I am especially fond of this Infographic because I was “there” for the late ’80′s and ’90′s portion of Internet history! As an early adopter and teacher of how to use it, I was happy after 10 years that people stopped being confused by my profession of being a search specialist on the Internet. Via: [...]
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Infographic of the History of the Internet
Posted in History, infographics, Internet, Reference on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
10 Best Cities to Find a Job – April 2010 | CareerCast.com
Posted in Collections, Reference, tagged best, business, Dept_of_Labor, jobs on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are in the job-search mode it is probably a good idea to keep handy this list by Careercast.com of the 10 Best Cities to Find a Job (as of April 2010. ) They compile it from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you click through the picture gallery you can find out more [...]
Explorations Of The Deep:10 Search Engines to Explore the Deep End of the Invisible Web
Posted in business, Collections, Reference, Search Engines, tagged deep web, invisible web, research, searching, tools, websites on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
via makeuseof.com The “Invisible Web,” that part of the World Wide Web that is not commonly searched by our standard search engines such as Google or Bing is estimated by the Library of Congress to be close to containing 91,000 terabytes. Saikat Basu’s article at MakeUseOf.com, quotes a Wikipedia article in which that figure is [...]
Geek Out with Popular Science Magazine
Posted in Collections, Reference, Search Engines, tagged Future, magazines, Reference, research, Science, Technology, Vintage on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science. “Popular Science” magazine, inspiration of millions of science and technology nerds, has partnered with Google to give access to its entire 137-year archive for free browsing. You can find each of their issues looking just as it did originally at publication. Delight in period advertisements while you geek [...]
Infographic of the Day: Ditch the Resume; Make a Chart Instead
Posted in Art, business, Collections, Marketing, Reference, tagged business, Charts, jobs, research on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
via fastcompany.com I love Infographics and Fast Company has them. Charts galore constantly being added to as their “Infographic Of The Day.” They are beautiful and often interactive. I am featuring this one with an article by Cliff Kuang since the subject is very timely. I’m don’t necessarily agree you should chuck the resume but [...]
Magazines Are Not Dead, Just Online
Posted in Collections, Reference, tagged magazines, Reference on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I , like many these days, have reduced the paper in my house and workplace by replacing reading material where possible with sources on the Internet. My research roots lie in print so I have always preferred to find a known and familiar print resource online if it exists. This applies not only to newspapers [...]
Cover to Cover : Rolling Stone
Posted in Cool, Fun, Reference, tagged Rolling Stone Magazine on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
via rollingstone.com A look back at 39 years of awesome covers. Posted via web from Early Adopters on Posterous