Comments on: Aftermath http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1602 CW Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:28:46 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1602 Thanks, sardonicsmile :) Pity we didn't meet at the conference! Thanks, sardonicsmile :) Pity we didn’t meet at the conference!

]]> By: sardonicsmile http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1601 sardonicsmile Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:30:30 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1601 you can try sardonicsmile.com/r (,) i think i must've done something weird to my blogger account. hehheh! you can try sardonicsmile.com/r (,) i think i must’ve done something weird to my blogger account. hehheh!

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1600 CW Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:22:11 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1600 Thanks, K :)<br /><br />In response:<br />"Were people as enthusiastic about wikis as about blogs?" It's hard to say, really. Quite a few people came up to say they were thinking of, or had just started, using wikis at their workplaces. Someone said that he'd always thought of blogs as "puerile" (I used a great quote dissing blogs), but he might have to revise his opinion... <br /><br />"what were some of the questions at the end of the session?" Someone asked about indexes of blogs (typical librarian!) - I was pleased to be able to say that there are a couple, including our very own Perth-based AustralianBlogs.com.au.. I can't remember what else they asked!!<br /><br />"What were people asking privately afterward?"<br />How do you find blogs? What are your favourite blogs? Where is your personal blog? Again, it's a bit of a blur and I can't remember all the questions...<br /><br /> "Did people wander in and out of the session like they did with the others and was that disconcerting?"<br />I don't find that sort of thing too disconcerting - I expect it in these sorts of sessions.<br /><br />"Did they seem to "get" what blogs and wikis were all about?"<br />I think so! Now I hope people start blogging :) Thanks, K :)

In response:
“Were people as enthusiastic about wikis as about blogs?” It’s hard to say, really. Quite a few people came up to say they were thinking of, or had just started, using wikis at their workplaces. Someone said that he’d always thought of blogs as “puerile” (I used a great quote dissing blogs), but he might have to revise his opinion…

“what were some of the questions at the end of the session?” Someone asked about indexes of blogs (typical librarian!) - I was pleased to be able to say that there are a couple, including our very own Perth-based AustralianBlogs.com.au.. I can’t remember what else they asked!!

“What were people asking privately afterward?”
How do you find blogs? What are your favourite blogs? Where is your personal blog? Again, it’s a bit of a blur and I can’t remember all the questions…

“Did people wander in and out of the session like they did with the others and was that disconcerting?”
I don’t find that sort of thing too disconcerting - I expect it in these sorts of sessions.

“Did they seem to “get” what blogs and wikis were all about?”
I think so! Now I hope people start blogging :)

]]> By: sirexkat http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1599 sirexkat Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:17:20 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1599 Hey Con, I posted a long comment here this morning and blogger beta sucked it away. My blogger login and my gmail login are the same, with different passwords and blogger beta gets grumpy if I login using my blogger ID - lets me log in then pretends to post stuff, but doesn't.<br /><br />Anyhow...I wanted to congratulate you and mention that from the conference blogs, it looks as though people were educated and inspired by your talks.<br /><br />I also asked oodles of questions like: "Were people as enthusiastic about wikis as about blogs?", "what were some of the questions at the end of the session?, "What were people asking privately afterward?", "Did people wander in and out of the session like they did with the others and was that disconcerting?". "Did they seem to "get" what blogs and wikis were all about?". Hey Con, I posted a long comment here this morning and blogger beta sucked it away. My blogger login and my gmail login are the same, with different passwords and blogger beta gets grumpy if I login using my blogger ID - lets me log in then pretends to post stuff, but doesn’t.

Anyhow…I wanted to congratulate you and mention that from the conference blogs, it looks as though people were educated and inspired by your talks.

I also asked oodles of questions like: “Were people as enthusiastic about wikis as about blogs?”, “what were some of the questions at the end of the session?, “What were people asking privately afterward?”, “Did people wander in and out of the session like they did with the others and was that disconcerting?”. “Did they seem to “get” what blogs and wikis were all about?”.

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1598 CW Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:05:27 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1598 Thanks, jl! I wish you could've been there too!<br /><br />Cheers Penny! Are you going to the forthcoming LIANZA conference? I'd love to go but I don't think my budget will stretch that far :/ As for talking to a bunch of colleagues, you are right!<br /><br />You're welcome, sardonicsmile! Now I wish the link to your profile was working, so I can check out your blog... darn Blogger Beta! Thanks, jl! I wish you could’ve been there too!

Cheers Penny! Are you going to the forthcoming LIANZA conference? I’d love to go but I don’t think my budget will stretch that far :/ As for talking to a bunch of colleagues, you are right!

You’re welcome, sardonicsmile! Now I wish the link to your profile was working, so I can check out your blog… darn Blogger Beta!

]]> By: sardonicsmile http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1597 sardonicsmile Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:44:13 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1597 thanks for the talks on wikis and blogs! if i hadn't read your post, i wouldn't have known you were nervous :) thanks for the talks on wikis and blogs! if i hadn’t read your post, i wouldn’t have known you were nervous :)

]]> By: Penny http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1596 Penny Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:41:05 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1596 Would've loved to have been there! Glad they went well. It's surprising how nervous you get even when you present frequently. There is something about presenting to fellow colleagues that is infinitely worse than a bunch of students who you usually know more than them. Would’ve loved to have been there! Glad they went well. It’s surprising how nervous you get even when you present frequently. There is something about presenting to fellow colleagues that is infinitely worse than a bunch of students who you usually know more than them.

]]> By: jl http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1595 jl Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:20:51 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2006/09/24/aftermath/#comment-1595 Glad your prezos went well. Wish i could've been there even though i'm not a librarian! Glad your prezos went well. Wish i could’ve been there even though i’m not a librarian!

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