Droide Druida

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Can your social network replace a search engine?

    Last week I attended the CILIP CDG National Conference. The programme included a presentation by Phil Bradley on social media and why it is important to Librarians. It was a full-throtle, engaging talk explaining where social media is today and how its exponential growth is affecting the world of information. As always, Phil made very…

  • CILIP Career Development Group National Conference: ‘The Practical Professional’

    Today I attended the CDG National Conference in Bristol. It was a small but very well organised event, which mostly ran like clockwork. Congratulations to the organisers! Apparently the presentations will be available from the event website at the end of the week so, rather than doing a session-by-session review,  I thought I’d focus on…

  • CPD23 Thing 5: Reflective Practice

      Thing 5 of CPD23 asks us that we consider reflective practice and what it can do for our professional development. I find the term ‘reflective practice‘ slightly misleading. If this method was simply about developing professional practice through reflection, I would have no problem at all. I’m naturally reflective and I invariably get classed…

  • CPD23 Thing 3: Public Image Ltd

    Thing 3 in the CPD23 programme has got me thinking seriously! I’ll start by saying that, if I’m entirely honest, I am slightly averse to using the word “brand” when talking about people. Two reasons: 1) It reminds me of Stuart Baggs “The Brand” 😀 and 2) I dislike the implication that people are products…

  • CPD23 Thing 2: Exploring other blogs

    My approach to Thing 2 in the CPD23 programme has been somewhat disorganised. It’s been a busy week and I knew even before it started that it would be difficult to fit in the activities, but I wanted to make sure that I got on board with the blogging from the beginning – no excuses,…

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