November 22, 2002

Thinking about ways to make web pages more exciting - here's an idea for incorporating a customizable calendar:
HTML Calendar creators on the web: create your calendar, save it, and insert into your web page.
Web Calendar Creator - www.webcalendarcreator.com
HTML Calendar Generator - www.dbhsoftware.com/htmlcg/index.html

November 19, 2002

Free blog-hosting services:
Blogger.com - http://www.blogger.com/
LiveJournal.com - http://www.livejournal.com/
Grey Matter - http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft

More info about library blogs:
Libdex - http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html

November 18, 2002

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning "Good morning" at total strangers. --Maya Angelou

Found at Quotable Women – An Archive of Memorable Quotes by Women
http://www.wendy.com/women/quotations.html

November 16, 2002

Went walking along the levee in the fog this morning with my friend Alison. The fog was so thick, we couldn't even see the river, and so wet, water was running off my hair in droplets! Standing under a big tree, we could hear the droplets falling from the leaves, almost like rain. Definitely a morning for sheepskin slippers, hot chocolate, and a good book.

November 13, 2002

This is the best resource from the list Google found on Small Learning Communities. JFK High School will implement SLCs next school year for all classes, having pioneered the concept with the current Freshman class this year:

New Small Learning Communities: Findings From Recent Literature, by Kathleen Cotton (December 2001, pdf, 73pgs.)

Here is the results list from Google:
Google Search: "small learning communities"

November 11, 2002

Grassroots KM through blogging
May 14, 2001- Maish Nichani, Venkat Rajamanickam
Relationship of blogging to storytelling: "We are talking of the "storytelling" as the killer strategy, and "blogs" as the killer technology. Both of them share one common ground: grassroots interaction ."
Checking the technical details: removing my name from each post seems logical, since no one else will ever be posting here ...
Thank you, Sacramento County! for defeating Measure T, and supporting Measures G and H. This preserves what is left of the library's budget after reductions based on the State and County budgets.

November 10, 2002

Big wind and rain storm last few days - knocked over the basil and geraniums, and saturated the soil so everything is spongy. The spiders have come indoors to dry out, and even though it's not really cold, the fire was quite cheerful in the fireplace! Weather for any zipcode is here: Weather Underground (http://www.wunderground.com).
Having had the virtues of blogs drilled into me at the Internet Librarian 2002 conference, I have created my first blog. Don't know how often I'll be able to post, but hope to make it a useful tool for work.