Harsh Reality of Language(?)
I feel we live in an image saturated culture.
But what if we could get back to language?
Would this clamber for the ‘word’ change our lives again – make us more rational, clear, harsh, in our thinking? This harshness is required methinks if we plan to progress as a culture – we can not live in more & more emotions if we plan to develop – individually or as a group.
The ‘word’ is stark against a backdrop – it is or is-not. It is read in a direction – depending on the language or script of local use or tradition. Images suffer from no such delineation. It is with just that delineation of language that will force us to stop and think – as opposed to just going on and on (like pictures do) without order or rigor.
That is the space where we learn.
Just a thought.
Good luck
#RadioBookClub v. 8 – Behold the Dreamers
The time has come once again to get into some words – LIVE – on the radio.
This is our 8th such discussion over the internet waves – thanks be to Dennis Price of Home Improvements by Dennis Price.
We will be reading BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Imbolo Mbue
Time/Place: 06 November 2018 – 8 PM EST.
Location for listening: Radio Fairfax.
Number to call with comments and ideas: 703-560-TALK (8255).
We look forward to the discussion and your comments.
2018 Community Service Award (DCLA)
One a very positive note for this summer of 2018…
I was honoured with the 2018 Community Service Award by the District of Columbia Library Association (DCLA).
Thank you
(Now, I just need to get it on the wall in my office…) 🙂
MARC = > XML and … Beyond-ish
I am currently reading: Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata by Timothy W. Cole, Myung-Ja (MJ) K. Han, and Christine Schwartz.
I have been working with XML for a few years now in different contexts – but I have always been working with the structure itself – not its search, transformation, or display.
So this text has been a useful intro to xsd (schema document), xPath, and xQuery – especially as the library where I work migrates to Exlibris’s Alma – which allows for metadata manipulation in XML.
The other key relevance to work is a digital preservation platform we are migrating to from contentDM may force us, for certain types of digitally preserved materials, to write XSL. If we need this, I will be able to help more now. 🙂
Thank you to the authors for this book
Cheers
#RadioBookClub v. 7 – The Expendable Man
The time has come once again to get into some words – LIVE – on the radio.
This is our 7th such discussion over the internet waves – thanks be to Dennis Price of Home Improvements by Dennis Price.
We will be reading THE EXPENDABLE MAN by Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-1993).
Time/Place: 16 January 2018 – 8 PM EST.
Location for listening: Radio Fairfax.
Number to call with comments and ideas: 703-560-TALK (8255).
We look forward to the discussion and your comments.
Future of #Computing is actually “Personal”
I just saw this article, written by Muneeb Ali, about the future of computing, computers, and how people use their “personal” computers to manipulate their information themselves: He says users own their data and cloud computing becomes storage instead of “mainframes.”
(image captured from Ali Muneeb’s posting – accessed 16 August 2017)
Seriously worth a read. Thank you Ali Muneeb.
Cheers
#RadioBookClub v. 6 – Parable of the Sower
The time has come once again to get into some words – LIVE – on the radio.
This is our 6th such discussion over the internet waves – thanks be to Dennis Price of Home Improvements by Dennis Price.
We will be reading PARABLE OF THE SOWER by Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006).
Time/Place: 29 August 2017 – 8 PM EST.
Location for listening: Radio Fairfax.
Number to call with comments and ideas: 703-560-TALK (8255).
We look forward to the discussion and your comments.
