habitually probing generalist

As many of you know, I began in the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) degree program at GSLIS, UIUC the day after I graduated with my Masters in May 2006. In the past almost 18 months I have answered far too many times as to why I was pursuing further education in the field. It [...]

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Saturday evening at the diner after the bar, 22 Sep Downey, et. al. How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (2nd ed). at Open Book Project. (Text for LIS452) Ch. 12: Classes and objects Ch. 13: Classes and functions Sunday, 23 Sep Harris, Roy, and George Wolf, eds. Integrational Linguistics: A First Reader. 1st ed, [...]

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This past Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007, was the Fall 2007 Phineas L. Windsor Lecture at GSLIS. Betty Sue Flowers, Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was the lecturer. I must say I was kind of ambivalent about this lecture but I ended up truly enjoying it. I have, I believe, attended all [...]

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[Disclaimer: I do not mean to offend anyone's personal views. My only aim here is to share a love of word play with others who may also appreciate it.] Earlier this week I did the copy cataloging to enter this book into our library. I found the juxtaposition of the the title and the subject [...]

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How far down the rabbit holes can I fall, and can I then tunnel between them whilst still falling? Do I deserve my “little ducklings” or would I be better served by spectators at my self-immolation? I offer the ducklings/spectators the option of deciding for themselves and changing their minds as they see fit, just [...]

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Hehehe. Thanks, Kathryn. I needed this. Of course, it may be more like spectators at a self-immolation. But I prefer your “little ducklings” metaphor. And, of course, I, too, am a “little duckling” of others.

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… the wrong thing at the right time, or, perhaps, can it just be there are too many right things to do at overlapping right times? I know I haven’t fully explicated my bibliography topic yet but a potential change has arisen already. This change is both negative and beneficial; as most changes are. [And [...]

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Sunday, 16 Sep Zelle, John M. Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science. Wilsonville, Or: Franklin, Beedle, 2004. [LIS452 text] Ch. 7: Decision Structures Ch. 8: Loop Structures and Booleans Ch. 6: Defining Functions Harris, Roy. Introduction to Integrational Linguistics. 1st ed, Kidlington, Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 1998. Ch. 6 and Postscript Monday, 17 Sep Harris, [...]

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I know I’ve been pretty quiet lately. Lots going on and not so well physically. I just seem to stay sick anymore. Lots of things happening, though. Bibliography class I have a topic for my Bibliography class and I’m making great progress collecting things and entering them into Zotero. I’ve read a few previously and [...]

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Thursday – Sunday, 6 – 9 Sep Capurro, Rafael and Birger Hjørland. “The Concept of Information.” ARIST 37, 2003: 343-411. This is an excellent and lengthy review article on the concept of information. It is much broader in coverage than just IS, though, looking also at the concept interdisciplinarily and, in specific, in the natural [...]

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