John HubbardAs They Did Think“The ability and willingness to discern fact from fiction.” —Reddit user brookish, responding to the question, “what is slowly phasing out…Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023
John HubbardThe Best Habit is Being Adaptive“We’re all living in a prequel.” —Tony GilroyAug 28, 2022Aug 28, 2022
John HubbardinUX CollectiveThis old profession“I don’t think Senator Dole is too old to be president. It’s the age of his ideas that I question.” —Bill Clinton (at the 1996–10–16…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
John HubbardWhy Your Library Should Be All-In with Controlled Digital Lending“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” —John 8:32Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
John HubbardinUX CollectiveThe evil of non-banality“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.” —Abraham Lincoln (January 27, 1838)Sep 4, 20211Sep 4, 20211
John HubbardWhy Sci-Hub Belongs on Your Library’s “Databases A-Z” List“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.” —Friedrich NietzscheJul 27, 2021Jul 27, 2021
John HubbardDisturbing Trends in Automation: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back?“Do you think God stays in Heaven because he too lives in fear of what he’s created?” —Spy Kids 2Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
John HubbardWhy are Libraries so Hard to Use?“If you want those who come after you to jump through the same hoops you had to (instead of making their lives easier), please seek…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
John HubbardThe Discovery Dark Ages: How Filter Bubbles, Dark Patterns, and Algorithms Propagating Bias Impede…§ Sherpas and ChimpanzeesSep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019