Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Facebook

  • Thoughts on Facebook

    It seems like every few months I go through a period of time where I want to cut myself from the tether that is  Facebook.  Today is one of those days. I have a love/hate relationship with the social media website. Well, love might be too strong a word. Maybe it’s more like tolerate/hate. On…

  • A Rant about cancer “awareness” on Facebook

    Every so often (Well, more than that. Like every other day) a status update will pop up on my Facebook feed that says something like this: Please do me a favor. Only some of you will do this and you know who you are. If you or anyone you know has battled (or died of)…

  • Google+: initial thoughts, reactions, and a rant.

    I’ve been on Google+ now for a week and have some opinions about it.  I will refrain from posting anything about Google+ on Facebook and Twitter anymore because I kind of feel like there is lukewarm reception to it. However, I do have some opinions and since this is my little corner of the intertubes I…

  • Impermanence

    Impermanence

    I’ve been thinking about impermanence this week. It started on Tuesday when I first heard about Google+.  It looks really cool. It looks like it might be everything I wish Facebook is. So it got me thinking about Facebook and whether or not Google+ will kill it. I thought about Myspace and how Facebook completely obliterated it…

  • Oregon Flowers

    Oregon Flowers

    I finally felt compelled to take my camera with me on a hike last weekend. It’s spring in Oregon and there are flowers starting to bloom in the forest. It’s lovely. Now that it’s getting nicer (and raining less) I will probably take more pictures. I haven’t really been in the mood for photography for…