by KimBoo York | Apr 11, 2015 | Information Science, Observations and Opinions
For those of us living in the middle-class realm of the First World, we are coming up on a crux: living offline or online. This is less an issue about social media, where we have all invested at least a part of ourselves – even if only LinkedIn for the sake of our...
by KimBoo York | Feb 20, 2015 | Information Science, Life and all That
My friend KimM and I were bitching talking about our jobs lately when the subject of “professionalism” came up, mainly in regards to appearance and behavior on-the-job. The topic was expanded on by the revelation that the talented actress Mo’Nique...
by KimBoo York | Oct 2, 2013 | Accessbility, Assistive Technology, Information Science
Yesterday, I walked into my new office and felt true despair. I am not actually starting the new position until Oct. 14th, but I’m still part-time until then (weird) so I get to spend my whopping five hours a week doing proto-management stuff. Like, cleaning the...
by KimBoo York | Sep 25, 2013 | Information Science, Life and all That, Project Management, Assistive Technology
First up is more news about the new job. I will be starting October 11th at the FSU Student Disability Resource Center in the position of Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator! This is a “professional” position, which means a master’s degree was...
by KimBoo York | Sep 11, 2012 | Information Science, Project Management
Where most people fall down in project management is the idea that it requires a lot of work. It really doesn’t; what requires work is starting a project over from scratch, or wading into a project halfway through and changing direction. Project management is about...
by KimBoo York | Sep 10, 2012 | Accessbility
The paradigm has shifted for accessibility issues in text, although it is pretty clear that publishers have not figured this out yet (what else is new?). Back in the day, and how it is still mostly done today, the path to making a book or other printed text accessible...
