Comments on: lists of listmakers and the lists they make http://command-f.info/caleb/lists-of-listmakers-and-the-lists-they-make a collaborative library ... thing Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: caleb http://command-f.info/caleb/lists-of-listmakers-and-the-lists-they-make/comment-page-1#comment-636 caleb Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:10:42 +0000 http://command-f.info/?p=341#comment-636 nah, i think librarians make lists because they have an inclination to figure out how things work and why they might be useful. actual instructions in library school included to work the library catalog so hard that it overheats. 'make it smoke', the reference professor said. nah, i think librarians make lists because they have an inclination to figure out how things work and why they might be useful. actual instructions in library school included to work the library catalog so hard that it overheats. ‘make it smoke’, the reference professor said.

]]> By: Caroline http://command-f.info/caleb/lists-of-listmakers-and-the-lists-they-make/comment-page-1#comment-632 Caroline Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:01:54 +0000 http://command-f.info/?p=341#comment-632 First off, with the exception of Christmas lists, grocery lists, and all those annoying "Top 35 Hair Salons in Portland!" lists in chick magazines, listmaking is totally a guy thing. Exhibit A: the main character in the Nick Hornby book "High Fidelity," who is obsessed with shuffling and reshuffling his lists of the greatest record albums ever. Second off, what are you saying about librarians and their lists? That they're just more solipsistic than the average joe/jane? First off, with the exception of Christmas lists, grocery lists, and all those annoying “Top 35 Hair Salons in Portland!” lists in chick magazines, listmaking is totally a guy thing. Exhibit A: the main character in the Nick Hornby book “High Fidelity,” who is obsessed with shuffling and reshuffling his lists of the greatest record albums ever.

Second off, what are you saying about librarians and their lists? That they’re just more solipsistic than the average joe/jane?

]]> By: ahniwa http://command-f.info/caleb/lists-of-listmakers-and-the-lists-they-make/comment-page-1#comment-620 ahniwa Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:50:48 +0000 http://command-f.info/?p=341#comment-620 I mostly only use Twitter to follow librarians in the first place, so making a list of librarians seemed pretty pointless. Instead I decided to make a list of other people that I might not otherwise have followed, namely people I don't know at all but share the local geography. So now I can see what's going on around town - but then, I never check my list, so maybe it's not that useful after all. Good post, though, and sorry to hear you're sick. Hope you feel better soon! I mostly only use Twitter to follow librarians in the first place, so making a list of librarians seemed pretty pointless. Instead I decided to make a list of other people that I might not otherwise have followed, namely people I don’t know at all but share the local geography. So now I can see what’s going on around town - but then, I never check my list, so maybe it’s not that useful after all.

Good post, though, and sorry to hear you’re sick. Hope you feel better soon!

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