(another Canuck...MLIS from UBC and undergrad from Waterloo)
- "an accidental futurist"
- "skating where the puck will be" (Wayne Gretzky)
- there are professional futurist associations
- libs need to look OUTSIDE the profession more
- environmental scanning...in reality, like dumpster diving
- no "how to" book...pick landscapes that suit what you're doing
- trend spotting: observing, reading, musing, synthesizing, understanding
- eg. what are peeps doing with handheld devices in other countries
- trendspotters need to be curious
- trends = the momentum in society
- need to do trendspotting FAST...not by committee...need autonomy
- what will you do with the info when it's done...must lead to ACTION
- a library DEPARTMENT could do a scan, and act on it...wow!...what a concept!
- trendwatching.com...a good monthly email magazine
- Wired, Fast Company, Time etc...useful
- read widely outside of lib and info science
- talk to peeps...users and non-users
- collect *stuff* and categorize it...common themes / trends / fit stuff together
- "amazoogle effect"...comprehensive, accessible, immediate gratification, market-of-one...personalization...trends
- GAMING...
- highlighted in scan
- blossomed after its publication
- convenience trumps quaility
- gapingvoid.com...good quotes
- favorville...people helping people
- foldera...peekochat...rallypoint...connecting people to others
- librarything.com...amateur cataloguing!
- Shaping Things...(book by Bruce Sterling)
- spimes, blogjets...like FedEx package checking...*stuff* that gathers info as it goes...like people!...new trend
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