Author: Kenley Neufeld
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Kenley’s Daily Digest for March 5th
Checked in at Luria Library, Santa Barbara City College Perfect storm at the ref desk: person on telephone hold, difficult IM research question, 3 people in person, & 1 librarian. Ack! [kenleyneufeld] I earned the Globe Trotter(25) sticker on @GetGlue! http://bit.ly/9IJQtS [kenleyneufeld] OMG, @rapportive is sic. Use Gmail? Use Chrome or Firefox? Download Rapportive now.…
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Kenley’s Daily Digest for March 4th
Special SXSW iPhone App Screen http://post.ly/QUCU [kenleyneufeld] Very pleased. Got my @massiveattackuk tix for LA Wiltern in May. Haven’t seen them since ’95 & the new album is great. [kenleyneufeld] Checked in at Jochim & Plane Shared Official Gmail Blog: Fast new windows. RT @ojaimindfulness: Please join us for sitting and walking meditation on Thursday…
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I am a D.J. I Am What I Play
I always loved that Bowie line. After several years of talking about putting together a radio show, not to mention dreaming of it when I was in college, I finally had my first show last week thanks to SBCC Radio. My second show airs in a few minutes. You can listen in iTunes Radio (College/University…
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I Am Not A Gadget: A Buddhist’s iPad Dilemma
Next month the iPad will be unleashed on the world and I want one. First question, how can I justify the cost against a household with a fixed budget. Second, balancing the desire to reduce consumption and the need to stay current with technology. Third, the balance of ubiquitous computing and family harmony. Finally, the…
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Joyful Tet Celebration
Tet is the Lunar New Year for the Vietnamese community. Our family is very close to the Vietnamese because our Teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, is Vietnamese. We came to Deer Park Monastery in Escondido to celebrate Tet with out brothers and sisters. Dragon and lion dances. Firecrackers. Drumming. Laughter. Lisi (red envelopes with money). Generosity.…
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Library Director: A Day in the Life
Though I missed the first few Library Day in the Life last year, I thought I’d participate this year using Twitter as my primary tool of tracking. This year the selected date was Monday, January 25, 2010. This so happened to be the first day of the spring semester at Santa Barbara City College. Not…
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Foursquare, Libraries, and Librarians
About a dozen attendees at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston used a location based social network from foursquare (launched in March 2009). In some ways, it felt like the first time Twitter reached the ALA scene a couple of years ago. Pushing the boundaries and testing new technologies is one of the things…