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- Answer: Why are there contour lines there? Questions come from everywhere... ... in this case, I was just staring out the window and wondering "how did all of this landscape come to be?" As I said, when I looked into the Sierra foothills just northeast of San Francisco, it seemed as though some giant hand had drawn contour lines on the hills below. That struck me as very surprising. How […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (10/9/19): Why are there contour lines here?As I was flying to Seattle... ... I had the window seat that faced east as we flew north. Not long after we left SFO, I was staring out the window (because looking out an airplane window when you fly over wilderness is just the best thing you can do), and I saw the most remarkable thing. It looked like some giant hand had drawn all of the contour lines on […]
- Answer: Why are palm trees so tall? Palm trees are wonderful, but very strange... As you might suspect, they're not ordinary trees, but something very, very different. They're generally super-tall, able to remain standing in hurricane force winds. If you cut one down, you'll see a very strange and wonderful composite structure that looks nothing like an ordinary tree. There a […]
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Rise of Digital Influence
On Twitter, I follow digitalassetman, who posted this link to an article by DAMFoundation (DAM = digital asset management)…it’s an examination of the three pillars – Reach, Resonance, Relevance – that make up an organziation’s digital influence. It then explores how to digitally engage your customers through … Continue reading
Does Social Media really make us better communicators?
I’ve been reading articles online lately arguing that social media is improving communication (as well as being told so in a couple of online webinars I attended). For the most part SM is incredible…Twitter has saved me quite a few times when I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Information Science
Tagged braille keyboard, Dragon naturally speaking, social media, twitter
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Hathi Trust, Digitization, and Accessibility for PWD
I’ve been sporadically following the Hathi Trust Fair Use and digitization brouhaha, and it leaves me wondering if and/or how it will affect equal Accessibility for those with print disabilities re: the cultural record. Digitization to me means an increase … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Information Science, Print Disability
Tagged digitization, Hathi Trust
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