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.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Unveiling Metadata in Photos

Jerone Andrews exposes the digital fingerprints on modern filmless cameras. These cameras by default stamp the time, date, and often location associated with the image.

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Organizing Your Photos

Brian X. Chen suggests that it may be productive for smartphone users to avoid organizing their photos . The amount of benefit does not merit the effort, when there are search tools available to look for images.

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Monday, February 08, 2016

Free Image Storage

Brandon Butler lists opportunities for free image storage in the cloud.

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Quality Smartphone Photos

Smartphones are replacing pocket cameras for snapshots.   There are simple techniques to improve the quality of the photos taken with a phone.

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Friday, November 08, 2013

Five Quick Tips for Taking Better Pictures with Your Smartphone

Al Sacco shares "Five Quick Tips for Taking Better Pictures with Your Smartphone ."

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Social Networks Strip Data From Your Digital Photos

David Riecks warns that "Social Media Networks Strip Data From Your Digital Photos." Thus these networks make a poor platform for archivally storing photos, as the image size and detail is typically reduced and the metadata (ie. when the picture was snapped, and who is the subject) routinely gets stripped from the image.

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