Orlando Prep
I've been remiss (yet again). Moreover, I let Walt Crawford scoop me with my own material. Good thing I'm not working on the other side of the news desk.
Anyway, I've finally uploaded the Collaborative Guide to the ALA Annual Conference. It's not very polished, but I wanted to leave everyone's "voices" as they were, rather than try to create a seamless document (at least for now ... if I do end up submitting it to some type of newsletter, it will undergo heavy editing, but I will retain credits for various contributors).
Other things:
I'm considering not taking my iBook with me. I'll feel a lot less important without it, and my notes won't be as good (which is a really frightening thought). But I don't really feel like lugging around the thing, especially since it's not likely that I'm staying somewhere with free Internet access and there's no wireless for us regular Josephines at the conv. centre. And, I won't have an excuse not to interact with the people I'm with during a panel/meeting (yes, I do--with malice aforethought, a smile on my lips and a song in my heart--tend to hide by my machinery).
My schedule is already changing ... I'll probably spend most of Sunday evening at the film double feature -- Willful Infringement and Fahrenheit 9/11.
Lastly, I'll be without email most if not all of the conference (Friday after 4 EDT until Monday night). If you want/need to contact me, you should have my digits ... if you don't, you should e-mail me before 4 pm EDT on Friday.
Comments
As a sad, unemployed librarian who's missing ALA, I look forward to your notes, Eli! I am esp. interested in the reaction to Willful Infringement (obviously!).
ps...take the powerbook! (then again, I'm an addict, so what do I know?)
Posted by: Jason | June 23, 2004 07:00 AM
Apologies for "scooping" you, but your compendium is much better than my quick summaries...
Posted by: Walt Crawford | June 23, 2004 08:15 AM
I agree with those that say take the Powerbook. It doesn't matter whether you find wireless hotspots; you can upload everything when you're done. With the Powerbook, you can take better notes.
Posted by: Chip Unicorn | June 23, 2004 08:21 AM
Walt, no apologies necessary. I was pleased to see the summaries and a whole lot more people will read that than will the original.
Is there no one who advocates leaving behind the chains of technology in an effort to engage humanity unemcumbered and eye-to-eye? Hmph!
Posted by: misseli | June 23, 2004 10:21 AM