Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
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19 replies on “Which Timbuk2 bag for me?”
I like the orange and brown, or the orange and purple, with the double orange stripes. Because I like orange. 🙂
I like the first one – 2 orange + 1 brown stripe
Brown + green – it’ll hide dirt way better than the orange.
the orange/brown ones look like pumpkin pie. i really like the brown/green one.
The second one down with two brown and one orange. Of course, I’m impartial to brown and would probably go all brown. 🙂
Have fun.
Orange/brown/orange, but then I like brighter colors and the orange in the brown/orange/brown combo seems to fade in on itself because of the brown. I’m sure the colors will look different in real life, however.
I like the first (orange and brown) but prefer the 4th (brown and green)
I just ordered an orange backpack. Just FYI, in case you don’t want to match for three days at IL. 🙂
I like the purple/green/orange bag. It reminds me of Mardi Gras
My wife and I own a small Timbuk2 bag in the brown/green/brown scheme.
If you’re going to use the bag on daily basis, then my suggestion would be to choose the color that won’t show dirt easily. I have a brown color version for a few months now and glad I made that decision.
I like the orange and gray one, myself. 🙂
I’ll also echo what a few others have said – the orange will probably show dirt more than a darker color would. Though it does have the benefit of being more visible. And in my book, visibility trumps how often you gotta wash it .
Of course, take what I say with a grain of salt. Since I got my iPhone, my reasons for lugging a bag of any kind with me have pretty much disappeared.
orange/brown/orange, brown/orange/brown or orange/grey/orange. I want grey/orange/grey. Also, I like orange.
I like either of the tri-color models. Keep in mind – I am colorblind!
Brown and Green
Orange is my favorite color, and these are all nice–but I’m liking the tri-tones best.
I like the orange-grey-orange scheme. The others remind me of Charlie Brown, Mardi Gras, and Rasta-mons. Personally, I’d be looking at either black or blue combos, so – ? 🙂
Only a post about a bag would bring me out of blog-reading/commenting hibernation, Griffey. Thanks!
I vote for the orange & grey (second last pic). Because it’s teh awesomest.
The first:
Orange/brown/orange
The second:
Brown/orange/brown
(Love this bags, I own 3 Timbuk2’s! =))