08:45:16 AM: RT @davidleeking: #cil2010 – conversations with the archivist of the US – livestreaming NOW – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cillive

08:52:06 AM: made a last minute decision for a quick road trip to #cil2010 for the day – excited to hear keynote by Archivist of US

09:20:18 AM: AOTUS given task of declassifying 400 million pages of gov’t records #cil2010

09:36:57 AM: ‘it’s nice having a boss [Obama] down the street, but not in my face’ – AOTUS #cil2010

09:38:28 AM: RT @InfoWitch: “Getting kids excited about the records teaches American History and also citizenship, big part of what we’re about.” #cil2010

09:47:13 AM: RT @InfoWitch: Federal e-mail not yet recognized as a record, therefore not saved/preserved at all. (Pres e-mail recognized since 96) #cil2010

11:15:28 AM: RT @julian2: #cil2010 “… an X-Prize to anyone who can explain APIs to management.”

11:19:46 AM: RT @archivesnext: link for “archived” Ferriero CIL talk: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6154459 you should listen #archives

11:46:16 AM: IBM Many Eyes – data visualization http://is.gd/br6ki #cil2010

11:48:39 AM: Indianapolis Museum of Art dashboard: http://dashboard.imamuseum.org/ #cil2010

12:02:18 PM: museum pipes: blog w/ tips on implementing web services http://is.gd/br7pQ #cil2010

12:08:38 PM: RT @nengard: not in the dashboard talk, but found out that the dashboard is open source! http://code.google.com/p/museum-dashboard/ #cil2010

12:29:14 PM: RT @eclecticlibrary: possibility of distributed self-checkout using mobile device camera phones – we can do it in the supermarket, why not the library? #cil2010

12:35:15 PM: folksonomy: a people’s taxonomy #cil2010

01:41:46 PM: smartphones becoming a big part of the information chain #cil2010

02:00:28 PM: should have gone to the drupal session. i’m not getting anything out of this usability session. #cil2010

02:13:58 PM: magic pigeons FTW! cc: @imthegirl – RT @jenneheise: #CIL2010 administrators think web design is magic, it just happens

02:31:31 PM: session on QR codes #cil2010

02:40:28 PM: RT @Strng_Dichotomy: Best QR code Generators http://bit.ly/9CeRPv #CiL2010

02:48:57 PM: RT @jaclynmckewan: #cil2010 Here’s that article about the University of Bath using QR codes: http://bit.ly/2fmYOj

02:53:55 PM: next tech conference i go to, i’m bringing a sticker to put on my nametag w/ QR code of my contact details #cil2010

03:03:54 PM: RT @tuxinboots: Warning lolcat ahead: “Why should we care?” http://bit.ly/cXYprf #cil2010

03:06:22 PM: this presenter gets the award for most prolific use of wordles #cil2010

03:15:17 PM: RT @JanieH: Make your own Manure @ your library FTW! Programming idea form Louise Alcorn. #cil2010

03:37:00 PM: http://twitpic.com/1fdbqf – board w/ qr codes of bloggers @ #cil2010

08:18:00 PM: wish i would’ve known about #cil2010 sooner & could’ve planned to go more than just 1 day…

08:19:00 PM: … i would’ve liked to meet up w/ any innovative library, university or museum managers that are hiring programmers. #cil2010

• by Michael Jones
• by Christian Scharen
• by William D. Romanowski
• by Eckhart Tolle
• (HGTV)
• by John Eldredge

I also bought this new book and tweeted about it in hopes of winning a Kindle 2:

• by Ramit Sethi

Have you read any of these books? If so, which ones are worth reading right away? Are any of these so bad that I should just throw them in the trash instead of wasting my time reading them?

I didn’t win a Kindle, but the book was on sale that day so it was definitely worth a shot. The book sale finds were a steal. The money went to a library which is a really good cause that I’m sure will be a frequent blog topic here.