Back again

I haven't posted anything in a very long time. I just really couldn't see the point.

I started this blog as part of an exercise for an online class/seminar sort of thing about Web 2.0 stuff the library system I work for (Broward County Library, here in S Florida) was having. After the class, I just felt like continuing the blog was like writing a journal or diary--which I've never been interested in. I mean, I already know what I've been up to and how I feel about it, and am under no illusions that anyone else would be interested in that. After all, except for my Mom whom I talk with at least once a week, I'm lucky if I talk with my siblings once every few months--and usually I have to call them.

It's not that I'm antisocial--more like asocial. I personally don't have much use for social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter--even though I now have accounts on all three. I recently took part in a meeting of some BCL Reference/Computer Services librarians where a couple of the presenters very enthusiastically told us why we should at least know about, if not use, social networking sites, so I'm looking into them again.

I have been involved in an odd type of social networking on my own for quite a long time, though, in my own odd sort of way.

I got an iPod Nano for Christmas back in 2007, and immediately began looking for music podcasts to listen to, especially those with Irish/Celtic music. And because I can't afford to buy a whole lot of CDs but can sometimes find them through the library system where I work (not often enough), and am a bit of a nerd and keeper of lists, I started keeping a composite list of songs played on the podcasts I listen to, and since it was fairly easy with the software I have to convert the playlists to html or PDF, I posted it on my Web page. For a while there, if you did a search on Google for "celtic podcast playlists" my site came up first, which really freaked me out. I haven't looked lately.

Celtic podcasts playlists

I also listen to Marc Gunn's Renaissance Festival podcast, and wanted to keep track of what I hear for the same reason.

Playlists for Marc Gunn's Renaissance Festival podcast

And when the producers of one of my favorite Celtic podcasts, "Celt in a Twist" up in Vancouver BC, came out with an excellent world music podcast, I started a playlist for that as well.

Playlists for WorldBeat Canada

Here's the list of all the podcasts I listen to:

My podcasts