Knowledge Handler

Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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

Monday, May 11, 2020

Speeding Your Internet Service

Geoffrey Fowler suggests ways to speed up internet service to your home office.

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Saturday, March 03, 2018

Mobile Web Page Design: Speed Matters

Ginny Marvin highlights a new tool from Google which demonstrates the cost of a slow mobile website.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Website Status Checker

Ryan Francis offered a list of new information technology products, most of which are for a corporate environment. One free product of general interest was an Internet status heatmap, based on real-time reports of Internet professionals harvested by Spiceworks. While a check of the Spiceworks website showed this product was not yet available, a website status checker is available, and this web address may be a useful tool in an end-user's arsenal.

-DD

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Internet Speed Increments and Worker Productivity

Patrick Nelson reports on research by Bart de Langhe and Stefano Puntoni, which indicates that small percentage increases in internet bandwidth have minimal inpact on worker productivity .

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