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I share all sorts. :-) Lots of photos, photography and tech stuff though. Feel free to sub to me if you like. :-) BTW, you can see who is following you here: http://www.google.com/reader... #whatsyoururl - Kol Tregaskes

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http://www.google.com/reader... - Michael Hocter

Thanks, Michael. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Müjdat Korkmaz

More often I end up sharing directly through FF even if I find it on GReader, but sometimes I share there. http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony, Paradox of FF

http://www.google.com/reader... Just about internet! - ★ Soner Gönül

http://www.google.com/reader... I'm glad you asked this right now. I just realized that several people are following me and I didn't even know it. I hope it hasn't been this way for long! - Michael Fidler

Michael, it's not been clear until very recently, you can see notifications here: http://www.google.com/reader... - Kol Tregaskes

Love yr posts :-))))) - Johni Fisher

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lode Nachtergaele

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... ;) - alebaffa from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - OnuRC

thanks for starting this thread - here's mine http://www.google.com/reader... (mostly social media stuff, a little food, and occasional randomness) - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Slater

Kol, thanks! I wish it would tell me when they started following, I'll have to keep a better eye on it now. - Michael Fidler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Mohr

http://www.google.com/reader... - LouCypher

http://www.google.com/reader... - zsafwan 

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony C (Unrated)

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - hope you enjoy! - outofmyarse

Just noticed that Reader now allows grouping of people you follow! Wondering: is Reader going to become a competitor (instead of complement) to FriendFeed? - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steve Lowe

http://www.google.com/reader... - Always looking for more ppl to share links! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - M F

Ah so that's your name, M F! ;-) I'm wanting to live in that area too, nice around there? - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Simon Tracey

Yes it's alright I moved here two years ago, I was in West London before that - M F

GREAT FEED - I am finding so many great ppl to follow - this is great. - Liza

M F, I like to move to just over the other side of the stream from you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

And your pics are great! I am going to be stuck in greader for a while! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - phil baumann

Well wave your hand Kol when you get here - M F

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason Wehmhoener

http://www.google.com/reader... - But I only really use google reader as a simple RSS reader. Follow people on FriendFeed. - Anton Tanderup

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andy Sternberg from fftogo

Hehe, M F. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Kim Landwehr

Thanks for your latest bookmark there, Kim. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - mridul

feedly.com :) - Zach Landes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Bryan R. Adams

http://www.google.com/reader... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

http://www.google.com/reader... #greader #whatsyoururl - Ron Bailey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Parvez Halim

http://www.google.com/reader... but everything I share in reader comes on to FriendFeed. - Aram Zucker-Scharff from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Daltonsbriefs

http://www.google.com/reader... - the stuff I share there is also on FriendFeed. - Hanna Wiszniewska

http://www.google.com/reader... mine are mostly science items - Sally Church

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Mostly Tech. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick Humphries

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ozgur Uckan

http://www.google.com/reader... - mixed up content in Portuguese (mainly), English and Spanish. - Marcos

Liza, oooh I love the post on generating Mandelbrot fractals in Excel! - Sally Church

http://google.com/reader... - Anton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shawn Farner from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Whalen

@rogersdc / Chris, Google Reader is obviously been trying to become more social, but I'd really like to see FF come out with a bookmarklet that makes sub'ing RSS feeds to FF easier/faster. Right now it's a manual process involving either a new Group/Room or Imaginary Friend. Should be 2 clicks tops.. Also see: http://friendfeed.com/alexsch... - Alex Schleber

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Leahey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Geller

http://www.google.com/reader... - Zachary TG

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lin Yong from NoiseRiver

http://www.google.com/reader... - Baard @ Pixum

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason A. Nunnelley

http://www.google.com/reader... - Louis Gray

http://www.google.com/reader... - Travis B. Hartwell

http://www.google.com/profile... - James (!?)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Warren Butler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Brandon Ball

http://www.google.com/reader... - "Jazzperous" Isaksson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Dawson

http://www.google.com/reader... - guilherme

Thanks everyone! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - dkb

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adi

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mathew A. Koeneker

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alex Scrivener

Here is mine : http://www.google.fr/reader.... I share (mainly on French sites and blogs) about libraries, literature and arts, human and social sciences, photography :-) - Nadine Pestourie

http://www.google.com/reader... Google and other tech stuff, as well as other random things of interest. - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Luckhardt

http://www.google.com/reader... - Peter Ghosh

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/profile... - Kim

http://www.google.com/profile... http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Robin Barooah

Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Johansson from Android

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

http://www.google.com/reader... - Arthur Guy

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathan Rein

http://www.google.com/reader... Politics, photography, humor, news, tech, entertainment - amygeek

Thanks for starting this conversation Kol! - amygeek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shevonne

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Johnson

No worries, Amy. :-) Thank you all! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Roche

LOL here we go again :o) http://www.google.com/reader... I share a lot of blogs and funny stuff that I read, it's neat how I can share and it gets posted all over by friendfeed. - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Bonner

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vlad Bobleanta

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ivan Pavlov

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

Don't know that I have one, as I eschew most things Google.... - Mike Shields

Not sure if I've already shared it, but my URL is http://www.google.com/reader.... - Tyson Key

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ethan

Thank you guys. - Kol Tregaskes

your welcome kol - Tony C (Unrated) from IM

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

I think that I over-loaded my poor G-Reader by adding all of you. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Here is my feed: http://l.clipotech.com/shared - I will try to add all of you on this list :) - Svartling

Don't forget to add all out new contacts in to groups. Otherwise we cant comment on each others shared items. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Almost exclusively tech, including humor/cartoons and productivity. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

http://www.google.com/reader... - I share items about productivity, gaming, movies, and misc. stuff from the Google "cool" via Recommendations feed. Thanks Kol for starting this thread because I've been trying to cut down on the number of feeds I subscribe to and instead just follow interesting people. - Dusty Edenfield

Svartling: good point about adding people to groups. I noticed I couldn't comment on items that were shared by some users. - Dusty Edenfield

Thanks everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - (jeff)isageek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Roberto Bonini

http://www.google.com/reader... - ★Kristy

I've (we) written a lot of more good tips on how to use Google Reader in Google Reader comments. It's too bad we don't have permalinks in Greader so we can share our notes and comments. Otherwise I could have posted a link here. Here are some on friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/svartli... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - David Peacock

here's mine! Love some of the new features... http://www.google.com/reader... - tomit

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ken Sheppardson

I don't think I added mine yet: http://www.google.com/reader... - LogEx

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - DGentry

Almost missed this one! http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Arwengrim

http://www.google.com/reader... - Frode Stenstrøm

http://www.google.com/reader... - Aaron Krug

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russell G

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dani Radu

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Remo

I guess I best start sharing stuff, then. :D - http://www.google.com/reader... - Bette Cooper

http://www.google.com/reader... - I guess I'm a bit late to the party, but here's mine. I share mainly technology, photography, design... and other random stuff. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Thank you all. - Kol Tregaskes

Yes! The list I was looking for! I'll get my info on here as soon as I get on my netbook - Kamilah Gill from email

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Hall (Australia)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gtp19

http://www.google.com/reader... - ha3rvey (wants confit)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bluesun 2600

http://www.google.com/reader... - CAJ, somewhere else

http://www.google.com/reader... - Martha

Thanks for posting this Kol. Never paid any attention to my shared items folder before but just did! - Martha

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Logan

The conversation is really blowing up (in a good way) on Reader. The most important reminder currently is to set up groups and allow commenting. That is NOT on by default! - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tapio Kulmala

Vince, exactly! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nik

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Daryl Hunt on FF

Not sure how I missed this thread. I share lots of tech news, some programming stuff and a little more at http://www.google.com/reader... - Rob Diana

There is also a group that collected a bunch of reader shares at http://friendfeed.com/share-y... - Rob Diana

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick B.

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Nencetti

http://www.google.com/reader... - Slappy Line

http://www.google.com/reader... - Sean Brady

http://www.google.com/reader... - Spidra Webster

http://www.google.com/reader... - Or just go to: Sharing settings on your google reader shared items and search for: Avi Joseph - Avi Joseph

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Delucchi

Thank you all. I think I have subscribed you all now (except those feed in languages I don't understand) Here is mine again: http://www.google.com/reader... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

I've started to follow a few of the people here but there's quite a few, so will take me a while :) - My currently fairly bare feed is: http://www.google.com/reader... - Roy Herrod

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steven Perez

http://www.google.com/reader... - edythe

http://www.google.com/reader... - http://friendfeed.com/kevinar... - Kevin Arth

http://www.google.com/reader... - topics include a bit of everything, but there's a fair about of Android-related stuff in there - Chuck Falzone

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

http://www.google.com/reader... - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Reynolds

http://www.google.com/reader... - AJ Kohn

http://www.google.com/reader... - MLx

http://www.google.com/reader... - German - mostly politics and crude funny things. Maybe some new technology - JoeD

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Stay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Grant Bierman

http://www.google.com/reader... - Neal Jansons

Thank everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

There are a few entries here you might like to read to help you. This one: http://ff.im/6CkQj explains about adding people to groups to allow them to comment and why some don't stay in groups. In this one: http://ff.im/6F9pQ I suggest a way to track a large number of shared items using PostRank. This: http://ff.im/6Ci0P and this: http://ff.im/6AM35 has a few tips on using GReader as a lifestreaming service. And this: http://ff.im/6EMT1 gives a few examples of GReader bundles. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... I mostly share ART with a little bit this and that thrown in for good measure. - Kimber Scott

http://www.google.com/reader... - michael sean wright

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bryce Roney

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jon, the Beartato of '10

Ryo: Same here :) "completely moved to Google Reader / Twitter / Posterous" All my followers, please subscribe to me on Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader... or my lifestream: http://l.clipotech.com/lifestr... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alexander Kruel

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Hambling

http://www.google.com/reader... share various science research and news - Colby from iPod

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Moga

http://www.google.com/reader... -- nothing shared yet; still learning several social networks & services, so it might take me a while... - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adrian Scicluna

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mark O'Neill

Those of you above whom I already follow on FF/Twitter/etc., I've subscribed to your feeds. As for the rest of you: if you follow me on GReader, I'll follow you back. - Dennis Jernberg

I'm sharing some pages now, including a few of my past blog entries. - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Imabug

easier to just follow and edit groups from search url>http://www.google.com/reader... - Ru Viljoen

http://www.google.com/reader... - John Ladd

http://www.google.com/reader... - Marko Saric

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Gilbert

Because I have issues with data duplication, I have merged this list with the google reader shares room feeds. You can view the Google spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc... - Rob Diana

There are a bunch of shared feeds that I could not resolve the Google username for because they did not have a named profile set up. - Rob Diana

tristanhambling, your link didn't work. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Thank you very much, Rob! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Right now I'm testing it in comparison to Netvibes. It's yet to be seen if I end up making the switch. - Brad Williamson

http://www.google.com/reader... - ronin

http://www.google.com/reader... - Muge Cerman

https://www.google.com/reader... - Mo Hall

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tal Shafik

http://www.google.com/reader... Mainly photography related things. - Sven

It would be really handy to have all these shared feeds as an opml file. Has anyone added everyone? Care to export an opml of the shared feeds? - Paul Jacobson

My shared stream is at http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Jacobson

Paul, can do that but it will be out of date the moment I post it as I'm getting more new users all the time. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

Maybe someone could hook up something via Yahoo Pipes (or whatever) to automatically generate the OPML? - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Yant

Damond, I'm getting that deja vu feeling. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Whoa, hey, I'm late to this. I'm here: http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Jordan Hofker

I'm http://www.google.com/reader... Not really comfortable with the custom URL though since it can only be your gmail username. Makes it really easy for spamspiders I think. - TobiasVerhoog.com

Tobias, possibly but not had any problems myself though Gmail has the best spam filters around so I probably not noticed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Please dont tell me I have to add everyone manually like I did with Facebook yesterday?? *sigh* - Julia Ault

http://www.google.fr/reader... - Olivier Castets

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... link to my bundle with all my feeds that i have in friendfeed too - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... mostly webdev, photography news, music, world news which i get interested. plus half of them may be article in Japanese. sorry. :-p - browneyes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Edmund Tay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jez Arnold

Thanks all! - Kol Tregaskes

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

spread those tentacles thats what i say (I'm generally sharing comics, animation, and interesting weirdeness) : http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Greer

Exactly, Paul. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gerald Hildebrandt

There are a few people that have not added me to a group and so I cannot reply to some of your comments. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - flaimo

http://www.google.com/reader... - Charles Owens

http://www.google.com/reader... - Johnny

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenley Neufeld

http://www.google.com/reader... - OK I'm in. Late as always. Will post my thoughts, feedback and pleading requests for help over in Google Reader so please follow me over there. Eat your own dog food and all that. - Andy C

MF/Kol = I live in Kingston on Thames. It's OK apart from the traffic (continually gridlocked) and the shops (girls just lurve them). Handy for getting into London both airports and out to the Thames Valley for work type things. Richmond Park and the river in walking distance is great too. - Andy C

phew.. - Paul Greer

Andy, Richmond Park and the others around there are the appeal really. Good place to go photographing and cycling while being very close to London I think. - Kol Tregaskes

Teddington (across the river from Kingston Upon Thames, is where I think I'd like to live. Just 'cos it's cheaper than everywhere else around it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Customized with numbers - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

@Kol many years ago, we made the mistake of asking an estate agent in Surbiton whether it was any cheaper than Kingston. She replied 'No - of course not. We are on the fast line to Waterloo' and looked at us as if we were dog excrement. - Andy C

I've checked rental prices in the area several times over the last 2 years and Teddington is definitely cheaper. I'm not buying, no way I can afford that. ;-) All a pip-dream anyway, need a steady job and I've not had that for a while. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Enjoy! - Arvin Dang

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com.au/reader... - Threepwood

http://www.google.com/reader... - jcunwired

Mine; http://www.google.com/reader... - S.D.Allen

Thanks guys. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - masstrovato

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... GReader, Twitter, and Delicious (plus my own sites) are my primary hubs now. Y'all please join me on GReader. - Chris Baskind

http://www.google.com/reader... late as always - Raymundo Roxas

Thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - barbarars

Trying Google Reader.. Share your friendfeed feed WITHIN Reader. (see http://ff.im/6WRIk) - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... - Claude LaFrenière aka climenole :) - Claude LaFrenière

anyone use google reader on windows mobile professional? I cant seem to get it to work and when I try to go to the mobile site it takes me to the regular site. - David Gross

Nope, sorry can't help you there, David. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Christopher A Carr

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russ jackson - Russ Jackson

Sweet! http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Baer

http://www.google.com/reader... please add! - Brendon Wadey

Jesse, I saw your share of this FriendFeed thread on Google Reader! - John E. Bredehoft

David, I use mobile Google Reader on an older phone with Windows mobile. My bookmark begins with google.com/reader/m/view - John E. Bredehoft

Here's mine...http://www.google.com/reader... - Oscar Antonio Moralí

Aloha! http://www.google.com/reader... - Ryan

check it out...http://www.google.com/reader... - Cos

Will share tech, science and skepticism, and education news stories: http://www.google.com/reader... - TC

in case anyone missed it, mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Irma Vermaat

more cool - Brent - Loving Life

http://www.google.com/reader... - Anthony Citrano

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Ferguson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Otto

I share interesting articles about Internet music, social media, open content and copyright issues: http://www.google.com/reader... - David Holmes

"After much mulling and culling, we've come up with our list of the twenty best books of the decade. The list is weighted towards science fiction, but does have healthy doses of fantasy and horror. And a few surprises." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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I wouldn't call Harry Potter specifically science-fiction though. More fantasy. - Kol Tregaskes

Harry Potter is a fantasy book, without any doubt. - Stefania Cabitza

Yeah, I don't think it's based on science. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Well, it does say "healthy doses of fantasy and horror." - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I definitely wouldn't have added Perdido Street Station to that list. Ugh. That book. Natually, I love the inclusion of Vernor Vinge and Iain M. Banks. Still, I would think that almost anything by Alastair Reynolds or Kim Stanley Robinson would have made the list. Hell, even the Peter F. Hamilton. Then again, I detest fantasy and hate that it's lumped in with sci-fi. - Admiral Anika

Gibson's 'pattern recognition' books were good, but I have a hard time seeing them on the top-20 for the last decade. - Matt Mastracci

I've read a lot of these books, but I defintely don't agree with many of the selections. I re-read Look to Windward recently, and it definitely doesn't hold up. In fact, of the lot, I think I'd only agree with the Ted Chiang selection. The others are either fantasies, or not representative of the author's best work. - Piaw Na

+1 Piaw. Another one I don't see being on this list is World War Z. It was a good book, no doubt. But one of the 20 best of the decade? Hardly. - Jason, Craving

I haven't read many there to be honest but if they're leaning heavily towards sci-fi then I've got to agree with the admiral and say I'm disappointed that Alastair Reynolds hasn't featured. - Mark H

Books are just cool! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Up for WWZ :) - diego morelli

Looks like logmein works on 3G and EDGE. I'm in the sane market, so was doing research too. - Kenley Neufeld from iPhone

Ok will look at it. Thanks. - Svartling from iPhone

anybody come up with any others or have feedback re logmein? - metalerik

http://code.google.com/p... to track the bug - Benjamin Golub

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For those that use Time Machine and Chrome: just add ~Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome to the exceptions in the meantime. - Benjamin Golub

Hmm. I just have ~Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cached Theme Images (which is empty). No .../Cache - Uche Ogbuji

What version? I'm running 4.0.249.4 (now 4.0.249.12 since I restarted Chrome). I know this is a dumb question but are you using Chrome? I'd imagine the cache wouldn't exist if you weren't using it :) - Benjamin Golub

I'm running 4.0.249.12 and I see the cache in there. Adding a Time Machine exclusion now. - Matt Mastracci

Uche: apparently this has been fixed but older users will continue to use the old cache, so you must have installed it after the fix landed. Matt: just delete your cache dir and it should start using ~Library/Caches instead. - Benjamin Golub

I had to delete both "Cache" and "Media Cache" for it to switch over. - Matt Mastracci

Wait, you have Googler friends? How come and what for?! - ana

I was really just hoping DeWitt would see this :) (and he did) - Benjamin Golub

@Ben - I did see it, but it was picked up by the Chrome team even before that. - DeWitt Clinton

Yeah, I was really happy with how fast they triaged the bug. Great job - Benjamin Golub

I think @Isaac Hepworth may be the person that made that happen. - DeWitt Clinton

True, it might have been me who sparked the response. But really kudos goes to the Chrome team for being so on top of things and generally awesome. - Isaac Hepworth

I'm in the process of going back to school I think for my MLIS and I am so thrilled to see how librarianship has changed since I was a wee one. Thanks for your time. - Derrick

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Derrick, this is the "Library Day in the Life" wiki. You'll find some good stories. http://librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/ - LB - all new for '10!

Thanks, Laura. I think I'd like to ultimately be in an academic setting, but the opportunities seem so vast. I look forward to focusing on what it is exactly I want to do as a future librarian. - Derrick

Here's how I got where I am: http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008... . In addition to the Day In The Life wiki, there's also a Library Routes wiki where people write how they ended up in the jobs they have: http://libraryroutesproject.wikkii.com/ - Imitation lris

I'm an instruction librarian in an academic library. This lets me do all the fun parts of being a faculty member (teaching students) without any of the nasty parts (research and "publish or perish"...er, well, mostly). I also get to play with technology a lot more than most faculty do. And hang out on a college campus, which is where I want to spend the rest of my life. I aspire to get a rep on campus as "the cool librarian." - Catherine Pellegrino

Thanks for posting that, Iris. I had forgotten to add my story there. :) Derrick, there's an amazing variety of jobs out there. I'm sure you can find something wonderful! - LB - all new for '10!

This was the first place that hired me when I was looking for a job after studying in Germany as an undergrad. It's not my calling. - Kendra <3 Three Lions

I wanted out of Chicago Public Library and this seemed like a really great opportunity. Now I've been here two years and have done a fair amount, I think it was a good choice. Ultimately, the goal is to go for academic/medical/special library. Fighting the pigeon hole every chance I get.... :) - Abigail

Kendra, what kind of library are you working in now? - Derrick

I work in a transportation engineering and planning library at UC Berkeley. I know transportation and nothing else. - Kendra <3 Three Lions

Ah...gotcha. I have so much to learn. So many different types of places have archives and holdings. Where would you like to be? - Derrick

I am in correctional libraries because that happened to be the type of job I was offered out of college and then the only job offered when trying to leave the first job. People seem to think I'm good at it. I have recently applied for a new job at a community college. I would really like to try something new. I've been in corrections for over 15 years. - Alan Simpson

I started out in bookstores as a buyer then moved cross-country and ended up in a public library part time. It was wonderful and challenging and fun, but I wasn't sure that it was a good fit. Then I got a full-time staff job doing acquisitions in a small academic library. Perfect! Now just under one year into my first post-MLIS job, in serials and electronic resources. Nice mix of... more... - Kirsten

My job (which I mostly love in academic health sciences) is the direct result of my library school internship... they didn't want to let me go! I don't know exactly what I want to be when I grow up though. - Nikki D.

Derrick, honestly I think I'll probably stick in transportation for a long while. I originally wanted to be a german language specialist, but I really like science and engineering and I love being part of a small community with major impact the public. - Kendra <3 Three Lions

I came here as a business librarian - and though my job functions have changed in the 2.5 years I've been here, that's my real love, and I'd like to get back to close liaison work with a business school. Ultimately I think I'd like to head an academic business library - or perhaps shift back into the corporate world (I as a corporate internal auditor before library school). I'm trying to figure out what steps I need to take to get to where I want to be. - ÉllbeeÇee

My major function now, however, is education/instruction, with a focus on creating online learning objects and modules. I like it - but my passion is for those business students. :) - ÉllbeeÇee

I started in libraries in Access Services (public services: circulation, course reserves, media/microforms, stacks maintenance, offsite collections and interlibrary loan) in an academic library and have never looked back. I am not really into instruction or technical services, but I love working with the public and developing new ways to deliver our services, so access services is the... more... - Mary Carmen

I'm not terribly happy at my current job, and it will be at least a year before I can apply to school, but I'd love to get into working at a library, just because of the obvious. I've sent some info into volunteer at the LA public library, but I need to hit up other cities nearby; Burbank, Pasadena, etc. - Derrick

I got into academic libraries because I moved to a college town and didn't want to work in a bookstore anymore. I got the MLS because I liked working in the library, and started to think "I could enjoy doing that & do a good job at it" when they posted professional jobs. I went to UT Austin because it was cheap-ish and in the west and Austin sounded like fun and they had courses in... more... - s t e v e

http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/2008... - D0r0th34

After 10 years as a law firm library manager, I was feeling less and less like I fit into a law firm. I interviewed for other library management positions, but couldn't find a good fit. I finally decided to break away and consult, something I always wanted to do; I thought I would have at least one more significant job before breaking out on my own. I aspire to bringing in enough money and work to bring some others in with me. - Connie Crosby

Curiosity and circumstance. I worked in a sci lib as an undergrad, then spend 2+ years at a non-profit doing assorted things. When we needed to move for spouse's degree, I thought about what I wanted to do and thought I might like to be a librarian. Ended up here as a para, have since done MLIS, and really liking medlibs. :) - Rachel Walden

When I was in college, my girlfriend got a job at our university library & encouraged me to do the same. I got a job at the checkout desk & loved it so much, I worked as many hours as I could, taking fewer classes. I considered going to library school, & was encouraged to do so by library staff, but somehow forgot about it & drifted from job to job & place to place after graduation. I... more... - josh neff, geek at large

LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

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*checks PayPal balance* - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

haha what? - Marissa

No. definately not. - Roberto Bonini

Afternoon LOL! - AJ Batac

That was pretty much my reaction on August 10th. - Jemm

No way. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I did that, but I was heading vertical, school had a vaulted ceiling and I went running, stepped on a chair right were it dropped, on impact both shoes fell off, one hit a guy in the face. - Jimminy Fuller

wonder if that kid had aspirations of being a stunt guy... "dignity, always with dignity" ;) - alphaxion

What a plonker. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

ah, to be young and stupid again. (as opposed to middle-aged and stupid.) - Joe Silence is ashes

;-) - Kol Tregaskes

You lose, Kol. I have done that. :D - Steven Perez

Darn it, I'll have to pay up. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

oUcH! - Hussein EROL

I'd do it in a heartbeat 20 years ago. Now, I'd be afraid I'd break a hip or something. *shakes fist* - Rodfather

spidey failure. - Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Hehe, Ozer, - Kol Tregaskes

hehehe :) - Mahdi Ebrahimi

Step away from the crack Pipe !!! - SCS Watching the Sun

Can I use the $100 to get liquored up before I do it? - Mark Krynsky

#parkourfail - Dennis Jernberg

If I weren't afraid of going right through the wall, I'd probably still try that. I know I would have done that (and did similar things quite often) when I was much younger. - Curtiss Grymala

This is still superb this morning after. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is why most men seem to have some form of brain damage. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Hehe! - Kol Tregaskes

That is not a leap of faith! - earl wallace from twhirl

Not quite. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I don't have to show you that since I do that on every workday. - imabonehead

LOL! - Zachary TG

that's such an old video! - Alex Piluguin

Ah is it, oh well, new to me. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

My Soup.io page got on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r... and this anim got on the front page: http://www.reddit.com/r... - Kol Tregaskes

hey buddy i posted Da Gif On Reddit but it got So many down vote, beats me, any way your gif rux - Amir

Ah, cool. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is awesome :) - Joe Dawson

Defining the line between brave and stupid? - Eoghann Irving

If I did that, first the wall would collapse, and then the floor. (So, you see, it's not that I *couldn't*... I just choose not to, for the protection of others.) - Mark "Mr Bolivious" J

You're right. I don't have the guts...and I'm proud of that. - Tammy Marshall

Bumped, just because. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I have the brains not to - VAL D. Zone

...Spiderman, Spiderman... not! - .LAG liked that

lol - echostreamer

Much respect to Garry Tan and the Posterous team. They do great work! - Shea from BuddyFeed

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we're a real startup @pitchengine too, but with less engineers :( - Jason Kintzler

A real Guy Kawasaki startup - that's my kind of startup :-) - Jesse Stay

@Posterous has four employees. @foursquare has four employees, too. Four is the new three. - Garin Kilpatrick

Nice. - Itachi

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pew! pew! pew! - Joe Silence is ashes

No. - Derrick

more seriously, whatever caused that must've been a truly horrible experience for him. :| - Joe Silence is ashes

I think it's Photoshopped, really. If you look at the angle his finger goes into his nose, he really isn't sticking his finger in his nose at all. - Jason, Craving

Also, his hand looks like it's balled into a fist. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Yup. - Jason, Craving from IM

if i'd been him i woulda used the middle finger for this photo. srsly. - Joe Silence is ashes

"SHoppedd - johnpiercy

Still hiding, because I'm squeemish. - Derrick

I almost passed out when I saw this. - Cheryl

via Ali Sahin http://friendfeed.com/kikuchi... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

LOL. My local cinema doesn't allow laptops in, uses night vision during the viewing of the movie and tells you both on the way in and during the initial trailers they're using night vision. They also say fingerprint the audio and can triangulate so that they can be track individuals from their seats if they record the audio. I'm not a huge fan and I'll probably stop going if I can help... more... - winckel

to all the 'likers': do you agree or disagree? I merely think it's funny. - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

@winckel Night vision? What do you mean? - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Welcome to our theatre. Thank you for giving us money. Now you are a suspect in everything we can pin on you. - CW™

@Bicentennial I don't agree with the statement. I just thought that it's funny :) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

fyi Study finds file-sharers buy ten times more music | VentureBeat http://friendfeed.com/web-tek... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@SML they have cameras which see in the dark (in green-ish tint) - I kid you not - and on the way in to the movie theater, they show footage from the camera in action. It feels prison-like..... - winckel

@winckel what's the cameras used for? - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

to try to catch someone filming secretly....it's incredible overkill.... - winckel

@winckel omg and where are you at?!?! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

it's a London cinema and it's not unique.......the crazies not only run the MPAA / RIAA, the run the cinemas too! :) - winckel

Holy crap seriously? That's crazy! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

its very scenic for someplace built at a 45 degree angle - Mike Chelen

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I'm literally staying away. Visited in 2004 and vowed never to return. - LANjackal

LANjackal, good. Tell your friends. - Cristo

In all seriousness, I actually have. It's the first thing I say whenever anyone brings up the topic of the city - LANjackal from IM

I love the bay, so much to do, so many places to eat great food and drink great wine! How can you go wrong? - Nicholas Kreidberg

I was back last weekend... loved it... And miss it from time to time. Neat city with an unbeatable pulse. IMO. - SAM

You know, it actually is pretty dirty and ugly, in spite of a few photogenic moments. - Jason Wehmhoener

Sam: I agree. the pulse of SF is like that of no other on the west coast, I love it. - Nicholas Kreidberg

Look at those beautiful photos of the Tenderloin! - Spidra Webster

Jason, compared to what? Santa Cruz? Oakland? San Jose? - Cristo

Paris, Kansas City, Florence... - Jason Wehmhoener

We beat Amsterdam for dog shit, though. - Spidra Webster

Kansas City? Jason, hitting the E early tonight? - Cristo

Also, Firenze has plenty of problems. Definitely not my favorite Italian city. - Cristo

I grew up in Kansas City. Ever been there? What is your favorite Italian city? I've yet to visit Rome... Paris, unfortunately, also has dog shit issues. Anyway, g'night. - Jason Wehmhoener

KC's amazing ... if you grew up in Wichita, LOL. In all honesty though, it's main attraction is the P&L district downtown, which is really fun, walkable area - LANjackal from IM

But anyway bear in mind that 2 KC suburbs on the KS side: Olathe and Overland Park, have been ranked in the Top 20 places to live in the US by CNN Money in the past 5 years - LANjackal from IM

I find other cities a lot dirtier than SF. Becuase we have this coastal breeze it blows it all to the east bay, and since it's small streets get cleaned up relatively fast. New York, or maybe Chicago, were dirtier. New Orleans was pretty bad too (pre-Katrina). - anna sauce

A lot of this is subjective, obviously. Dogshit is not my biggest issue, and I love both Paris and Rome. My favorite Italian city is probably Siena, if you can call it a city. - Cristo

Paris was a mess, too. But I honestly don't care about dirt that much. - anna sauce

Clean streets does not make the best city for me. I don't find much excitement in Palo Alto or some other suburban nightmare. I'm not against clean streets, but I need something else to make it interesting. - Cristo

Wow, I just realized, I kind of miss the Bay Area. - Victor Ganata

Cleanness isn't all there is to a city, but there's a limit for me. New Orleans, most of NYC, Baltimore and Berkeley are all just way too grmey for me - LANjackal from IM

I wish half the people in California would move to Kansas. Immediately. - Cristo

SF suffers from a bad sewer smell on certain days and loads of stale urine smell because SF is gentler on street people than other cities. There's a fair amount of litter. (LANjackal, I wish you'd send a letter to the SF Chron saying that about Berkeley. Our mayor & city council need to wake the fuck up.) - Spidra Webster

^ LOL. No point, I AIN'T GOIN BACK anyway :P - LANjackal from IM

There are no sewer problems in large parts of the city. This is primarily a downtown and embarcadero issue. It's also a problem in most older cities. - Cristo

But as I said, I would really, really like for everyone who even thinks periodically that they don't think SF is for them to move immediately. You'll be so much happier in the Northwest Midwest, or Texas. Lots of clean cities in Texas. It's wonderful there. - Cristo

Baltimore so depressed me when I saw a city park covered in plastic bags. Oh man, that was depressing. - anna sauce

I tripped over a mouse on the way to the gym today- homeless guy rolled over in a doorway, mouse scurried out, and ran into my foot. It was completely disgusting. - anna sauce

anna, ever think about moving to Houston? - Cristo

Um, no. - anna sauce

I'm not saying I don't like SF. I just feel the need to let San Franciscans who have a superiority complex and who gloss over the bad points know that there *are* bad points. Overall, I love the Bay Area. And I'm really sad to have to leave it. I will miss it TONS. - Spidra Webster

Who has a "superiority complex" and over what? Why does choosing to live somewhere carry so much baggage? My original post was in response to somebody thinking his (negative) opinion of San Francisco was so important to everyone on the Internet. The citizens of SF didn't ask him to come live here and work for Twitter. - Cristo

While I don't like the Bay Area, I can appreciate Cristo's point. Nothing's more annoying than hearing ppl complain about living somewhere you like when no one's forcing them to stay. I'm from Houston and people bitched about it all the time. Then they'd move away, only to come running back in a couple years after they realized how good they had it there - LANjackal from IM

I mean that there are a lot of people in the Bay Area who get very snooty about other parts of the country and feel a need to put them down. I'm not directing that at you specifically. - Spidra Webster

case in point re: Spidra's point- Trauma has the first homeless person showing up in episode 3, 10 minutes in (I'm writing an article/blog post on it). There's a lot of glossing over that goes on re: SF in the media, at least. When you're hanging out with locals, though, nobody glosses over the smells. Oh no. Nor the crime. I realized I was a true local when I could eat an amazing meal... more... - anna sauce

anna, what are you comparing it to? LA? New York? It's an American city, and most I've been to have the same problems. I don't see SF as being particularly worse. BTW, it's much worse in some other cities, but I don't need to go slamming them. - Cristo

For me: Foreign Cinema seals the deal... big fan. - SAM

I think NYC is worse- the conversations there jsut dwell on cockroaches all the time. Glad we don't have that as much. Friend who just moved here cited one of the reasons as - there are no bugs. From LA, and spent time in the midwest and up north. From my experience, the worst are ants and silver fishes. I've had a mouse problem at one rental, but that was easily fixed by renting a cat. - anna sauce

Ant problems can be easily fixed. There's this chalk you can buy in Chinatown. I consider silver fish to be my pets. ;) - Cristo

The thing that confuses me about Alex's blog post is this: why is he required to live in San Francisco in order to work for Twitter? There's this crazy thing called the internet that makes it possible to communicate across time zones now. He should check it out. Also, I think LANjackal missed quite a bit about what makes KC a nice place, but I'll have to do a separate post about that... more... - Jason Wehmhoener

Do you have input from people who frequently work the service desks that certain aspects of the site are repeatedly problematic for patrons? - Rachel Walden

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Or direct input from patrons about things they'd like changed? - Laura H.

...how are you defining PTB? Because on the one hand, I am the PTB, but on the other, I have to convince the Provost, the campus PR office that runs the campus website, etc... To convince them, I'd want to have an arsenal of good data about usability studies in like institutions (if not my own), a firm plan for what the new design would a) look like and b) do to improve over the old... more... - Jenica

In this case, I was thinking library administration. Convincing other campus units is going to be a whole other beast. - Meredith

A colleague wants to redesign the website and I'm telling him that he needs to justify why we should allocate resources towards it (not just "I really want to"). I told him user testing is a good way to show what isn't working and what might be needed, but he doesn't seem keen on that. - Meredith

I suspect that the same approach would have merit? You can add in "other places we admire are doing X", and examples of Good Stuff, and "this is the impact the change will have on our programs and services", and other library-specific stuff, but I'd say any pitch needs to be based in data about the need rather than a desire to do the project. - Jenica

Completely agree, Jenica. - Meredith

I feel like I'm being a kill-joy, but the person who wants to design the site just seems to want to do it because he wants to do it. And I'm trying to temper that enthusiasm with "well, let's find out what the users think" and he doesn't seem keen on that. Sigh... - Meredith

Try a blunt "Your pitch is going to fail unless it has these things in it. If you really want to do this, then you need to get this information before you can sell it."? - Jenica

Or -- and this is harsh -- you let him fail and learn from the experience. (This isn't one of my former students, is it? 'Coz you can send him to ME and I'll set him straight in a hurry. *g*) - D0r0th34

There may be an opportunity for what Robert Hoekman calls "kaizen" design (design by incremental improvement). Ask him the three things that most hack him off about the website. Maybe one or two of them are easy fixes that he can be turned loose on. That earns him enough credibility via easy wins that he can start on something else, perhaps? - D0r0th34

Do you have usability data? - marthalib

Yah, I'd vote on the side of needs assessment ....history, current examples, demonstration of audience need, proposal of how to meet that need. (Can we tell what I've been editing this past week?) He needs to demonstrate a need, who is doing it that much better? Our rebuild (currently in beta if you want to check the site) was desperately needed. - Abigail

Thanks folks. This is pretty much along the lines of what I was thinking. I don't want to discourage him from having great ideas, but there's also a reason why people do assessments and talk to stakeholders and look at what other libraries have done as well. - Meredith

Here's a link to the preso I did when I pitched our library re-design a few years ago. It cites a few sources/studies that talk about what users are looking for in a website/how they use websites, but again, that's all from a few years ago. (I *did* finally end up getting the redesign though, so...) - valalalala lala la la

oh, the link: http://www.slideshare.net/val_for... - valalalala lala la la

Thanks for the presentation link! Look forward to taking a look. :) - Meredith

No prob. I strongly agree with all the comments about demonstration of need. Many administrators fear that we "early adopters" are just impressed by anything shiny and new, and discount our calls for change. We have to show that a certain change is actually necessary, and how it can be beneficial to them and the organization as a whole. [Or you could just tell them it would be reprehensible not to do it ;) ] - valalalala lala la la

Never buying a sony anything if it only supports it's propriety storage media...The last Sony point and shoot I bought a couple years ago is the last thing I'll be getting unless they decide start abiding by standards. - Mike Bracco

Realistically, though, I doubt one could develop a custom shaped gasoline nozzle that forced the user to go to specific gas stations. Wouldn't putting a specially-designed funnel on the nozzle enable one to go to any gas station? (Sorry if this is too off-topic) - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Though, veering closer onto the topic, I suppose the "funnel" would represent the product of the efforts of groups of homebrew hackers that work with Sony's stuff. Ideally, technology should be open enough that no funnel is needed anyway. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

The real problem is that your car would start to fall apart the day the warranty expired. - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

Somebody would promplty invent a nozzle A to nozzle B adaptor. There would also be a LEGO® version. ;) - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

If Apple made a car, they'd additionally get a patent on the design of the proprietary gas nozzle and opening on the gas tank, thus requiring anyone inventing a Nozzle A to Nozzle B adapter to get prior approval from Apple. - Brian Chang

AhhahhahA Brian called it like it is, he wins the internet today! Apple hands down is the tyrant of all tyrants regarding proprietary BS - sofarsoShawn from fftogo

Brian - true. Although, with Apple I wouldn't mind. I would actually wait in line for hours to go to a special Apple Gas station just so my car could have the apple logo on the side of it...haha :) Perhaps I'm a bit hypoctrictal as I am a lover of all things Apple. - Mike Bracco

annnnnd a close 2nd... Bracco! Who has provided the ecplanans for the pathology of the cult of Mac: marketing/style over substance aka EVERYTHING MAC or DIE!!! #Lovesit - sofarsoShawn from fftogo

sofarsoShawn - I only love the brand and buy without asking so to speak is b/c they provide me the best solutions consistently over the competition since I switched in 2001. It's only after delivering consistent results that I've developed such confidence in the superiority of their products...definitely not blind love :) - Mike Bracco

Parried & thrust, you have justified your position & I tend to agree for the most part however in my social media expert opinion PC apps satisfy consistently as well without the RIDICULOUS redundant overlap of MAC app after app with the same function & the tyranny of Apple proprietary. Nonetheless, besides this critque I'm still a Mac - sofarsoShawn from fftogo

zzzzinnnnnng!!!! so true @sofar - Livy

I did an IL session a week or so ago for a 360 person class. The students seemed a bit disengaged during the session but now they're all over meebo. - John Dupuis

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When I do the monster classes, I make sure at the end to tell them that my contact info (including IM stuff) is the most important thing to remember. - DJF

awesome, John. We should collect all these nice comments & publish them. LSW article maybe? - Stephanie_Happy2010!

Fortunately, if they google their course number, they find my notes page, which has meebo as well as all my contact info. Students usually laugh when I tell them I'm on Facebook. Also, this term I've been asking about Twitter. >50% have heard of it but only <5% are on it. Most don't seem that interested, yet at least. - John Dupuis

If anyone's interested, here's the page: http://www.yorku.ca/yul... - John Dupuis

I find it interesting how many meebo questions I'm getting while the class is in session. Not surprising, but interesting. - John Dupuis

One of the most important lessons I learned this year was that I cannot rely on my students to come into my classroom knowing how to interact with one another. Instead, it is my job to teach them. Below is the handout I use in my classroom to do just that. It is based on a technique called Accountable Talk, and it has changed the way my students interact with one another. - Howard Rheingold

I wrote about this awhile back on my blog: http://staynalive.com/article... BTW, I disagree with this post now. Technorati has a lot to do with quantity, but it also has to do with how long you've been on Technorati I think. - Jesse Stay

"When Sufjan Stevens announced his current intimate fall tour, we figured the guy might whip out a few new tunes-- especially since his last proper song-based LP came out four freaking years ago. But we did not expect something like "There's Too Much Love"-- a breakbeat-backed sonic assault featuring a murky electro-jazz section that reminds us of André 3000's similarly wild take on "My Favorite Things" or Radiohead's "National Anthem". Definitely not "Chicago Pt. 2". Check out a pretty-damn-good quality YouTube video of the track from the front row at an Ithaca, New York, show that went down Wednesday night:" - T. Brent, technopeasant from Bookmarklet

i think this guy is one of the more interesting songwriters out there, these days - T. Brent, technopeasant

LOVE his music. - Mary Carmen

some of the best christmas music, too! i've got to see him live... - T. Brent, technopeasant

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