A free (yes, free) XML workshop

Few people are as good as Eric Lease Morgan at explaining technical things in a way that is easy for just about anyone to understand. Eric has been at this for a long time and has a rich history of innovative applications for libraries and I like the way that he is so passionate about libraries and technology. Therefore I was pleased to read his announcement on the code4lib discussion list the other day about the availability of all of the materials relating to his XML in Libraries all-day workshop. I’ve never attended one but I am going to review this material very carefully and I am sure I’ll learn a lot of new things. Highly recommended. (And it’s free.)

New blog features

I just finished adding some features to this blog. One is the addition of online status indicators for the three IM accounts that I regularly use: AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger. If you see one or more of these icons show that I’m online, just click on the one for the IM service you use and that way we can have a chat. I’d love to hear from you! Another feature I’ve added is the ability for others to syndicate the comments for this site (see the new link for this under the XML / RSS Feed portion of the righthand navigation menu). One addition I’m hoping to make sometime soon is something like what my friend Emily has done with her blog: add a section displaying small images of the books I’m currently reading. What do others find useful as blog features in this or other blogs? Not useful? Give me your comments so that I can try to improve this whole thing.