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Documentation Process

Posted on November 23, 2011 | Leave a comment


This is a YouTube video that documents the process of mummification. More specifically the mummification of Herakleid, a young man who died at a young age of 20. The narrator first explain the origin of the mummification and reasons why it was practiced. After that She describes the process which the mummy undergoes until it is complete. The narrator was clear and point out what make this process unique and different from normal mummification process. I found this documentation Very clear and informative. The fact that it is in video format makes it very easy to follow and see what’s going on. If I had the ingredient, I am confident I can recreate a similar mummy thanks to this documentation.

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Organizing Your Resources

Posted on November 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

In this chapter of Badke’s Book, Badke introduced “register method” of resource organization. He suggested labeling our resources because it will be easier to retrieve and organize your sources later on. An example is when you have 50 pages of sources from different media; you would want to number the pages to prevent chaos. He also proposed that “you have to keep track of them, including enough bibliographical information” so you won’t need to go back and search again later. He introduced many helpful tips in how to organize your resources. The most helpful tip, in my opinion, is his answers to writing anxiety. I tend to have a lot of information, but I never knew how to start.

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Search Engines Behind the Scene

Posted on October 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

Everyone knows how to and what search engines are but not everyone do it effectively. At least that’s what Badke said. Badke also taught me tons of techniques and tricks to efficiently narrow down my search results (e.g. using NOT in search engines exclude unwanted results). The way a search engine work can be compare to a complex factory assembly line. There are many steps and procedures that needs to take place every time we press a search button as mention in “How a Search Engine Works“. I also learned that companies like Google invest heavily their search engine; Google has more people working on their search engine than any other of their projects. From personal experience, I learned that Google makes a lot of money by configuring the pagerank system and putting payer’s WebPages in beginning of search results.

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Metadata and Tagging

Posted on October 12, 2011 | 1 comment

The three readings assigned were all surprisingly interesting and yet informative. In chapter 4 of Research Strategies the author Badke explained metadata and it’s capability to retrieve information you need at the moment you want. His detailed explanation on “controlled vocabularies” helped me become a better information retriever. The passage Folksonomy: A Game of High-tech (and High-stakes) Tag has taught me the concept of tagging is a growing fast like the next big thing. Many companies see the potential it has in business, i.e. “Yahoo! is already surfing the Folksonomy wave thanks to two critical 2005 purchases of Flickr and del.icio.us.”  The final article written by Horatia Harrod talks about the success of Flickr, the world’s leading photo-sharing site, and how it came to be. The three articles are tied together by the string called metadata. Each reading, in their own way, explain and showed how metadata works.

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Copyrights Plagiarism and Fair Use

Posted on October 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

The assigned readings on fair use and plagiarism were long and boring or maybe it was because I read it after watching the videos. I find the videos very informative and yet entertaining.  The first video had me really thinking about how technology changed laws over the time in order to complement with technological advancements. In the video, Larry Lessig brought really good points on copyrights. He explained that copyright laws are restricting creativity and it can be prevented to benefit both sides. The second video was not only amusing but it was informative as well. While I was enjoying the video I learned many facts. I had no idea that copyrights last 70 years or 100 years if it is under a company.

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Online Privacy

Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 comment

The two readings were long informative articles that exposed really important matters regarding online privacy. The first reading  Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck points out many flaws in Facebook’s privacy system. After reading the article I became more aware how exposed I really am to my friends and to the world. Anything shared on Facebook can affect not only someone’s life but their future career as well. In the second article Online Privacy: Do Americans need better Privacy?, Marshall implanted fear into my naïve little mind on how naked I really am when I surf the net. I feel that the government should strictly regulate online privacy though they fear that by doing so may hinder the economic growth. Regardless online privacy is a topic that is raising a lot of attentions.

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The politics of research (Brian Martin)

Posted on September 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

In The Politics of Research, Chapter 7 of Information Liberation, Brian Martin stated “The work of professional researchers is strongly influenced by funding, disciplines, hierarchy, and competition.” I think the message Martin is trying to convey is that in order to carry out a formal research you will need funding from government or corporate agendas (in most cases).  The fact that researches are supported by funding, the researchers are restricted to follow the guideline  set  by the providers of funding, unlike university researches which are less targeted to specific outcomes and more freedom to be creative.  I fully support martin when he said “The corruptions of power associated with the expert establishments should be recognized.” And his proposition on to solve this problem with popularization was brilliant!

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