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Infobesity.

As college students, now equipped with necessary tools to put our assignments and our lives into some organized manner. We are still in a quandary as to the first step. It is no big discovery that we now live in … Continue reading

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The noisiest “How To” ever!!!!

About two semesters ago I took a class in Effective Speaking. One of our projects was to give a demonstrative speech. This speech had to be completed in five minutes leaving you time for a questions and answers segment following … Continue reading

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FROM LAB COATS TO ME “An amateur’s guide to researching.”

This spring break can go down in history as one of the most burdensome ones. I was multi-tasking on so many different fronts. It then climaxed with a visit to the hospital to obtain not so good news. I foolishly … Continue reading

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“GOOGLED” A verb in the past tense.

Despite numerous attempts at search engines, one guarantee is, I have amassed a wealth of information on “The science of why postings become viral?” I have results from “Ben bit me” to “Herpes Virus In Mice”.       My 4Gb Flash drive … Continue reading

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MY SCHOLARLY SEARCH DILEMMA

As I become more proficient at sifting through tons of information. And as I apply and master  the techniques as suggested by Badke. I am still lost . But I will become the smartest guy in the room on my topic, if … Continue reading

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RESEARCH TOPIC MY “NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.”

Finding my research topic has ,I admit really been a challenge to me . I have been exposed to so much information lately. All of which has been equally beneficial to me. Badke offers me some sort of formula through … Continue reading

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CRACK SHOT SEARCHING.

I remember searching by using certain keywords and  becoming overwhelmed by the results . I was now more confused than before .  My perception of my search topic was now tarnished with a million other irrelevant suggestions. In my ignorance … Continue reading

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Doing Things For Intrinsic Motivations

As Flickr earns it’s award as the greatest social document of the 21st Century . We can’t help but wonder what else this very informal company can do to better its own accomplishments. Touting well in excess of three billion images, … Continue reading

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“COPYRIGHT” should we thank Queen Anne ?

Copyright laws were first introduced by Queen Anne in 1710 . It basically guaranteed an author or composer rights to their creation for a minimum of 28 years. A great deal has changed since then. Although it still follows the … Continue reading

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Online privacy friend or foe?

Generally we can be summed up as trusting individuals . We are easily swayed into believing the hype.  This is the case to be made in Patrick Marshall’s piece on ” Online Privacy”. He factually layers on the dangers associated … Continue reading

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