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I’m excited about attending my first mesh conference.

Rudy Amid just tagged me in my first meme. Yes, folks, my very first meme.

So here goes …

1. I have an obsession with del.icio.us categories. You’ll never find a stray tag in my del.icio.us.

2. I collect depression glass. Lots of it.

3. I’m a recovering RSS addict. I had an RSS intervention recently. It really is okay to hit the ‘mark all read’ button.

4. We don’t have “normal” pets in our household. At last count, the pet population in my house was: 6 toads, 2 oscillated skinks, 2 guinea pigs, and 3 finches.

5. I’ve worked in libraries for over 20 years. (Gosh, has it really been that long?)

6. Music makes me happy. I’m a recent fan of the UK band, Muse. I also like Coldplay, Radiohead and Feist.

7. I love Mary Jane shoes, especially Hush Puppies.

8. I’m a passionate outdoor gardener, but fail miserably with indoor plants.

Thanks Rudy. This was a really challenging meme! (How did I do?)

Here are the rules:

1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’ve been tagged, and to read your blog.

Now it’s my turn to tag a few folks.

I’m tagging a few bloggers, Twitter friends and Tumblr followers:

Luke

Filthy Frags

Jen

Alicia

sunluvr

Todd

Stephen

Sarah

Have fun!

I’m a big Twitter fan.  Rudy Amid points to some great productivity tools to help you get more out of Twitter.  My favourite on the list is Twhirl.   

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The folks at CommonCraft have done it again. Here’s a great video explaining podcasts.

April 22nd is Earth Day. If you’re looking for some interesting resources to celebrate the day, take a look at the list on Mashable. They also has a great list of 80+ green sites.

Enterprise RSS Day of Action is taking place on Thursday April 24, 2008.

The goal is “to help raise awareness for the potential for Enterprise RSS”. A wiki has been set up to help RSS champions in running awareness campaigns inside their own enterprises.

The wiki has a number of resources to help get you started in implementing RSS in your organization including:
Resource Pack
Case Studies and Use Cases
Enterprise RSS FAQ
Glossary
Enterprise RSS Solutions
Enterprise RSS Vendor Bios
Logo ideas (for the Day of Action)

Nominees for The 12 Annual Webby Awards were announced recently. The Webby Award nominees represent websites that are beautiful to look at, innovative and cutting-edge.

Awards are given out in over 70 categories including: art, associations, best use of photography, fashion, music, government, health, and, radio.

You can vote for your favourites until May 1st.