capabilities but it turns out that I don’t use them that often.
Mobile view
Here is what FML looks like on my iPhone, thanks to a great WordPress plugin:
Farewell, NASIG?
I haven’t written very much here of any substance in a long while. This is due to general life overload combined with a periodic (and normal) waning of interest in blogging. I thought I’d mention here that I am seriously contemplating not renewing my NASIG membership.
For those reading this post who know me, an avid promoter of this organization and member since 1991 when I was still in grad. school, this revelation may be shocking. Indeed, just mentioning it makes me feel like a heel. Like I am betraying the library professional organization that I have called home all of my professional career, the place where I have such dear friends and many professional rewards.
But I need to face reality. My career focus has drastically changed. I am not going to the NASIG annual conference. I am not working in the same area as other serialists any more. I really like the new career tack I’m on and it’s unlikely that will change soon. I’m being stretched and I am learning a lot of interesting things. I am casting about for a new professional organization that more closely matches what I’m now doing. I am not able to keep feet planted firmly in two different worlds of library and information science. I am doing a disservice to NASIG due to my lack of attention and inability to contribute. This disservice has gone on for too long.
Therefore I think I need to just let it go, but it breaks my heart to do it. With this I feel like I am definitely leaving librarianship behind, at least the librarianship I have been steeped in for over seventeen years.