Presented by Jaime Hammond, Allen McGinley, JP Porcaro, and Lisa Carlucci Thomas at the New Jersey Library Association Conference, Atlantic City, NJ. June 5, 2012.

1. intro slide

2. the
commonplace
book
http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2010/04/the-glass-box-and-the-commonplace-book.html
http://www.arthousecoop.com/BROOKLYNARTLIBRARY

3. BIG
BOLD
MSG
http://www.facebook.com/HillsdaleLibrary
http://www.facebook.com/ccjpl
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707

4. Jersey

5. http://newhavenreads.org/
http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
http://www.savenyclibraries.com/?p=760

6. jokes
http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/
topic/humor/benefits-humor

7. Hip Hop

8. listening
continue traditional, explore non-
traditional
in-person, phone, email, chat, text
social media presence

9. PASSION

10. talking
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/cont
ent/feb2007/sb20070226_761145.htm
http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_
where_good_ideas_come_from.html

11. Enthusiasm Enthusiasts

12. #sxswLAM
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/shows-events/library-evangelists-at-south-by-southwest-conference-librarians-cross-

13. risks
20 Seconds of Insane Courage
An Hour of Improvised Electronic Music

14. legacy knowledge

15. DISTRACTION

16. is
wh orange
o mitch?
http://www.orangemitch.com

17. Video
Games

18. customize & share
http://www.legobuildersoftomorrow.com/tips_legoclub.htm
l
http://pinterest.com/babsylove/

19. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/05
/02/nine-dangerous-things-you-were-taught-in-
school/

21. https://dev.twitter.com/

22. connecticut

23. hot teams

24. diy culture
http://www.etsy.com/
http://blog.makezine.com/
http://makerfaire.com/
http://www.thingiverse.com/
http://www.makerbot.com/

25. sharks in space with lasers
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/wicked-lasers-shark/
http://inoveryourhead.net/the-short-and-sweet-guide-to-being-fucking-

26. yes, and...
Fey, Tina. Bossypants. New York: Little, Brown and, 2011. Print.

27. RIP MAURICE SENDAK
MAURICE SENDAK ON EBOOKS, JANUARY
23, 2012: FUCK THEM IS WHAT I SAY. I
HATE THOSE EBOOKS! THEY CANNOT
BE THE FUTURE; THEY MAY WELL BE, I
WILL BE DEAD, I WON'T GIVE A SHIT.

28. The
NFL

29. http://www.kickstarter.com/

30. Partying

31. micro communities
Digital: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc, etc
http://www.alathinktank.com
Physical: meetups, unconferences

32. Making It
Happen

33. (self) service

34. we > me
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.davis.121
https://www.facebook.com/pcsweeney

35. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ff_aiclass/all/1
http://www.edxonline.org/
https://www.coursera.org/

36. Being
Awesome

37. being
early
because
you are
excited

38. Nostalgia

39. http://makehaven.org/
http://www.oclc.org/innovation/archive/default.ht

40. tumblr

41. compassion
& causes
http://www.warbyparker.com/do-good/
http://www.toms.com/our-movement/

42. getting fired
(or doing
something
you could
get fired for)
Beard, Alison. "Francis Ford Coppola An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola."
Harvard Business Review Oct. 2011. Web.

43. motivational
speaking

44. user generated content
http://piscatawaylibrary.org/i_remember_piscataway
http://pplkids.wordpress.com/
http://pwayteens.tumblr.com/
http://storycorps.org/listen/

45. http://zenhabits.net/25-ways-to-help-a-fellow-human-being-tod
http://loosecannonlibrarian.net/?p=3

46. opportunity
http://gizmodo.com/5910223/how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-

47. advocacy http://urbanlibrariansunite.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-
zabriskie/threat-to-public-
library_b_1547123.html
http://magpielibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/0
6/02/book-seeding-in-park-slope-prospect-
heights-and-astoria-serving-library-advocacy-
realness/

48. http://informationactivist.com/2012/04/12/ia-greatest-hits-the-apple-
way-for-libraries-a-manifesto/
Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print.

49. this.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/17/150820261/how-that-tupac-hologram-at-coachella-
worked

50. youse
guys :)

51. last slide
(mic drop)
50 Awesome Things – #50AT
New Jersey Library Association Conference – June 5, 2012
Jaime Hammond – Allen McGinley – JP Porcaro – Lisa Carlucci Thomas