Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: I’m attending ALA this weekend with Words & Money, wearing my “occasional journalist” hat, so if you see me around, say hello! Also, my last “newsletter” was linked to and shared by several colleagues, leading to an unexpected influx of new readers. If you’re one of...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. I’ll be putting on my “occasional journalist” hat again next week, working with the excellent Words & Money team to help cover the ALA 2026 Annual Conference in Chicago! I’m still working on my overall schedule, but I’ve already picked out a few highlights that I’m planning to...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: This is a meatier one than usual with a ton of links that could have been individual Things themselves, including the Bonus video. I couldn’t even squeeze in the article I co-wrote for Publishing Perspectives last week about the death throes of data-driven publishing,...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. I attended Publishers Weekly‘s US Book Show for the first time last week, cautiously optimistic about the main program, but at the last minute, I decided to attend the first day’s workshop and reception, too, because networking is important when you’re on the market, and I’m...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. In which I briefly comment on the books I read each month, so a few years from now when I’m trying to remember one of them, I’ll be able to find it here. Since I’m a media omnivore, it also includes games, movies, and any other media of note that I engaged with. Do we have...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: I’m pretty public about my “AI” skepticism, but there are a handful of people I trust to have informed, nuanced takes that help challenge and refine my own thinking. (Two are featured below.) I’ve also had several private conversations with friends and colleagues about...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. Ever since announcing that I’m on the market a couple of weeks ago, actively looking for my next gig, I’ve already had some great conversations with people offering insights, connections, and leads. Every one of those conversations included a variation on a single question:...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: I’d been looking for a simple, clean blogging template for years that wasn’t filled with a ton of bloated features, and it turned out one was hiding on my blogroll all along, on Jessamyn West’s website. Even better, it’s almost identical to the one I’d been using for a...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. Earlier this year, LibraryPass (my full-time passion for nearly six years) was acquired, and I decided it was a good time to figure out my next adventure while helping the new owners through the initial transition. That transition is in its final phase now, so for the first...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. In which I briefly comment on the books I read each month, so a few years from now when I’m trying to remember one of them, I’ll be able to find it here. Since I’m a media omnivore, it also includes games, movies, and any other media of note that I engaged with. Do we have...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: The idea that everything you’ve written can be digested and repackaged by an AI tool to generate “insights” “from” your “perspective” for someone else was disturbing until I also realized that output has limited use without the unique experience that informed that...

Check out As in guillotine... for more. NOTE: I just had a much-needed family vacation in Spain, where I also had to prepare for the biggest meeting of my career three days after my return, which I THINK went well, but I’ve always been terrible at accepting compliments at face value, so I’m not really sure! I should...