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Friday, November 21st, 2008
I got pimped
Ed Schipul featured my blog, along with other much more interesting ones, in a short presentation to the American Ad Federation of Houston & Houston Interactive Marketing association. The Slideshare that goes with the presentation is listed below.
Playing the recession - tips for advertisers and the Millennials that work there
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your [...]
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Teens get a shot at MTV’s “MADE”
Houston teens are invited to come out to the Houston Public Library’s Central Library this Saturday to make it onto MTV’S hit reality show “MADE:”
Casting for MTV’s MADE
MTV’S “MADE” HOLDS CASTING FOR TEENS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008 at 11 a.m.Central Library
MTV is coming to the Houston Public Library to do a casting call for [...]
No Comments » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Sandra said, Houston Public Library helped after Hurricane Ike
The American Libraries blog, AL Inside Scoop, ran a post about the activities and services the Houston Public Library provided immediately after Hurricane Ike hit Houston.
Sandra Fernandez, manager of public relations for Houston Public Library, contacted me this morning to give us an update on what the library has done to aid in recovery from [...]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
I registered to vote
In the last two years I’ve moved three times. That’s three addresses in a little over 24 months. And, somehow, amongst all of that, I let my voter registration lapse.
I didn’t realize that I wasn’t registered until this weekend when, prompted by the looming deadline, I checked online. Lo and behold, I found out [...]
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
There’s no substitute for real connections
As much as I love living online (social media has made it possible to fake a life by connecting virtually without ever needing to connect offline) I often find myself craving face-to-face communication. What’s my world come to when I have to schedule lunch or coffee with a friend six weeks in advance?
I’m trying to [...]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The things I need to learn
Things I never mastered or need to improve or need to figure out:
saying “no” when I already have too much to do
explaining why gravity makes things fall, or why something needs to be news to be pitch-worthy
figuring out what I want to be when I grow up
finding a zen moment, slowing down on purpose
refusing a [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
HPL Express Discovery Green opens
Update from the Houston Public Library:
HPL Express Discovery Green opened today, located in Discovery Green Park (downtown, across the street from the George R. Brown Convention Center), 1300 McKinney, R2, 77010, 832-393-2660. It will be open 10 am to 7 pm.
This means wifi will be up and running at this location as well.
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
UPDATED: Houston Public Library Locations to Begin Reopening Tuesday, September 16th
Help me get the word out, please:
The Houston Public Library’s Central Library and Julia Ideson Building (JIB) will reopen to the public beginning Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Hours of operation for this week will be 10 AM to 7 PM. Houstonians are invited to stop by either Library location to access all services, including computers [...]
No Comments » - Posted in general, photos by Sandra Fernandez
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Sandra Says something for Click2Houston
I had about three second of fame last night on KPRC-TV Channel 2 (the local NBC affiliate station). The story was about the success of the Houston Public Library’s Summer Reading Program. No video posted, but a web-equivalent story is posted on their site:
[snip]
“Last year, we had 20,000 kids and teens register for the program. [...]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
photo - from OCLC’s latest report about public library funding
from OCLC’s latest report about public library funding
Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian
Via the shifted librarian. Very interesting.
