Monthly Archives: March 2007

Staying in Touch with the Users

Posted on March 26, 2007 by abigail

I started my professional life as a cataloger. I have felt the push and pull of inter-departmental wranglings: “they don’t understand the value of what we do!” and “they don’t understand how people actually use the catalog!” Now that I’ll … Continue reading →

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Office Demographics

Posted on March 22, 2007 by abigail

Three of us, out of less than 30 people, at my new workplace went to the same high school. Go Tigers!

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fiveblogs

Posted on March 22, 2007 by abigail

Rachel Singer Gordon asks, “What do people read outside the library field?” dooce – “I’m Heather B. Armstrong. This is my website.” A List Apart – “For people who make websites” Church of the Customer – by Ben McConnell and … Continue reading →

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Writing for the Web

Posted on March 17, 2007 by abigail

If you write for the web, you may find this tip sheet helpful. It discusses making your page easily scannable, optimizing for search engines, and (my favorite, as you may know) good reasons not to write “click here.”

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Seeing the World through Dial Up

Posted on March 13, 2007 by abigail

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 … Continue reading →

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Site Updates

Posted on March 6, 2007 by abigail

To cope with some serious anxiety while waiting for my spouse to come back from an interview and waiting to find out whether we’re getting the apartment we want, I added some stuff to this site. There’s a del.icio.us feed … Continue reading →

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