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- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama? The other day I was thinking about gomphotheres, as one does on nice spring afternoons... ... remember them? They're a kind of elephant-like animal that lived in North America during the Pleistocene? We mentioned them in an earlier SRS post about avocado seed dispersal. I remembered that they were native to North America (or Siberia, depending on how […]
- Even more collections... and a thought about Pasteur's Quadrant I couldn't resist... ... an addendum to my previous post about Collections.The thing about collections is that there are so many of them. And yet, if you don't think about searching for a collection, you might miss a huge treasure trove of salient content that's exactly on target. This leads me to a general SearchResearch heuristic: Whe […]
- Answer: How to find collections of online content? While collections are fundamental... ... the organization of them is just as important. AND, for our purposes, searching for a collection that contains the stuff you seek is just as important. What's a SearchResearcher to do? For our purposes, a great online collection with a decent search interface is just fantastic! Engraving of the Museum Wormi […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama?
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Delicious (and no, I won’t use the name’s periods, because they’re not logical)
I do like that you can add tags to refine your own lists; I can see that it could be confusing to have each person defining what something actually "is", since folksonomy isn’t a rigid taxonomy. The 8 minute … Continue reading
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Wikis
I don’t know if I really need a wiki (or would have the discipline to keep up with it), but maybe having one will propel me into something so creative I can’t even comprehend what I’m about to do. I … Continue reading
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YouTube, Hulu, and Fancast
I LOVE HULU. I missed some episodes of a T.V. show in which I was interested, and, lo and behold, there it was on Hulu. I dont mind the ads….they give me time to go to the bathroom or get … Continue reading
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Social Networking
So I was looking at the lists provided. MySpace is certainly overrun with teenagers, and not a place I’d care to go. Facebook was way too intrusive in its questions, and pummeled me with suggested "friends" I might like to … Continue reading
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Flickr
Let me start off by saying that there are some beautifully composed photos at this site, which proves that you don’t have to be a professional, you just have to have a ‘good’ eye. Because, boy howdy, there are some … Continue reading
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Streaming Music
Okay, I’m really bummed that MusicStrand is currently in a private Beta, because I like the idea that you pick music you like, and they suggests artists you may never have heard of ("ReadAlikes" sites have benn good to me thus … Continue reading
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BlogLines
What a great RSS feed! I like that it has suggestions for popular blogs, but also that it lets you subscribe to any blog you want. "CollectingMyThoughts" is a great blog, as is Library Journal’s "Annoyed Librarian" (I do like … Continue reading
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