The Travelin' Librarian

Friday Video: Stop Trying to Motivate Your Employees

Kerry Goyette | TEDxCosmoPark It’s a misconception that you can motivate your employees. They’re already motivated. The key is to

Posted in Management, video

Friday Reads: The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson

From Amazon.com: “Clinton and Patterson are a dynamic duo weaving a suspenseful and gripping technothriller that will leave readers wondering,

Posted in Books

Meet the guys who tape Trump’s papers back together

Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building, standing over

Posted in Libraries, Politics & Law Tagged with: archives, trump

Mashup Monday: Electro Swing Mix May 2018

Posted in Misc

Friday Video: The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis

Posted in Libraries, video Tagged with: #fridayvideo

Friday Reads: Mother American Night by John Perry Barlow

From Amazon.com: John Perry Barlow’s wild ride with the Grateful Dead was just part of a Zelig-like life that took

Posted in Books Tagged with: #fridayreads

Throwback Thursday: QWOP

The first time most people ever saw QWOP was around December 2010, when a YouTuber named Critical declared it “The Most Difficult Game

Posted in Gaming Tagged with: #TBT

Mashup Monday: Peanuts Gang Singing “2112” by Rush

Posted in video Tagged with: mashup, peanuts, rush

Friday Video: Who Broke the Internet? with Tim Wu

Actually, just audio this week.

Posted in Audio Tagged with: internet, technology

Friday Reads: The League of American Writers: Communist Organization Activity Among American Writers, 1929-1942 by Tom Wolfe, Jr.

Tom Wolfe’s 1956 PhD dissertation. It’s actually way more interesting than it sounds and makes me want to read more

Posted in Books Tagged with: Tom Wolfe