Travel. Leisure. Pursuits
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Getting ready for A Great Debate @ MCN
Erin Coburn, Nancy Proctor, Bruce Wyman, talking about "Inside/Pit's Pros And Cons. Robert Stein, Beck Trench, Leonard Steinbach not pictured. Susan Chin, moderator.
Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear, Austin, Texas edition
There was a satellite version of the Rally for Sanity/Fear here in Austin, TX. In between local music and speakers, there was a big screen feed from the event on the National Mall.
Presentation for the Museum Computer Network conference, 2010
Building Biodiversity Data Communities: The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Museum Computer Network. 30 October 2010. Austin, TX.
Friday, October 29, 2010
MCN keynote visualization
I love these visualizations of talks. The question part of this one was quite interesting.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Bat watching in Austin
Went out to the Congress Ave. bridge to see the famed Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) take flight at dusk. It was quite a spectacular site.
First there were just a few, and then a torrent of bats flying out from under the bridge! The photo here doesn't do it justice. Here are some more pictures, that also show the human watchers (on land and water).
Learn more about this bat at the Encyclopedia of Life and read more at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
First there were just a few, and then a torrent of bats flying out from under the bridge! The photo here doesn't do it justice. Here are some more pictures, that also show the human watchers (on land and water).
Learn more about this bat at the Encyclopedia of Life and read more at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Sharing Data for Biodiversity: Presentation at the Internet Archive
Presentation given at the "Leaders' Forum" sponsored by the Internet Archive (held at the Richmond branch of SFPL). Also, held at the same time, was the "Books in Browsers" meeting, also sponsored by the Internet Archive (held at the still new Internet Archive HQ).
I was able to slip between both. Though quite different, both had a lot of great information.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
QotD: Anything that's the something of something isn't the anything of anything
Anything that's the something of something isn't the anything of anything - Lisa SimpsonNice little quote from the always quotable Lisa Simpson. The MoneyBART. Season 22, Episode 3. Available via Hulu.
The opening scene is particularly interesting, but then anything with a unicorn is interesting.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
QotD: When reality is labeled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry.
Great quote from Clay Shirky (on the newspaper industry) from 2008.03.17
Complete quote is:
Complete quote is:
When reality is labeled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry. Leadership becomes faith-based, while employees who have the temerity to suggest that what seems to be happening is in fact happening are herded into Innovation Departments, where they can be ignored en masse. This shunting aside of the realists in favor of the fabulists has different effects on different industries at different times. One of the effects on the newspapers is that many of their most passionate defenders are unable, even now, to plan for a world in which the industry they knew is visibly going away (Shirky Blog) [emphasis added]
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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