On the flight home from Cedar Rapids the other day I was deep into Wikinomics when the woman sitting next to me, looked up from her bible study book, looked at the cover of the book I was reading and asked “What’s wikinomics?” pronouncing the “i” in wiki as an “a”. Not knowing how much she knew about the Internet I stated my explaination with “It’s about how new Internet technologies are effecting businesses and the economy…” At this point a relieve expression came over her face, she smiled, and said “Oh, I thought it was about witchcraft.”
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Wiccanomics”
Wiccanomics — hmmmm … maybe someone should write a book on this topic!
Wiccanomics — hmmmm … maybe someone should write a book on this topic!