Lunacon and Libraries and Geek Spaces, oh my!
March 19, 2007 – 4:49 pmThis weekend I attended Lunacon, a science fiction/fantasy convention in New York (state). The most interesting panel I attended was “Libraries in Fact and (Science) Fiction” — panelists included librarians (mostly academic, from what I could tell) and a science fiction writer. The moderator, Sharon Foster, had heard of the XML OPAC library tie-in with Wordpress (every book gets its own commentable, taggable blog entry), and had met the librarian who coded it.
A close second was “Geek Spaces” (organization and display of one’s books, art, and collectibles), chiefly due to the enthusiasm of an attendee for the game room project I mentioned (leading to much drafting on paper and brainstorming of possibilities).
Alas, the Regency Dance was cancelled. Fortunately, the waltz and tango classes were great. What does dance have to do with Knowledge Management? I’ll give you a hint: buzz, bzzz, buzz…