Epistemographer

File under ironic…

Several pieces of news that I’ve been sitting on for a few weeks, but might as well announce publicly before I head to SXSWi on Monday (heading down late ‘cause my sister chose this weekend to get married, one of the handful of events worth missing “Geek Spring Break“ for):

1) In mid-April, I’ll be leaving the Center for History and New Media to take a newly-created job as the Director of Digital Strategy and Scholarship at the New York Public Library. While I’m incredibly sad to be leaving the amazing team at CHNM, this is a ridiculously amazing opportunity, and I’m looking forward to continued work on the intersection of scholarship, education and information technology.

2) My first book, From Betamax to Blockbuster, has been officially launched by the MIT Press and should drop in early 2008 (was hoping for sooner, but they’re pitching it as a trade press and we missed the window for an early Fall 2007 release.

3) Jenny and I will be moving up to NYC sometime in late April / early May (I’ll be commuting back and forth for my first few weeks at NYPL). Right now, we’re looking to sell our place in DC; if interested, (or you know of anyone who might be) please do get in touch. And if you know of any good 2.5-3BR apts opening up in the general Park Slope area, we’re looking for a rental.

4) Yeah, I said we’re ideally looking for a 3BR apt. We’ll need the extra room(s), ‘cause come September-ish, there’ll be three of us. More on that to come…