End of day one

Just a short post to catch up on some things from this afternoon.

• My Data Visualization cybertour went well. Fifteen minutes is not long enough for any topic. Period. The slides will be posted on my presentations page as soon as I have connectivity again. (see below)


• The "Keeping Current" presentation was wonderful. Thanks to Gary Price I now need to check out FeedBeep which allows you to receive your RSS via SMS.


• The WiFi is currently out in the Hilton bar. (I've posted this at the next available opportunity but set the date/time accordingly.) Since I've got the speaker's receiption and the dead technologies session this evening, I'm leaving my laptop in my room. So, no more posts 'till tomorrow morning.


• For those of you wondering about why I suddenly rushed out of Stephen Abram's presentation earlier this afternoon well, I suddenly found myself with an unexplained nosebleed and felt that the men's room was the best place to retreat to. My haste was an attempt not to bleen upon anyone, or the carpet. (My shirt wasn't so lucky however.)

(Pre)Cybertour

I'm standing here before more than a dozen people who are all waiting for me to talk in 15 minutes. I wonder if they're reading what I'm typing as it's being projected in front of them...

Guess how many blogs are created every day.

Of interest to CIL attendees: According to this episode of Future Tense, Technorati is reporting that 40,000 new blogs are created every day.

Lunch

For those looking for recommendations, The Indian Polo club, two blocks down the hill from the Hilton has a great lunch buffet for $6.95. It's popular though so try to get there as quickly as you can before the noon rush.

Web Services: Enabling a New Generation of Library Technology

The joint presentation by Frank Cervone and Larry Marazek was very informative. Frank covered the basics (XML geek stuff) of Web services, then Larry covered practical examples using Amazon.com's Web services. Note to the organizers: Though both were interesting and informative, each deserved a full 45 minutes. There was just too much information to covered in the 1/2-sessions allowed. (Photos of this session have been posted.)

Other CIL blogs

• The Official CIL blog


• Aaron Schmidt


• Michael Stephens


• Steven M. Cohen


• Andrea Mercado

Photos

I've started posting my photos in an ofoto album. I'll continue to add to the throughout the conference.

Clifford Lynch keynote

Clifford's review of the changes of the past 20 years (this is CIL's 20th anniversary) was very interesting although I must admit I was too tired to bother to take notes. Watch many of the other blogs for more specific comments.

Day one: Morning has broken

I'm sitting in the back row of the center ballroom waiting for this morning's keynote by Clifford Lynch. I'm in the back row to avail myself of one of the only two power outlets in this immense room. (I've already had one person disconnect me from the wall by not watching where they're walking.) Of, course, there's no WiFi in the room but there is in the hotel bar upstairs and in the lobby area of the conference floor (out at the tables by registration.) It's a clear, crisp morning in Washington as I discovered walking down Conn. Avenue to find some batteries for my camera (which it turns out I didn't need since I had spares in the camera's case that I'd forgotten about) and a DC postcard.

My first Cybertour, Data Visualization, is at 3pm and I just realized that I've not bookmarked any of the sites that I'm planning on showing. (At least this time I have my handouts with me and don't need to make a Kinko's run.) I guess I'll be heading out to the WiFi area to set those up after the keynote.

A reminder for conference first-timers: Do not miss the evening session "Looking at Dead and Emerging Technologies". Not only is this the most fun and most popular session at the conference every year, there's also rumor's of a "Dead Technologies drinking game" this year. (Actually, I've seen the game and may have actually contributed a rule or two. As to whether or not the rules will be distributed at the door.)