Monthly Archives: January 2014

Outdated work practices and transportation nightmares: thoughts on snowjam leon

robinna/ January 31, 2014/ software, Professional Life/ 0 comments

I’ve been thinking about the Jan. snowstorm for a while. The problems are numerous: a lack of transportation options, a commuter city, poor planning, unpredictable weather (hee!)… well, the options for where to point fingers are numerous! As an IT worker who knows lots of other IT and technology workers, I am always surprised by how many of us have

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Accountability, leadership, and how to develop your organizational culture

robinna/ January 23, 2014/ Leadership/ 0 comments

A really interesting read on the relationship between accountability, leadership and the impact on organizational culture. Short answer: if you want to change organizational culture, it has to start at the top.  ” When someone like Governor Chris Christie stands up and says “I’m responsible because it happened on my watch” the public often gets the sense that the speaker

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Stressed: Organize your life and de-stress !

robinna/ January 17, 2014/ software, Professional Life/ 0 comments

For librarians, stress comes from many sources: building renovations and other changes in physical spaces; interactions with colleagues; changes and problems with technology and systems; new or outdated policies and procedures; more demanding workplaces; multitasking; institutional culture; and family, health, and life situations. Even managing stress can itself be a stressor. Stress not only impacts productivity and morale, but getting

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Creating ongoing events in Facebook

robinna/ January 16, 2014/ social media/ 0 comments

At one point Facebook removed the ability to create an ongoing event, but now you can (well sort of) ! First you have to CREATE your event.  There are several ways to get to the create page, but here is one place: https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar Click on the actual event page from the calendar (or if you have the URL handy, you

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the death of net neutrality and a deepening digital divide [video]

robinna/ January 15, 2014/ Video/ 0 comments

Net neutrality has been gutted. Net neutrality is “the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.” (Google definition)  ISPs and others who have had to provide content without discrimination, no longer have to do that. Of course, we already have a

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