I followed the posts soon realizing that the recruiting bubble and the librarian bubble have [or had depending on your point of view] much in common. The blogs, the personalities, the relationships, the tensions, the idealism, even surviving the space — The NextGen Librarian’s Survival Guide, sound familiar? It all resonated with me. More, they write, read and link to really good stuff!
To the extent that I have gotten so much from following this meme I wanted to share it with you! Enjoy.
As I begin to look at SlideShare for all its virtues as a medium to both communicate and optimize content I am reminded that everything we publish brands us. The challenge then is to create content that is at least as good as the best.
You wouldn’t know it from my posting frequency but I have been quite busy in my research. In an effort to develop an understanding for the recursive nature of blogging and its value, and reconcile Pierre Proudhon’s notion that “property is theft” with the persistent nuisance of walled gardens — or is it the perennial nuisance of persistent identity? — I am in danger of missing out on the increasingly popular YouTube gimme-juice phenomenon. Phew!
I came across this example from Cisco which illustrates the point — take your pick from any one of those above:
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