Wayfinding in Las Vegas: Walking Shortcut from the Riviera to the Las Vegas Convention Center
I’m in Las Vegas for the American Library Association Annual Conference 2014 (#alaac14). I’m staying at the Riviera and I can actually see the Las V...
Author: Lindsey
Meanwhile in Civilized Space
Book Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice is an awesome book. I know I’m not the only person with that opinion because it won a Nebul...
How to Give Good Interview: A Post That Goes Beyond Getting Dressed
Today, a friend told me that her 18-year-old daughter wanted my advice for job interviews. My knee-jerk response was “Why does anyone want my advice?” Then I re...
58 Days Later
Book Review: Notes from the Internet Apocalypse: A Novel by Wayne Gladstone Notes from the Internet Apocalypse is the diary of one man who chronicles the...
Married to the Sea
Book Review: Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler Sea Change is a delightfully written coming-of-age fairy tale, but the old school kind of fairy tale in which there is ...
A Special Request and a Long Rant: Coda
After the response I received to last week’s post, I feel I am obligated to pen some form of update. First, I want to say that my network of friends/acqua...
In Which Time Travel Is the Hip, New Thing
Book Review: The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma (translated by Nick Caistor) The Map of Time weaves together the stories of three 19th century London characters:...
A Special Request and a Long Rant
On behalf of job-seekers everywhere, I would like to make a request. If someone you know is looking for work and describing to you the ongoing struggle involved...
On Fluency: Spanish, BYU, and All the Words
My first Spanish class in college was during the fall. It was my second year at Brigham Young University (a year which was unexpectedly abbreviated due to havin...
New Work, Old Work, What’s the Difference Once Your Head’s Blown Off
Book review: Makers by Cory Doctorow Ever since I read Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson last year, I’ve been captivated by the make...