methodspace

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

i’m just getting started exploring methodspace, “… the home of the Research Methods community from across the world.”  it’s a social networking site run by sage publications.  i have a weakness for sage’s skinny green pamphlet series, quantitative applications in the social sciences, so a networking site devoted to research methods is right up my alley.  i signed up for my account and will be checking out the nooks and crannies on the site.

are there librarians out there that would be interested in using this site as a space to talk about what research methods you’re using in your own projects and to get feedback on how to do our research better?  if so, leave a comment here.  if there’s enough interest i’ll start a group on the site devoted to libraries and we can go from there.  also, if you register at the site, add me as a connection: http://www.methodspace.com/profile/MarieKennedy

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iphone + evernote = paperless traveling

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

back in november i made a driving trip from los angeles to napa and decided to try it as my first paperless trip.  i used evernote on my iphone and dell mini laptop to store driving directions, maps, and emailed my evernote account with hotel confirmations and other details that i would normally have printed out.  it worked beautifully!  i forgot to tell you the best part, though.  when i got home from my trip i had an email waiting for me from evernote, asking how my trip was.  i called them and we talked about how i had used the service.  at that point the software was so new they hadn’t heard of anyone using evernote for paperless travel.  neat!  first!

i had a trip to seattle a couple weeks ago and went paperless again, using evernote as my traveling brain.  i uploaded my flight and hotel confirmation, shuttle confirmation, daily conference schedule, and a bus map to get me to archie mcphee.  i had my laptop with me so sometimes i would check my daily schedule there, and sometimes i would check it on the iphone.  not having to fumble around my bag for stray important bits of paper is so nice.

if traveling light and paperless is your idea of a good way to travel, consider using evernote.  it works on the mac, pc, and iphone.

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tweets of the week: organization

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

i subscribe to an rss feed for a search of twitter for the word organization (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=organization). here are the best tweets of the week (by best i mean they amuse me):

VISpandex (Tynell Francis)
FYI when you invite someone out on a date have a plan! Organization is sexy!!

christiebrkt (christiebrkt)
“Atheism is a non-prophet organization.” George Carlin

JeanineA (Jeanine Anderson)
Writing a list of things I need to write. Is that procrastination or organization?

brendanwenzel (Brendan Wenzel)
Organization is such an important business tool. Without it, valuable time is wasted looking for things.

edscott (edscott)
Interior decorating is the most stupid thing in the world. Just saw a woman organize a familys books by color. Ugh.

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i shove, i make

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

Shovers and Makers 2009: I’m a winner! (So are you.) shoversandmakers.net

check out my award acceptance at http://www.shoversandmakers.net/2009/marie-kennedy

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license agreement negotiator heroine

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

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you won’t allow proxy access? guess again!
no post-cancellation access rights? ha ha.
ILL not permitted? please rethink your stance on that.

made over at the heromachine

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archie mcphee, an organizational nightmare, yet delightful

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Marie Kennedy

every once in a while you need to be reminded that your way of doing things isn’t the only way things can be done. take archie mcphee, for example. if that were my store i would reorganize the bins and put things in thematic order: bottle stoppers, three-fingered chemical gloves, nuclear pants would all go together; wind-up cows, hopping lederhosen, dashboard jesus would all go together. that kind of organizational scheme would work well in a library but is a horrible, boring solution in a toy store. the delight of archie mcphee is finding a giant rubber bat in the same bin as rubber brushes and a couple of bouncy balls. the disorganization is intentional and the result is really a lot of fun. i may reconsider the way i’ve got my office set up. maybe i need more monkeys.

brushes, balls, bat

marie as the cap'n

big ups to nikki for taking me there, twice!

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