No maps for these territories http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog gee, can you vague that up for me? Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:05:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en these are the things our days are made up of 1. The new 2600 compilation is out 2. I get to buy it for the library. Sometimes my job is, seriously, the best thing ever. I get to think about collaboration, help people find stuff, and buy computer books. What's not to love? http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1776 SXSW vote! Friday was the original deadline for voting on SXSW proposals, but voting has been extended through today. May I direct your attention to two proposals: * "Too Small, Too Open: Correcting Wikipedia's Local Failure" -- a panel that if accepted I will be on! It's about the LocalWiki project and how ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1771 editing Fridays Today I was talking with Eugene, a Wikimedian friend of mine. He was telling me about all the Wikipedians he talked to who don't edit anymore, or who spend their time working on institutional things like outreach instead of editing. "Man, I never have time to edit either!"  I said. We agreed ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1765 my mother’s books I am in my mother's family home on vacation, going through a box of her textbooks that was left in the basement, subject to the ravages of mice and time. How did they end up here? Perhaps she came home in her red VW Bug one summer near the end ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1760 a true and uncensored brief history of july Contrary to popular and malicious rumors, I am not dead. I was just very tired after Wikimania :) The conferences (plural) went well. I feel relieved and happy that the first conference I have ever chaired (WikiSym) came off without major hitches. It was a rush, checking on every session, solving ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1736 onboarding Late yesterday afternoon I was seated on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as one of the two chapter-selected seats. I am still a bit in shock. I was up on stage at the Board panel this morning; I am looking forward to conversatons all weekend. I have also been closing ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1699 packing I'm going to the airport in a couple hours to go to WikiSym. My packing is complicated by bringing all sorts of random things with me that I wouldn't generally bring on an international flight: signs, packing tape, conference badges, etc. So anyway, I'm packing away, trying to figure out all ... http://www.phoebeayers.info/phlog/?p=1697