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  • How to avoid outsourcing

    I was litening earlier to the latest In the Trenches, spefically to special guest Chuck Tomasi’s take on how to make yourself more valuable to your employer. He is in management now afterall so it’s a different perspective. I was struck by this idea of getting outside the technology and understanding the core business processes…

  • It Figures

    Yesterday was Nature Photography Day, and between a full work day and an evening meeting over at the library, I was in the midst of the concrete jungle downtown. (OK so Columbus isn’t exactly the concrete jungle, but there’s not much in the way of nature to get photos of downtown.) On the positive side…

  • Stupid mobile users

    I actually meant to post this earlier in the week, then forgot all about it until tonight. Tuesday night, upon our return to Port Columbus airport, I had to make a quick stop at the men’s room on the way to baggage claim. I no sooner than had stepped inside the doorway of the men’s…

  • Philadelphia Freedom

    We’re off in the morning (A 5:30 flight, ugh!) for a long weekend of site-seeing, exploring, photographing and eating our way around Philadelphia, with a one-day side trip up to N.Y.C. Needless to say, my involvement in the blogosphere will be minimal until Weds. or so, but I’ll be sure to have details, and photos…

  • Libraries and technology

    Over lunch today, which is the usual slice of time I take for podcast listening, I couldn’t help but perk my ears up to a couple of mentions about libraries and technology. First, the obvious one, Chuck Tomasi’s interview with the director of the Appleton Public Library, Terry Dawson. Terry and Chuck discussed Appleton’s growing…

  • History lesson

    Something struck me yesterday as we were strolling through the Columbus Museum of Art. We had gone specifically to see the American Impressionsists exhibit, but as we wandered around the rest of the musuem I was struck by one wall that had a “Photos of the City” display. These Photo League works ranged back to…