The month of chasing two hares goes, and a new month come along. I start my blog post with Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, the old childhood invocation of hope for a lucky month. I had too many irons in the fire last month and I didn’t finish my National Novel Writing Month novel. I fell way behind on responding to emails and am generally feeling overloaded.

As much as I would like to, I am not going down to Washington for the FTC roundtable on the future of journalism. I am just too busy. There are also all kinds of emails that I’ve received about events and products that deserve attention. I’m not going to have time to write as much about them as I should, so I’m going to take a moment here to talk about a couple interesting messages I’ve received.

One is from iCyte. It is a add-on to Firefox and Internet Explorer for saving citations. It is similar to Zotero, but the citations are saved online and can be shared for collaboration. It’s interesting to think about iCyte in terms of how it relates to public bookmarking sites as well as how it could be used for social bloggers, like those on EntreCard or Adgitize. It is also interesting to ponder how iCyte could relate to other social networking sites. For example, I’d love to use Portable Contacts to connect to friends on iCyte automatically.

Another item I would like to write more about, but won’t have time before the event is the North Stonington Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing about Meadowcroft, a proposed affordable housing project for the town. The North Stonington Affordable Housing Advisory Committee issued a report on affordable housing in North Stonington. Their report provides a great framework for balancing the desire to preserve the character of a town and the need for affordable housing, especially considering the Affordable Housing Appeals Act (CGS 8-30g). While I can’t make it to the meeting, I wish I could and believe that people from other municipalities should take a close look at what North Stonington is doing.

The day is getting away from me as the month starts off with a flurry of activity. Hopefully, the invocation of the rabbits will bode well for all.