dusting off

That’s what I’m doing with this here blog. I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 this morning and, boy howdy, that admin interface is nice. I’m not even minding so much that I can’t use the nifty plugin that used to simplify the admin interface and make it all OSX-like. The admin end of 2.5 is ajaxy and widget happy, which is lovely. Although I did experience a quick moment of panic when I couldn’t spot my draft posts right away, but a bit of hunting revealed that they now live under the “Manage” tab (rather than the “Write” tab). My biggest disappointment is that Ultimate Tag Warrior (which is what I used to use to tag posts) doesn’t work in 2.5. I’ve known for a while that it was no longer being upgraded for new versions of WP, so it’s not a total shock, but it means that I have to now figure out a way to import all those old tags into some new tagging doodad*.

So, anyway. This time around, the bi-monthly blog dust-off is occasioned by Computers in Libraries, which is where I will be hanging starting tomorrow. The Academic Library 2.0 crew gets together again for another preconference on Sunday, which I’m seriously looking forward to. Then there’s a unique little session called “Pecha Kucha” on Tuesday, where a bunch of us get to “talk” about 2.0 technologies using images alone (with a bit of accompanying narrative). I’m working on my slides for that one right now and, wow, not easy.

Looking forward to catching up with all my peeps and hopefully meeting a few new ones!

* Updated later: Would you lookee there, there’s a tag importer right in the admin area. Nifty.

I plan on talking the whole time. It’d be pretty hard to do anything about podcasting with just images. Most Pecha Kuchas I’ve watched are narrated throughout. The timing is tricky though. I’m pretty well scripted for this one.

Can’t wait to hang out with you and everyone else again! Good luck with the pre-conference and the pecha kucha!