the mental mulch pile
Please note that this might be the full Mental Mulch Pile (click here to reload), or it might possibly be just a filtered subpile…
You can also take a look at just the top of the pile here…
You can't put lipstick on a pig
I have now spent over thirty years working in communications, marketing, and branding. The most important thing I've learned... the most important principle for doing this job ethically and well... can be summed up in a saying that's been around about twice as long as that...
Unity, Uniformity, and University
Friendly reminder to the Universe that a University is not at its core meant to be corporation but a community...
The XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context, v1.2
A three-asterisk and seven-word update of my original XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context…
Physical or Digital: The Fundamental Challenge of Modern Collection Development
Something to share from the writing side!
Delighted to announce the publication of Contemporary Issues in Collection Management, in which I had the privilege of co-writing the opening chapter…
The XKCD Digital Lifespan Chart in Context
Inspired by the things I was learning in library school about special collections and the history of the book…
Campus during the fall
For my entire life I have considered the University of Alberta to be my second home. I was born on campus, at the University of Alberta hospital… the result of my parents coming to Edmonton to be students here. Ever since my life has been woven with threads of the U of A in so many different ways, throughout my childhood, my youth, and my adulthood…
Preserve and honour
It's Convocation Time at the University of Alberta and, as much as some people might think little of the tradition and the pomp and the colourful robes, one of my favourite things in the Before Times was going to the live Convocation ceremonies.
A Community of Thinkers
So I think I have arrived at some words that maybe capture what I think has been forgotten at a post-secondary institution with which I have deep connections…