I’m not sure how they manage it here–it’s cool and often foggy, nothing like the deserts or tropical isles where palms are native.

But they do survive. Barely.

I’m here in San Francisco today to give a talk entitled The Nature of Literacy and Learning in the Future. You can see the program for the Pacific Library Partnership conference here.

You won’t be surprised when I say that learning how to do effective research is a critical skill.

So I’ll be at the San Francisco Public Library today, enjoying chatting with librarians and researchers.

And as a side-effect, I’ll write up my ruminations on palm trees tomorrow.

Search on!