Photo of the week. (2009). Retrieved May 2, 2009, from http://www.ausphotography.net.au/
This site is for members to showcase their photographic skills and become involved in a community of like mind people. The photos are beautiful, provocative and stunning. The site is run by enthusiast that also host a mediated members list forum were ideas and knowledge can be exchanged. You can rent space to upload your special shots that gives you exposure to a broader audience for critiquing your work, which may eventually lead to publishing your work.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Shit in, shit out
You know the saying, you get out what you put in.
By including Boolean logic into search methods and spending more time in the advance search options I have rediscovered the hidden gems of the web.
Yes, I'm guilty of bad searches over the years I've been using the web to such an extent that I avoid searching unless I have to. It has become a major frustration to constantly receive pointless and useless hits on the searches that I generally walk away without the information. So you can guess from that last statement that I have my favorite web site that I visit regularly and forget about the rest. I did know you could use Boolean in the search tool but it was down that long lost memory, it needed a spark to blow the dust away.
By including Boolean logic into search methods and spending more time in the advance search options I have rediscovered the hidden gems of the web.
Yes, I'm guilty of bad searches over the years I've been using the web to such an extent that I avoid searching unless I have to. It has become a major frustration to constantly receive pointless and useless hits on the searches that I generally walk away without the information. So you can guess from that last statement that I have my favorite web site that I visit regularly and forget about the rest. I did know you could use Boolean in the search tool but it was down that long lost memory, it needed a spark to blow the dust away.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Boolean search tools
(Notess, 2007)Just found this chart at Search Engine Showdown, that shows the Boolean phrases in an easy chart.
Reference:
Notess, G. (2007). Search Engine Features Chart. Retreived April 29, 2009, from http://searchengineshowdown.com/features/
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Organising search information task
Searching with Acrobat
Anything that I want to archive or just have a copy I save a pdf version—anything at all, search queries, emails, invoices, receipts. I can even scan a paper copy and convert the text to OCR and then search that if needed. For me it's the most convent way to store information for later retrieval.
For this task I just created a pdf file of the search results and save it on my computer. I can then search for that information through Acrobat.
The two reason for using Acrobat are:
Full Text Search of PDF using Adobe Acrobat. (2007). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2007/06/full_text_search_of_pdf_using_ad.html
Liberating information and the flow of ideas. (2008). Retrieved April 28, 2009 , from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html
Anything that I want to archive or just have a copy I save a pdf version—anything at all, search queries, emails, invoices, receipts. I can even scan a paper copy and convert the text to OCR and then search that if needed. For me it's the most convent way to store information for later retrieval.
For this task I just created a pdf file of the search results and save it on my computer. I can then search for that information through Acrobat.
The two reason for using Acrobat are:
- I can search the contents of the pdf file without having the pdf open. (Full Text Search of PDF using Adobe Acrobat, 2007)
- "PDF is now a formal open standard known as ISO 32000. Maintained by the International Organization for Standardization"—so I know my document will be accessible in the future ( Liberating information and the flow of ideas, 2008)
Full Text Search of PDF using Adobe Acrobat. (2007). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2007/06/full_text_search_of_pdf_using_ad.html
Liberating information and the flow of ideas. (2008). Retrieved April 28, 2009 , from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html
Monday, April 27, 2009
Boolean search
"It's not what one puts in, it's what one leaves out" (Davies, Esmonde & Larbey, 1975)
Or in the case of searching the web, using Boolean logic to exclude unwanted hits on the search.
Biggest number of 'hits' for Australian photography using the Boolean logic between the words as such, Australian 'or' photography returned over 9 million hits.
Using Boolean logic to narrow the search to find information most relevant to my search. For this I added a word (Australian landscape) AND (photography or photos) and
Information coming only from university sources.
Answer: not sure—I tried a number of sources, Google, Dogpile, Yahoo Directory and searched databases like ERIC and WorldCat.
The best result I had was using Google Scholar and using the advance search function only searching in publication published in universities. WorldCat was also successful but only returned book searches.
Davies, J. ( Producer), Esmonde, J & Larbey, B. (Writers). (1975). The Good Life [Television Series]. United Kingdom, BBC
Or in the case of searching the web, using Boolean logic to exclude unwanted hits on the search.
Biggest number of 'hits' for Australian photography using the Boolean logic between the words as such, Australian 'or' photography returned over 9 million hits.
Using Boolean logic to narrow the search to find information most relevant to my search. For this I added a word (Australian landscape) AND (photography or photos) and
Information coming only from university sources.
Answer: not sure—I tried a number of sources, Google, Dogpile, Yahoo Directory and searched databases like ERIC and WorldCat.
The best result I had was using Google Scholar and using the advance search function only searching in publication published in universities. WorldCat was also successful but only returned book searches.
Davies, J. ( Producer), Esmonde, J & Larbey, B. (Writers). (1975). The Good Life [Television Series]. United Kingdom, BBC
Sunday, April 26, 2009
five tips for blogging
This is a video I found giving 5 tips for bloggers on ProBlogger.
Remember our first blog post way back in the early days of NET11.
Watch the video to see if you were correct in your top tips—I could have done better, I was very green. I know it's only one mans advise but it sounds good to me!
Reference:
Rowse, D. (Presenter). (2008). How to Create Great First Impressions on New Readers and Convert Them Into Loyal Readers. Retrieved April 26, 2009, from http://www.problogger.net/
Remember our first blog post way back in the early days of NET11.
Watch the video to see if you were correct in your top tips—I could have done better, I was very green. I know it's only one mans advise but it sounds good to me!
Reference:
Rowse, D. (Presenter). (2008). How to Create Great First Impressions on New Readers and Convert Them Into Loyal Readers. Retrieved April 26, 2009, from http://www.problogger.net/
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