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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Thought for the Night

I dreamed this the other night:

Using aesthetically-informed strategies to lure awareness toward empowering info.

For an intro to the project, see here.

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Powerlessness is what happens when you sit behind your desk and do nothing. Powerlessness is signing an online petition, or commenting on an article, or forwarding an e-mail. . . . I can honestly say that the moments in my professional life when I feel the least powerless occur when I’m doing OWS library work. – Zachary, OWS-NY librarian

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