https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/community/peers/chaot/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Toby Chao. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:44:49 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9f47f3489d20e8e479c3060509129e78 https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/summer26chaot/2026/07/07/module-6-four-kinds-of-curiosity-what-museum-beacons-taught-me-about-my-own-patrons/#comment-9 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:12:54 -0700 @chaot I appreciate your thinking in this reflective post. I do similar things in museums, especially with pieces that resonate with me deeply. I would be interested to see how library users move through libraries.

In reply to - Toby Chao wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 Summer 2026 – Toby Chao Module 6 Four Kinds of Curiosity: What Museum Beacons Taught Me About My Own Patrons I started exploring module 6: Hyperlinked Environments […] ]]> 8dfcb97edf2fcea06e79e6428579f6e2 https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/summer26chaot/2026/07/20/infrastructure-with-a-pulse/#comment-8 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:56:20 -0700 @chaot I really appreciate this essay and your idea about social infrastructure and Hygge going together as “the same argument told from two different perspectives.” Wowza!

In reply to - Toby Chao wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 Summer 2026 – Toby Chao Infrastructure with a Pulse Going over this module put two ideas next to each other that I had not thought to pair before: “social […] ]]> 0528ad53f0b2098ba9803bbac5b5cda5 https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/summer26chaot/2026/07/20/infrastructure-with-a-pulse/#comment-6 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:10:43 -0700 @chaot I really enjoyed reading your post, especially your insight about the library being a “load-bearing civic infrastructure”. It feels like an uphill battle at times for shifting perspectives about what libraries are and do for the community. Libraries do offer us so many things in addition to “place”. I feel like it is one of the last true…Read more

In reply to - Toby Chao wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 Summer 2026 – Toby Chao Infrastructure with a Pulse Going over this module put two ideas next to each other that I had not thought to pair before: “social […] ]]> 53b5a8c70309208570e841f1811a9404 https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/summer26chaot/2026/07/20/infrastructure-with-a-pulse/#comment-7 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:10:41 -0700 @chaot, I absolutely love your framing of this: “Social infrastructure is the argument for why libraries matter at the civic scale, and hygge is a working theory of how that matters at the human scale.” So good! I also love your description of libraries “as infrastructure a democracy is quietly resting on.” Yes—and as a place to actively perform d…Read more

In reply to - Toby Chao wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 Summer 2026 – Toby Chao Infrastructure with a Pulse Going over this module put two ideas next to each other that I had not thought to pair before: “social […] ]]> b10abe5bc7d75cf5ba38b0eb248b359f https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/summer26chaot/2026/07/07/module-6-four-kinds-of-curiosity-what-museum-beacons-taught-me-about-my-own-patrons/#comment-3 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:49:28 -0700 Hi @chaot ! For me, I think I’d probably label myself as hedonic and social. Wandering around a museum is a fun pastime for me. It’s calm, quiet, and interesting. I also love sharing my experience with my friends. While I lived in LA, I visited a bunch of different art museums and galleries. Every Christmas, I would meet up with a friend and fel…Read more

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