Knowledge Handler

Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Monday, December 31, 2018

Peace Benefits

Noah Smith speculates that China shall hurt its economic growth engines if it continues to nationalize growth industries and devotes a larger percentage of its economy to the military.

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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Inequality in the U.S.

Joseph Stiglitz reports on the damage done to the economy by inequality in economic policies.

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Online Education

Cait Etherington suggests that online education is losing the stigma it had a decade ago.

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Friday, December 28, 2018

Archiving Research Data

Brian Lavoie discusses the effort needed to preserve raw research data .

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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Mobile Apps

Bryan Alexander compiled a list of favorite mobile apps recommended by educators.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Old But Faithful Security Technologies

Maria Korolov observes that old technologies are still useful in cybersecurity .

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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

GBoard: A Mobile Keyboard for Multiple Languages

Daan van Esch discusses his Google language initiative, Gboard .

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Monday, December 24, 2018

Leadership Books Recommended in Forbes

Jim Ludema and Amber Johnson have developed a list of books on leadership .

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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Entertaining Events

Sarah Braley suggests ways to host events that wow the intended audience.

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Nutrition and Brain Health

Alice Walton reports on a study of nutrition and cognition by Zwilling et al.

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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Google Search

Google's John Mueller was interviewed by Will Critchlow. Mueller explains how Google search uses the concept of Domain Authority, how Google treats subdomains versus subfolders, and the technical workings of noindex/nofollow.

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Friday, December 21, 2018

Job Search Sites

Sarah White suggests these web sites for advancing your career.

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Recommended Web Sites

TechGumbo provides technology training and news on YouTube. For example, listings of recommended web sites and web apps.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Venezuelan Hyperinflaction

Robert Valencia explains that Venezuela is now in a state of hyperinflation.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Sleep for Success

Patti Neighmond tells how allowing high school students to sleep until later in the day increased student wakefulness and success .

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Monday, December 17, 2018

Favorite Apps

David Murphy shares his favorite apps .

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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Theology of Sleep

John Piper offers a theology of sleep .

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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Pontius Pilate

Palko Karasz reports that a ring engraved with Pilate's name was found.

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Anti-Phishing Apps for the iPhone

Johnny Evans promotes anti-phishing apps for the iphone .

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Friday, December 14, 2018

MOOCs for Collaboration

Daniel Seaton writes about using MOOCs as a collaboration tool. Seaton is an adminstrator of Harvard's collaborative collection of classroom resources, the DART project.

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Google Flutter for Mobile Apps

Paul Krill wrote about Google Flutter , a platform for creating mobile apps. Krill also suggests other tools for quickly crafting mobile apps.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Microsoft Officer Help

Valarie Potter shares Microsoft application cheat sheets . [You may need to register with computerworld to view the sheets].

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Study Habits

Beth & Dan share how Colorado State is improving students' study habits .

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Monday, December 10, 2018

Solid State Drives

Neal Weinberg answers "What is an SSD ," and contrasts them with rotating magnetic hard disk drives.

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Sunday, December 09, 2018

Google Fi

J. R. Raphael lists five advantages to using Google Fi as a wireless service provider.

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Saturday, December 08, 2018

Biometric ID Through Your Phone

Johnny Evans predicts that Apple's FaceID and TouchID technology might be used to authenticate at web sites .

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Friday, December 07, 2018

Google and Filter Bubbles

DuckDuckGo reports that Google users tend to find themselves in filter bubbles due to Google's personalization of what they see.

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Thursday, December 06, 2018

Google Identifies Live Feeds

Google can now indicate active live feeds for events.

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Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Men's Social Roles

Jessica Alleva cites research by Loes Meeussen,Colette Van Laar, nd Marijke Verbruggen into gender roles .

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Monday, December 03, 2018

A Censor's Life

Mark Wilson comments on "The Cleaners ," a video of the life of cyber-censors.

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Sunday, December 02, 2018

Wifi Is Safe

Brian Barrett reports that it is safe to use hotel wifi because of encrypted data transmission.

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Saturday, December 01, 2018

Android Communication Apps

J. R. Raphael offers his list of the best Android texting apps .

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