The WoW Librarian

All my content seems to have disappeared. I’m posting this as a test. Here’s hoping magic happens.

My office at the bookstore cafe

I’ve joined the forces of those who use the neighborhood bookstore cafe as their home office. We hover around the electrical outlets, plugging in our laptops so that we can work at full power. We pay for our seats with extra large coffees and bookstore memberships so we can access the wi-fi. We ask complete strangers– our office mates– to watch our things while we head for the restrooms and do a quick browse on our way back.

What brought me to my office away from home? Mostly it’s the realization that once I’m home, the distractions are overwhelming and chaos seems to reign. My creative output slows to a trickle, and even dries up. And so I’ve fled my refuge to find a place where distractions are more easily shut out, including my neighbor who is singing while wearing headphones.  I’m an ex-pat from my house.

The ambiance here is casual but studious. The piped-in music is soft. I’ve learned that eavesdropping can be fun. The typical drivel I block out by second nature. But every now and again, the most fascinating conversations tickle my ears; quiet discussions between complete strangers who are just whiling away some time, relaxing and sipping their coffees.

The new strategy is working out thus far. I’ve set up a schedule, and I’m ticking things off my to-do list. I’ve updated my LinkedIn profile, and re-written the About page on my website. I’ve caught up on some other writing; I’ve made notes for some new blog posts.

I look forward to my nights in the bookstore cafe. Do you have a special place where you find you are more productive? A bolt hole to escape to? Tell us about it in the comments below.

Yes! I have a level 80 night elf druid! Just moments before I earned the 1500 Completed Quests achievement. I leveled when I turned in The Broken Front quest.

I am so very happy. <do happy dance> <– Gee, I ought to be able to write some code there…

Signing off… May the stars guide and watch over you!

After a bit of deliberation, I’ve decided to move my website (wowlibrarian.com) to a new platform. It’s been in Joomla! for a while; now it’s in WordPress. I’ve often used my website to test Joomla! updates and plugins; my website at times suffered for this. (Yeah, that’s a “duh” statement.) I learned about an online sandbox for testing software packages at LITA last year. Now if I can find my notes…I’ll be testing from there instead.

I’ve just downloaded a plugin for WordPress called CrossPress. This plugin should allow me to “post once, publish many”. I guess we’ll see in a minute. If you read this on wowlibrarian.blogspot.com, you’ll know it worked.

Atzilut is at level 78.5! I’ve been playing more regularly lately, and it’s done wonders for me. Looks like I’ll get to 80 before Cataclysm is released.