08 : a graphic diary of the campaign trail

08 : a graphic diary of the campaign trail by Michael Crowley and Dan Goldman.

A well written narrative of the campaign, with Crowley and Goldman serving as a Greek chorus as reporters covering the events. A great example of a niche that works well for graphic treatment. I am not up for a 300 page treatment of the campaign. I’m not that much of a political junkie and like Obama, I want to look forward.

Other non-fiction in graphic form I have been through lately:

Pyongyang : a journey in North Korea /by Guy Delisle and his Shenzhen : a travelogue from China.

Long time no post

Well, this bog is focused on  two things, my work in libraries and what I am reading and can recommend. As I have noted before  my political writing takes place at Kos and religious comments over at Street Prophets.

So have I been slacking off? Nope. Here’s what I’ve been writing on libraries, all posted at McMillan Memorial Library:

Connecting with Friends and Family
A presentation covering email. instant messaging, VOIP, video email and video calls, including Tokbox and Skype.  Though general in nature, this program can be easily adapted for use with military families. Put this together when we added webcams. We needed to have a training session and this is the outline for it.

Creating Google Map mashups.

A brief look at how McMillan created four different Google Map mashups. I put together four different projects using Google Maps and the Library’s existing digital content. Here’s the how-to.

Wood County cemetery map

McMillan’s Google Maps mashup of the cemeteries of Wood County. Here’s one of the products, a map of the location of the sixty plus cemeteries in Wood County, Wisconsin.

Webcams @ McMillan
In March 2009, the Library added public webcams. We use both Skype and Tokbox to provide video messaging and email. This covers the how-to, including what equipment we used, what it cost and what our policies are.

I have been a slacker about posting book reviews, so I try and catch up.