No, it’s not a wedding; it’s a job change. In December, I became a systems librarian at the Harvard University Library. Back to academia for me. I’ll be working with Aleph and Verde for the foreseeable future – either of which could be old or new, depending on your perspective. I have never supported Aleph …
Category Archives: moving
On Being the Newbie Again
Now that I’m into week 5 at the new job and my personal belongings have caught up with me, I’m ready to tackle a blog post again. It sounds simple, but let me tell you, starting a new job is exhausting! I hadn’t done it since 2000 and had forgotten that feeling that comes around …
Office Demographics
Three of us, out of less than 30 people, at my new workplace went to the same high school. Go Tigers!
Seeing the World through Dial Up
I’m all moved into the aforementioned apartment (can you believe it?), although not all unpacked. I plugged a phone in today and found a dial tone, so I got myself a dial up connection to use while I wait for Verizon to hook me up with the high speed. This means that I’m currently torn …
Talk Amongst Yourselves
My last day in the office is tomorrow and then I tackle the job of moving in earnest. I expect things will be quiet here for a while. I’m cleaning out my del.icio.us bookmarks as well as my files; here are a few pages for your amusement: Yahoo! vs. Google search results – visualize the …
Organizing My Professional Self
In the course of wrapping up at Binghamton, I’ve needed to save quite a bit of professional e-mail, mainly correspondence related to presentations, articles, the list I manage. I also want to maintain several discussion list subscriptions that I’ve had through my work account. So, I set up a new Gmail account just for professional …
Traveling Again
Some musicians and bands have been a fleeting presence in my life, easily evoking a very particular time or experience whenever I hear their music. Others have stayed with me as lifelong friends, following me through college and grad school, into marriage and professional life. Here it seems appropriate to invoke Dar Williams, whose music …