As I suggested in an earlier post from last week, the Pecha Kucha session at Computers in Libraries was videotaped by Michael Sauers. That video is now available at blip.tv.
But let’s try to embed it here:
It’s almost an hour long, but well worth your time. As far as my presentation is concerned, which is second of the six, the video recording solves the two primary problems of the screencast: the low volume of the embedded audio clips and the lack of audience response. So even if you watched the screencast, I strongly encourage you to check out the video. Be sure to watch Greg Notess’ response as the skeptic (last of the six presentations) and stick around for the Q&A.
Unsure what was going to happen to the video recording of the Pecha Kucha, and wanting to share it with those who couldn’t be at Computers in Libraries this year, I went ahead and recorded a screencast of my narrative along with the slides and embedded audio clips. It loses a little something without the live audience, but you’ll get the basic idea.
Let’s try to embed the YouTube version below. The video in avi format at blip.tv is actually of superior quality, but I can only figure out how to embed the flash version and blip.tv’s doesn’t work for most people.
I have since learned that the original Pecha Kucha video is going to be posted on YouTube soon, so I probably spent more time on this than it was worth. Good practice, I suppose.
Earlier this evening, a group of nine Computers in Libraries attendees came together online to reflect on their conference experiences. The result is Uncontrolled Vocabulary #37.
I’ve already had one request for presentation slides from CiL, which seemed fitful motivation to create a separate presentations page. There, you can find a link to my Pecha Kucha slides, as well as my presentations from previous ITI conferences and beyond.
Update: Something’s not right with the Pecha Kucha slides. The file won’t open after the download completes. I’m working on it.
Update 2: OK, there’s now a semi-functional set of PowerPoint slides available on the presentations page, with appropriate instructions for downloading them.
I’m home safely after a few whirlwind days in D.C. Glad to be back with my family. Computers in Libraries continues to be an outstanding conference, well worth the hassle of travel.
I won’t be posting my conference thoughts here, as I’ll be saving those for tomorrow night’s episode of Uncontrolled Vocabulary, which will, unless I decide otherwise between now and then, be devoted exclusively to discussion of the conference. If you’re interested in being a part of that discussion, you are warmly invited and encouraged to do so. The show blog has instructions, but I’m happy to provide more assistance for new callers, so don’t be afraid to contact me.
Tomorrow morning, I hop on a plane and, with any luck, I’ll be in D.C. in time for the latter part of Gaming Night at Computers in Libraries. You can see most of my agenda for the next few days over on the conference wiki.
A number of people have asked me whether I plan to do anything Uncontrolled Vocabulary-related at the conference. Short answer is no, although I’ll have my headset with me. My experience is that it’s too difficult and too “outside the moment” to try and get a group together to do any sort of reflection/commentary on the experience while it’s still happening. The plan is to record Thursday night after the conference. Some people will still be traveling, but I think it’s the best option amongst less-than-ideal ones.
So if you’re going to be in D.C. (or are already there!), come harass me. Monday, I’ll be at my most identifiable in my shiny new Uncontrolled Vocabulary t-shirt, but I’ll be my loud, boisterous self the rest of the time. See you there!
I’ve seen many variations on the Learning 2.0 - 23 Things theme, but I’ve been particularly impressed with Project Play, which comes from a collaboration of three library systems in Wisconsin. The author of much of the learning content, Beth Carpenter, does an outstanding job explaining the technologies. She definitely gets it. And I say that not just because she linked to Uncontrolled Vocabulary in her fantastic lesson on podcasts. Well, OK, that’s at least partially why.
And since you’re here, let me point you in the direction of Uncontrolled Vocabulary #34. You’ll find some interesting conversations about, amongst other things, the librarian who called police to report a child pornography consumer and was subsequently fired, the drug testing of library job applicants and the SWIFT platform that’s being tested for Computers in Libraries.
Scanning my feeds today, I came across the opening salvo in ITI’s Computers in Libraries blogging effort. Although I did email Don Hawkins to get my green ribbon, that wasn’t what struck me about the post. It was this: “The tag for all blog posts and Flickr photos will be CIL2008.”
Why? Because three years ago, I did a whole lot of blabbing on the topic of consensual tagging at CiL. I proposed a few different tag options and the one respondent and I agreed on cil2005.
To be honest, I hadn’t thought much of it since, but now I wonder: Is that really the origin of what has become the official tag? Probably not. It’s a pretty obvious choice and, for all I know, there were probably others talking about it earlier. But I like to think I contributed to a still-growing phenomenon.
Granted, this speaks to the growth of Flickr as well as consensual tagging, but I think the value of an agreed-upon tag has been demonstrated. When I was unable to attend last year, the easy access to hundreds of photos from the conference was my connection to the event.
