We got the boxes moved, the kitchen unpacked, and have been scoping out the new neighborhood. It’s all felt a bit off-kilter, however, until tonight…
…that big sigh of relief I just heaved (which might have been audible all the way down the east coast) was prompted by a happy little green light on my Airport Extreme, letting me know that our DSL is now up and running (two days ahead of Verizon’s schedule, nonetheless!) – w00t!
If my guess is right, there will be a whole lot of new people checking out this site today, as the news about my new job (as well as this URL) hits the in-house New York Public Library staff newsletter. With that in mind, let me just say hello to all my new colleagues! I’m slowly getting my bearings, and look forward to exploring the far reaches of the NYPL in months to come. In the meantime, please don’t be shy; don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail to say hello and invite me ‘round for a conversation if you’re either doing or want to be doing digital work in one form or another.
One caveat – if you click around this site, you’ll discover that a) “poky” doesn’t begin to describe how slow it can be, and b) there are a few spots here and there that are works in progress. The former is a function of a web host with whom I’m increasingly dissatisfied, but the latter is more problematic – there’s something rather embarrassing about being heralded as a digital visionary of sorts while at the same having let my own online presentation of self fall into disrepair. All I can do is plead my own current state of transition, and hope that as I get my feet under me at NYPL, this site will grow into my new identity.