Quality information is critical to project and leadership success. By using technology to access information more quickly and efficiently than those around them, leaders can ask better questions, make smarter decisions and gain respect from their team members.
-I've used my .edu email address several times to entice very important people to open my messages.
-I've found that the most effective subject phrase for this type of email is "First Initial Last Name - University Name."
-There's something about the concept of helping an undergraduate student that seems to appeal.
-I've found that the most effective subject phrase for this type of email is "First Initial Last Name - University Name."
-There's something about the concept of helping an undergraduate student that seems to appeal.
-Teachers have varying views on the appropriateness of reading the "Cliffs Notes" summaries of assigned readings. Some feel that it is blatant cheating, while others feel they represent highly accessible and useful complements to complicated books.
-In the event that you agree with latter, there are several freely available Cliffs Notes clones online.
-The best site (freebooknotes.com) was created by Steve Meyer.
-Steve's site performs a metasearch of all major free book note websites and therefore has more content than any other individual site. If you click on the advertising on the sides of the page, you can tell Steve he owes you money next time you get together.
-In the event that you agree with latter, there are several freely available Cliffs Notes clones online.
-The best site (freebooknotes.com) was created by Steve Meyer.
-Steve's site performs a metasearch of all major free book note websites and therefore has more content than any other individual site. If you click on the advertising on the sides of the page, you can tell Steve he owes you money next time you get together.
-The internet has changed and expanded the scope of the "dictionary definition."
Some sites simply offer online versions of a print dictionaries.
-But there are also several websites that provide definitions of:
-Slang terms
-Complete phrases
-Concepts
Some sites simply offer online versions of a print dictionaries.
-But there are also several websites that provide definitions of:
-Slang terms
-Complete phrases
-Concepts
-There are a number of excellent encyclopedias available online.
-One to keep your eye on is the communally written, uber-popluar wiki-encyclopedic website Wikipedia.org.
-"Wikipedia is a Web-based, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It has editions in roughly 200 different languages (about 100 of which are active) and contains entries both on traditional encyclopedic topics and on almanac, gazetteer, and current events topics.""
-""Its purpose is to create and distribute a free international encyclopedia in as many languages as possible."
-Take note that Wikipedia is not written or edited by professionals so it's content is not completely reliable or objectively presented. However, people take the site seriously and it's getting pretty amazing.
-One to keep your eye on is the communally written, uber-popluar wiki-encyclopedic website Wikipedia.org.
-"Wikipedia is a Web-based, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It has editions in roughly 200 different languages (about 100 of which are active) and contains entries both on traditional encyclopedic topics and on almanac, gazetteer, and current events topics.""
-""Its purpose is to create and distribute a free international encyclopedia in as many languages as possible."
-Take note that Wikipedia is not written or edited by professionals so it's content is not completely reliable or objectively presented. However, people take the site seriously and it's getting pretty amazing.
-You'll be the only one of your friends to know about "Google text."
-This is a free service from Google that allows you to obtain a variety of information simply by texting a certain syntax of words to Google (Telephone Number: 466453) from your mobile phone.
-You can get instant replies about: local food listings (location and telephone number), weather, movies (times and locations), stock quotes, definitions, zip codes, translations, driving directions, web snippets, Q and A, area codes, shopping prices, calculator, unit conversions, currency conversions.
-This is a free service from Google that allows you to obtain a variety of information simply by texting a certain syntax of words to Google (Telephone Number: 466453) from your mobile phone.
-You can get instant replies about: local food listings (location and telephone number), weather, movies (times and locations), stock quotes, definitions, zip codes, translations, driving directions, web snippets, Q and A, area codes, shopping prices, calculator, unit conversions, currency conversions.
-The best way to access premium database content is to visit a local university or large library that buys expensive public use subscriptions.
-You'll find that general libraries tend to have the most common and popular databases. However, if you are researching a topic such as business or law, you can benefit from the wider array of databases available at a subject specific school (i.e., business school or law school libraries).
-One neat trick is to use Google Scholar to search for academic articles while signed onto the internet at a University, Library or other database subscriber.
-Google Scholar conducts a "meta-search" of your search string in thousands of academic databases including proprietarily collected content, all off your library's databases and many more.
-The best part of using Google Scholar in your library is that when an article of interest is returned in the search results you can click on it like a regular web link, and Google will bring you directly to the article PDF (if your library subscribes to a relevant database).
-You'll find that general libraries tend to have the most common and popular databases. However, if you are researching a topic such as business or law, you can benefit from the wider array of databases available at a subject specific school (i.e., business school or law school libraries).
-One neat trick is to use Google Scholar to search for academic articles while signed onto the internet at a University, Library or other database subscriber.
-Google Scholar conducts a "meta-search" of your search string in thousands of academic databases including proprietarily collected content, all off your library's databases and many more.
-The best part of using Google Scholar in your library is that when an article of interest is returned in the search results you can click on it like a regular web link, and Google will bring you directly to the article PDF (if your library subscribes to a relevant database).
-Inventors and entrepreneurs need to conduct patent and trademark searches each time they develop new business ventures or products.
-Historically, the search process was initiated by signing into the US Patent and Trademark Office website and using their tedious and unintuitive online search tool.
-This remains the case for trademark searches, but Google has revolutionized the process of searching patents.
-Simply sign into google.com/patents and you can search over 7 million patents by patent title, inventor, keywords, number or any other search thread you can think of. In about one second I found a patent that my grandpa had filed in 1955. The service is impeccable.
-Patent and Trademark Searches
-Historically, the search process was initiated by signing into the US Patent and Trademark Office website and using their tedious and unintuitive online search tool.
-This remains the case for trademark searches, but Google has revolutionized the process of searching patents.
-Simply sign into google.com/patents and you can search over 7 million patents by patent title, inventor, keywords, number or any other search thread you can think of. In about one second I found a patent that my grandpa had filed in 1955. The service is impeccable.
-Patent and Trademark Searches
-"Podcasting, a portmanteau of Apple's ""iPod"" and ""broadcasting"", is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost. It first became popular in late 2004, used largely for audio files."
-This means that every time you plug your iPod into your computer it will update with the audio entertainment, information or any other type of podcast content to which you have subscribed.
-Podcasts vary widely in quality and topic, but they are almost always free.
-With the introduction of the video iPod, content creators have begun to produce Video podcasts. I especially like video podcasts neat because they can instruct you on visually dependent topics such as how to use Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Excel.
-The content available as podcasts should continue to grow over time.
-This means that every time you plug your iPod into your computer it will update with the audio entertainment, information or any other type of podcast content to which you have subscribed.
-Podcasts vary widely in quality and topic, but they are almost always free.
-With the introduction of the video iPod, content creators have begun to produce Video podcasts. I especially like video podcasts neat because they can instruct you on visually dependent topics such as how to use Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Excel.
-The content available as podcasts should continue to grow over time.
-RSS stands for rich site summary or really simple syndication.
-"RSS is a family of XML file formats for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. They are used to provide items containing short descriptions of web content together with a link to the full version of the content. This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, web feed, RSS stream, or RSS channel."
-This means that you can quickly view information from a variety of different sources simultaneously from a single webpage.
-About RSS Feeds:
-XML.com: www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html
-"RSS is a family of XML file formats for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. They are used to provide items containing short descriptions of web content together with a link to the full version of the content. This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, web feed, RSS stream, or RSS channel."
-This means that you can quickly view information from a variety of different sources simultaneously from a single webpage.
-About RSS Feeds:
-XML.com: www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html
-It is easy and free to distribute and collect surveys online.
-Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey are my favorites online surveying site.
-Both offer free basic surveys.
-Premium survey types and statistical analysis tools available for an extra fee.
-My only caution is that neither of these services are perceived as being "professional" and so they are not necessarily appropriate for distribution to customers or prospective clients.
-Of course, this is a matter of case by case judgment.
-Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey are my favorites online surveying site.
-Both offer free basic surveys.
-Premium survey types and statistical analysis tools available for an extra fee.
-My only caution is that neither of these services are perceived as being "professional" and so they are not necessarily appropriate for distribution to customers or prospective clients.
-Of course, this is a matter of case by case judgment.