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Yearly Archives: 2008
Shalev: A pigeon and a boy
I will not bother writing down the story line of Meir Shalev‘s A pigeon and a boy, because you can get that from many sources. Instead let me share my personal experience reading this book and some minor observations. It … Continue reading
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Levine: What God Can Do for You Now
The purpose of Rabbi Robert M. Levine‘s book is made obvious in its title and subtitle together: “What God can do for you now: For seekers who want to believe.” It is clearly a self-help book, giving an answer for … Continue reading
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CLA’08-6: Saturday evening
Technically my evenings did not belong to the conference, because I did not stay to socialize. But as I am trying to blog about the whole weekend experience I might as well write it down. So after the last session … Continue reading
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CLA’08-5: Multiculture
For my second Saturday afternoon session I went to a room I was not planning to. But chatting with one of the exhibitors I learned that a Jewish author will be on a multicultural panel. As I realized my eyes … Continue reading
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CLA’08-4: Zotero
The first session I went after lunch (and checking my email) was on Zotero. It is a “free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources“. I heard about it in the past, but did … Continue reading
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CLA’08-3: Infopeople sessions
As by the time I got out of the native session it was too late to sneak in to any of the other sessions I headed to the exhibition floor again. I did not stay without intellectual stimulus there either. … Continue reading
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CLA’08-2: Dynamic leadership
At 10:15 on Saturday I had 15 minute break so I did a quick round in the exhibition floor, which was next to the series of rooms where the conference lectures were held. Then I headed for my next session … Continue reading
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CLA’08-1: Opening: Chabon/Waldman
The conference was opened by CLA’s president Monique le Conge. Then the keynote speakers Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman were introduced. The official title of their discussion was “On being writers“, but in reality they mostly talked about what it … Continue reading
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CLA’08-0: Getting there
Last weekend I attended my first professional librarian conference. It was the California Library Association’s 110th annual conference. I was planning start Friday afternoon with a visit to Adobe System, but I missed the deadline for signing up for that. … Continue reading
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Kunstler: World Made by Hand (2008)
The challenge with a plausible utopia is that you might have a different version of it in your head. James Howard Kunstler was on target in World Made by Hand with so many aspects of his vision of the world … Continue reading
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