SEARCH
INTERNET
Online media is replacing newspapers and TV. Is that a bad thing?: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0513/Online-media-is-replacing-newspapers-and-TV.-Is-that-a-bad-thing?cmpid=ema:nws:Weekend%20Weekly%20B%205-15-11&cmpid=ema:nws:NTI5OTYyOTAzMwS2
Best free apps to watch TV online:
Saving the media from itself:
A Long-Wave Theory on Today’s Digital Revolution: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00074?gko=e0cf7&cid=TL20110519
Bracing for the data deluge; http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37506/?nlid=4495
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Wendy Boswell How to Effectively Use a Search Engine: http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebsearchtips/qt/search-engine.htm?nl=1
And Wendy again: top web search skills: http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/genericsearch.htm?nl=1
Wendy Boswell- The Lazy Man's (or Woman's) Shortcut to Finding Good Content on the Web: Content Aggregators:
Wendy Boswell- a walkthrough of bing: http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/ss/bing.htm?nl=1
Why results quality is so important to search engines: http://searchengineland.com/why-results-quality-is-so-important-to-search-engines-77957?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email
Best video search engine for online video watching:
Bing gets friendlier with Facebook: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/37585/?nlid=4480
Will Zanran be the Google for data?:
A kick ass guide to growing your website traffic online: http://blog.webdistortion.com/2011/05/15/grow-traffic-online/
Top 10 free software download sites:
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Important and useful for research bloggers: http://researchblogging.org/static/index/page/help Thanks to Peter Matthews!
Unleashing social knowledge
Infographics- the demography of social media: http://adage.com/article/adagestat/demographics-facebook-linkedin-myspace-twitter/227569/
A social network for making future plans:
Wendy Boswell - top 20 Web memes: http://websearch.about.com/od/webmemes/tp/The-Top-20-Web-Memes.htm?nl=1
This is your brain on Twitter:
10 creative social media resumes to learn from:
GOOGLE
Google boasts of 64 billion in economic impact:
Wendy Boswell- Google Advanced Search Shortcuts:
Six reasons why Chromebooks are a bad idea:
Why Google Chromebook's Success Depends Entirely on Apps:
Schmidt: “Elites’ not common men fret over Web privacy:
Google E-books gets dictionary, translation, search:
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Publishing Milestone: “Amazon Kindle E-Book Sales Top Print”; http://infodocket.com/2011/05/19/milestones-publishing-amazon-kindle-e-book-sales-top-print/
Video Presentation: “E-Book Wars: Ten Years Later”: http://infodocket.com/2011/05/18/video-presentation-e-book-wars-ten-years-later/
How books work: http://culturaloffering.com/2011/05/19/books.aspx
SCIENCE
Reading the Fine Print of Perception: Human Brain Learns by Interpreting Details, Study Shows: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518121030.htm
Evolutionary Adaptations Can Be Reversed, but Rarely: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110511162538.htm
Mammals first evolved big brains for better sense of smell:
Standing Up to Fight: Does It Explain Why We Walk Upright and Why Women Like Tall Men?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518171343.htm
The best online astronomy courses: http://askbobrankin.com/astronomy_courses_online.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1cqLAW1sj8P6SL
It's Not Easy Being Green: Scientists Grow Understanding of How Photosynthesis Is Regulated: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518092046.htm
How speech patterns sway opinions : http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1rsbkw/www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13386885
Tracking the flow of knowledge. Study shows scientists’ location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/knowledge-flow-azoulay-0519.html
Earthquakes, Networks, and the Tricky Topic of Quake Prediction;
Biophysics of Snakebites: How Do Venomous Snakes Inject Venom Into Victim's Wound?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121728.htm
Contaminants Can Flow Up Waterfalls, Say Physicists:
TECHNOLOGY
Solar power The third way A new method of making electricity from sunlight has just been tested: http://www.economist.com/node/18678935
Geothermal without the earthquakes: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37584/?nlid=4480
Do biofuels reduce greenhouse gases?
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37609/?nlid=4500
Record Efficiency of 18.7 Percent for Flexible Solar Cells on Plastics, Swiss Researchers Report: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519101355.htm
A worldwide nuclear slowdown continues: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37595/?nlid=4488
Nuclear Catastrophe: How the lack of fundamental research on alternative energy led to a wrong energy policy
An open letter from an international group of scientists and engineers
Super Energy Storage: Activated Graphene Makes Superior Supercapacitors for Energy Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110512150731.htm
World’s first 100-watt equivalent Led replacement bulb:
Splitting Water for Renewable Energy Simpler Than First Thought? Manganese-Based Catalyst Shows Promise: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516102331.htm
A new source of green energy- LEDs:
Discovery could lead to faster computer clock speed:
Which technologies get better faster?:
Miracle material- graphene
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
I am a long-time reader and admirer of “The Painter’s Keys”,
Robert Genn ‘s wonderful newsletter. A special issue:
John Shea: Need for critical thinking can't be lost in education:\
Country profiles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profile
So much for the wisdom of the crowd: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/05/so-much-for-the-wisdom-of-the-crowd/1
Sharing Information Corrupts Wisdom of Crowds:
The real revolution- working with Nature vs. working against her:
http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2011/05/the-real-revolution-working-with-nature-vs-against-her.html
Flourish: A New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being — and How to Achieve Them by Martin Seligman — review:
Want to Stand Out From the Crowd? Be the Subject of Gossip: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/05/want-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd.html?rss=1
No concept of time: The Amazonian tribe where nobody has an age and words like 'month' and 'year' don't exist
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1389070/Amazon-Amondawa-tribe-age-words-like-month-year-dont-exist.html#ixzz1N3MnmKoT
ARTstore digital lbrary (needs subscription): http://library.artstor.org/library/rlogin.html
As Time Goes By, It Gets Tougher to Remember New Information:
BUSINESS
Problem solving 101:
Up or down, it’s all bad: http://www.ftportfolios.com/blogs/EconBlog/2011/5/12/up-or-down,-its-all-bad
Saying NO to the boss:
Lead like you, only better:
In crisis, follow the visionary leader: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/News_Articles/2011/following-vision.aspx
How to Write Nonprofit Mission Statements: http://nonprofit.about.com/od/nonprofitbasics/a/mission.htm
Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail and Why We Believe Them Anyway:
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Increase in Internet Access Parallels Growth in Prescription Drug Abuse: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110512083149.htm
Sensing brain pressure without surgery: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37579/?nlid=4476
Alzheimer\s risk gene disrupts brain wiring 50 years before disease hits: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/05/13/alzheimers.risk.gene.disrupts.brains.wiring.50.years.disease.hits
A Virtual View beneath the skin: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37578/?nlid=4480
A Blood Test Offers Clues to Longevity: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/business/19life.html?_r=1
Researchers Identify New Dental Cavity-Causing Species:
Coffee linked to lower risk of fatal prostate cancer risk:
FOOD & COOKING
Can recipe search engines make you a better cook?
New Strategy for Drought Tolerance in Crops: Shutting Down the Plant's Growth Inhibition Under Mild Stress:
Nutrition data: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Beekeeper's Lament': A Rare Glimpse Inside the Endangered World of Beekeeping: http://www.alternet.org/story/150898/%27beekeeper%27s_lament%27%3A_a_rare_glimpse_inside_the_endangered_world_of_beekeeping?akid=6996.112117.KFa3X8&rd=1&t=15
Routine Periodic Fasting Is Good for Your Health, and Your Heart, Study Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110403090259.htm
MISCELLANEA
If you read this- then some people are dangerous false prophets: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/us/20rapture.html?_r=
Cobra vs. mongoose (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdg9gkmWsEA&NR=1&feature=fvwp
End of the World, May 21, 2011 :
The Enduring Appeal of the Apocalypse: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576319651374391440.html?mod=WSJ_Books_LS_Books_5
Nice- thanks to Harry Veeder:
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Study Sees Way
Bob Rankin- anti-spam e-mail filters: http://askbobrankin.com/antispam_email_filters.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1czp_4VCu8P6SL
Anatomy of a spam Viagra purchase: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26785/
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Stay safe online: http://www.staysafeonline.org/
Six rising threats from cybercriminals:
Bob Rankin- who is watching you on the Web?:
Protect Yourself From SMiShing (SMS Phishing) Attacks
Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216765/Windows_scareware_fakes_impending_drive_disaster
Man in the Browser attacks:
How Google Spies on Your Gmail Account (And How To Stop It):
WiFi
INTEL CEO- big shift to mobile:
Google wants to control your home (via mobile):
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