Navigating a career path and coming up with a flight plan can be difficult for those new to the information professions. There are many possibilities and even more ways to get there. My last couple of blog posts have focused on career planning for newbies. I’m by no means an...
You just can’t count on things to go according to plan. But that doesn’t negate the need to have one, at least in the form of a rough draft, in almost every area of our lives. #blogjune this year is no exception. This will be my second time participating in...
I’m sure the participants, Matthias and I could have chatted well into the afternoon at our workshop at the New Librarians Symposium last month about building and managing a professional identity. I would have happily done so. Of course, we couldn’t cover everything in three hours, but there is something...
Just days after I posted my thoughts about the lack of definition the information profession tends to have in the eyes of those …..well, not in the profession, I came across this recent post from the The Bamboo Project that has calmed my nerves a bit. I am one of...
….well, that’ll be the first thought I have if, heaven forbid, Twitter disappeared tomorrow. Someone asked me the question recently, “If Twitter went kaput, was lost and disappeared, what would you do?” For a moment, well actually it was a little more than a moment, panic set in. No one...
It’s near the end of the 4th day of #blogjune and I almost forgot to post. I’ve found #blogjune is a time when we can learn more about those in our personal learning network. And I don’t just mean professionally. Letting others know we’re human, particularly in the virtual, online...
Today is the first of June. It’s also officially the first day of winter and the first time in months I’ve managed to beat my partner to ‘pinch and a punch’ this morning. Yes I’ve signed up for another round of blogging everyday in June with a bunch of library...
This is an exciting time for my career. Inspiration is coming from all sides. Never say never. It’s about time I shared my new(ish) role in archives, an area I never thought I’d work or be involved in. But I am determined to make the most of being challenged, stretched,...
Looking back at my first year of blogging, I’ll say that I don’t think I did too badly. Flight Path has become a very useful tool for me to reflect, make sense of concepts and articulate my view on a few things and my thought processes. According to the site...
My recent brazilian dance classes led me to participate in a dance party about a week ago. I arrived home near midnight and with thoughts abuzzing, I seized the moment as best I could. I’ve finally come back to these thoughts, with an attempt to tidy up and publish this...
