Comments on: Balance and social networking

By: walt

walt — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:38:00 +0000

Good comments both. (Jeff: I’ve been reading your blog for a few weeks now. Good stuff!)

I believe in the balanced library and in balanced librarians. But, as I say, that’s not where the money is…and that’s really not surprising.

(If bus drivers make decent money, it’s because of unions. People in parts of the SF Bay Area are becoming acutely aware of how important some “invisible people”–Teamster garbagemen–really are, now that their employer has taken a “preventative labor action,” namely locked them out.)

By: Steven M. Cohhen

Steven M. Cohhen — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:42:07 +0000

Thanks Walt. Who knows. Maybe in the future I’ll be back on the Twitter Train (Twitter Twain?).

But for now, it’s just too much. I think I’ll be content with my decision in a few days, after the shock wears off. Trust me, it wasn’t an easy decision. I’m going to miss Twittering, but it was getting out of hand.

Balance and priorities are key, IMO.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:00:01 +0000

It is interesting to see the burnout on the 2.0 stuff. It is just too much information to stay on top of. Much of it is also unnecessary. I was just looking at the Wisconsin library study and saw how little people cared about many of these technology initiatives. Certainly a case for the balanced library.

You can also refer to balance as “bus driver” management. It may not be interesting, but it is very essential to get the kids to school safe and sound. Nobody notices if you get the kids to school safely every day for your whole life, but they would definitely notice if it didn’t happen.