{"id":234,"date":"2007-04-25T23:39:44","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/25\/what-happened-after\/"},"modified":"2007-04-25T23:39:44","modified_gmt":"2007-04-25T15:39:44","slug":"what-happened-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/25\/what-happened-after\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened after&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my blogiversary today. One year ago I staffed our library during a public holiday and thought I&#8217;d use the quiet patch to look at those RSS feed thingies and those blog whatsits and write the report I&#8217;d been ask to do.   I thought it was smart to use one piece of software as an aggregator and a blog, so started my first blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglines.com\/myblogs?mode=2\" target=\"_blank\">Kathrynarium<\/a>, that afternoon using bloglines. NEWB!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using this post as a &#8220;what happened after&#8221;&#8230;..providing a chronological list of updates on some things I blogged about in the last year. It was great fun to do, but you&#8217;d be a kind person indeed to read the entire list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No-one noticed my <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/26\/omg-embarrassing-initials-i-have-known\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTF<\/a> blunder.<\/li>\n<li>I still haven&#8217;t seen a real exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/28\/librarian-20-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Librarian2.0 job advertised in Australia.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I still <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/01\/so-i-dont-wake-up-at-5am-trying-to-list-things-in-my-freezer\/\" target=\"_blank\">love roller skating<\/a> and am looking for a pair of size 6 skates right now.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m yet to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/02\/mash-it-and-glu-itmore-fun-than-girl-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\">really cool mashup<\/a> using an actual gen-u-ine API.<\/li>\n<li>Having <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/09\/very-collaborative-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\">set up Libraries interact.info on July 8th<\/a>, it is still <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/23\/librariesinteractinfo-going-swimmingly\/\" target=\"_blank\">going swimmingly.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I did manage to<a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/13\/dont-try-this-in-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\"> record the Co-Pilot&#8217;s snoring<\/a>. We took it in to a specialist who could tell from listening just what bits were blocking where. He did the medical equivalent of &#8220;bird calls&#8221; when he imitated the snoring sounds made by different shaped palates.<\/li>\n<li>I never did write Part 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/13\/dont-try-this-in-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twists and Turns of blogging<\/a> called &#8220;Why write another post about blogging? &#8220;. I think we are all better off.<\/li>\n<li>Last week I went to my second <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.meetup.com\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perth Bloggers Meetup<\/a>, 8 months after my <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/20\/all-linked-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">first one.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Regardless of their price I still bought bananas during the great <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/25\/bananas-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">banana  shortage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I now only  <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/01\/random-idea-generators-have-overtaken-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">use random ideas generators<\/a> socially, but have since met my dealer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveyp.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Pattern<\/a>, in Second Life.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve managed not to electrocute myself since August, and my library&#8217;s remodelling has not included <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/04\/feel-the-power-safe-and-unsafe-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">gym equipment near the OPACS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m still <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/09\/yesyesyesyesyes\/\" target=\"_blank\">saying &#8220;yes&#8221; more often<\/a> and it&#8217;s led me to some wonderful places. I&#8217;m still trying to spell B-A-L-A-N-C-E.<\/li>\n<li>I plan to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/12\/one-book-i-wish-had-never-been-written\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr4&#8217;s birthday cake<\/a> this year.<\/li>\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/23\/make-a-magic-dragon\/\" target=\"_blank\">magic dragon<\/a> still sits on my desk and I still wave my head from side to side.<\/li>\n<li>I never did become a <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/25\/librarian-fit-club-join-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">more fit librarian.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/04\/will-youtube-survive\/\" target=\"_blank\">survived<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>At kindy last week my husband heard one of the parents call their kid a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/05\/rss-readers-and-spazzes\/\" target=\"_blank\">spaz<\/a>&#8221; as a term of abuse. I nicely asked someone three weeks ago not to refer to  the malfunctioning automatic doors to  the library as &#8220;spastic&#8221;. SIGH.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve now tried on <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/25\/what-do-off-duty-librarians-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Masai Barefoot Sandals<\/a> three times but still haven&#8217;t bought any.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/03\/going-back-to-my-village\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aunty Rose<\/a> still blooms in her 91st year.<\/li>\n<li>My son did not <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/29\/just-missed-a-classic-moment-in-kiddie-rock-greg-the-yellow-wiggle-quits\/\" target=\"_blank\">run off to become the Yellow Wiggle<\/a>, however two weeks ago google images indexed my blog and everyone keeps hitting the picture of him as the fifth wiggle.<\/li>\n<li>Last week I <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/29\/just-missed-a-classic-moment-in-kiddie-rock-greg-the-yellow-wiggle-quits\/\" target=\"_blank\">started using Remember the Milk<\/a>, and just love the way it automatically fills in the date if I enter &#8220;tomorrow&#8221; or &#8220;next week&#8221; or &#8220;two days&#8221; or &#8220;next Friday&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/06\/bloglinesyou-are-sooooo-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Reader and I are still very happy together<\/a>. I&#8217;ve  popped in on bloglines to say &#8220;hi&#8221;, but we are not nearly as close as we used to be.<\/li>\n<li>My cat no longer has a <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/poor-pus-y-pierced-punk-puss\/\" target=\"_blank\">face pierced with fishing line<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/26\/keep-library20-in-wikipedia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library2.0 remains in Wikipedia.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peter chose <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/21\/only-9-more-days-to-help-peter-pick-his-glasses\/\" target=\"_blank\">glasses frames number 6. <\/a><\/li>\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/26\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-kathryn-greenhill\/\" target=\"_blank\">beetroot phobia<\/a> remains unconquered.<\/li>\n<li>Four months into the year I have read 3 books on my <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/28\/the-to-be-read-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;To be Read&#8221; challenge<\/a> &#8211;  Born on a BlueDay, The Tipping Point and Chart Throb.<\/li>\n<li>Things have settled down in our house since both parents <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/10\/getting-ready-for-canberra\/\" target=\"_blank\">returned from Canberra<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I did <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/14\/watch-out-reading-books-can-kill-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">order The Peacefull Pill Handbook for my library <\/a>after the ethics course controller agreed enthusiastically that it should be in our library.<\/li>\n<li>I did not <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/11\/leadership-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\">come back from Aurora<\/a> totally enthused and try to be superlibrarian and neglect the rest of my life like I feared. It&#8217;s given me space and tools to re-examine the way I&#8217;ve been doing my whole life and renegotiate where my priorities are and what I need to do to help them take centre stage.<\/li>\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/15\/second-life-libraries-presentation-slides\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flying Librarian of Oz slides<\/a> have been downloaded 3010 times from slideshare.net and I re-used them in a talk at the State Library of Western Australia last Friday.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/05\/ning-network-for-library-20\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library2.0 Ning network <\/a>, which had 150 members join in its first two days, now has 1224 members six weeks later.<\/li>\n<li>Two months after our first face to face meeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/19\/library-unconference-for-western-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Australian Library Unconference<\/a> is still waiting for a couple of people to report back about a date and a facilitator. I live in hope.<\/li>\n<li>CW was <a href=\"http:\/\/flexnib.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/snap.html\" target=\"_blank\">discussing at her workplace<\/a> whether you<a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/15\/asking-permission-before-using-a-photograph\/\" target=\"_blank\"> need permission before taking a photograph in a University Library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/18\/what-do-i-think-of-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> just gets better and more useful and more fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my blogiversary today. One year ago I staffed our library during a public holiday and thought I&#8217;d use the quiet patch to look at those RSS feed thingies and those blog whatsits and write the report I&#8217;d been ask to do. 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