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Daily Archives: November 22, 2008

NYT on Twitter and Microblogging

New York Times: “Whether sharing project updates with colleagues or reaching out to customers, workers are communicating in a new medium that keeps messages very short. Commonly called microblogging, it started as a way to share personal information with friends and family. But micromessages are gaining ground at work, becoming popular for both internal and external exchanges.”

Has Research Largely Become, Search Only?

The Fast-Food Information Age: We Are What We Read, Michael Ross – November 10, 2008 “…teachers and students—whose jobs and degrees depend on trust and accuracy—in addition to ordinary Internet users, turn to search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo) as their first, and perhaps only, destination for information. This behavior, the automatic reliance on Internet search… Continue Reading