If you are looking for links to "green" information and technologies, from fuel cell news to treehugger.com, check out my Green Resources Web Portal.
Are you a small business interested in becoming more energy efficient? See business.gov or Small Business Guide to Energy Efficiency.
Looking for funds? Check out Financing Energy Efficiency Projects.
As a home owner I am watching the progress of rebates for turning in my clunker washing machine and my Mom's clunker dishwasher via energystar.gov
As a scientist and information specialist, I want to keep up with federal stimulus information in regard to renewable energy, especially fuel cells information via the many links on The Online Fuel Cell Information Resource.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Comparing Three New Search Engines
Interested in comparing three new search engines?
Check out The Disruptive Library Technology Jester for reviews and comparisons of WolframAlpha (search for facts), Microsoft Bing (traditional search engine), and Google Squared (retrieves hyperlinked lists/data in table format).
Take a moment to discover how each search engine finds and presents information; then read some user comments.
Search engines are time savers as starting points for a vacation, for example. I will head to the library later to leisurely read details in books.
My 92 year young Mom loves to search for facts and asks me to find answers on the internet as she searches in her treasured World Book Encyclopedia and other books.
My interest in research and helping others find information comes from my Mom.
Although she has low vision, she has a continued interest in learning new things and participating in new adventures by reading. Mom likes the process of discovery and has always loved books! Information technology has come a long way since her treasured book was published, a family bible published in 1903.
I appreciate the table format of Google Squared, as a first step in creating lists, when Mom thinks of one or two examples and wants more of the same, especially when I can not think of additional examples!
I used WolframAlpha to find out the population of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, Microsoft Bing for links on things to do in Kona, and Google Squared for a quick table of Kona restaurants, including thumbnail photos!
Check out The Disruptive Library Technology Jester for reviews and comparisons of WolframAlpha (search for facts), Microsoft Bing (traditional search engine), and Google Squared (retrieves hyperlinked lists/data in table format).
Take a moment to discover how each search engine finds and presents information; then read some user comments.
Search engines are time savers as starting points for a vacation, for example. I will head to the library later to leisurely read details in books.
My 92 year young Mom loves to search for facts and asks me to find answers on the internet as she searches in her treasured World Book Encyclopedia and other books.
My interest in research and helping others find information comes from my Mom.
Although she has low vision, she has a continued interest in learning new things and participating in new adventures by reading. Mom likes the process of discovery and has always loved books! Information technology has come a long way since her treasured book was published, a family bible published in 1903.
I appreciate the table format of Google Squared, as a first step in creating lists, when Mom thinks of one or two examples and wants more of the same, especially when I can not think of additional examples!
I used WolframAlpha to find out the population of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, Microsoft Bing for links on things to do in Kona, and Google Squared for a quick table of Kona restaurants, including thumbnail photos!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Search Engines
Glearch.com is a search engine that includes the results of Google, Bing, Yahoo, and newspapers!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Bing and Google Squared?
Want to compare two new search engines, Bing and Google Squared, read the
University of Minnesota Law Library Blawg.
University of Minnesota Law Library Blawg.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Bing
As our Bing cherries ripen on our cherry trees that were covered with blooms earlier this Spring, I am looking forward to trying Microsoft's new Bing search engine.
I like the name Bing. The name is reminiscent of the sweet, dark red cherries that we love.
Microsoft announced the new Bing.com search engine on May 28, 2009, at
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-28NewSearchPR.mspx.
Bing is being described as a "decision search engine". I look forward to trying Bing.com and compare the results with Google, Yahoo, Carrot, Pandia, and the many other search engines, I use.
I like the name Bing. The name is reminiscent of the sweet, dark red cherries that we love.
Microsoft announced the new Bing.com search engine on May 28, 2009, at
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/may09/05-28NewSearchPR.mspx.
Bing is being described as a "decision search engine". I look forward to trying Bing.com and compare the results with Google, Yahoo, Carrot, Pandia, and the many other search engines, I use.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Trade Shows
For trade show information, a guide to trade shows, exhibits and conventions, trade shows by state, designing a trade show booth and a calendar of shows, see the Trade Show Handbook at http://www.tradeshowhandbook.com/
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Google vs Social Networking
I never considered that Twitter and Facebook, social networking sites, might become competitors to Google. Read the recent post entitled "How Twitter and Facebook Now Compete with Google" at http://blogmaverick.com/2009/05/15/how-twitter-and-facebook-now-compete-with-google/#comments
I chat with my 16 year old nephew using Facebook. Per an unofficial Facebook source, soon we will have video chat - see blog post at http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/05/facebook-video-chat/
I chat with my 16 year old nephew using Facebook. Per an unofficial Facebook source, soon we will have video chat - see blog post at http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/05/facebook-video-chat/
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Swine Flu, H1N1 2009
Keep up with the latest on the Swine Flu (H1N1) with the following web sites:
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) from the U.S. CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pandemicflu.gov
Influenza Virus Resource from the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information).
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) from the World Health Organization (WHO) web site.
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) from the U.S. CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pandemicflu.gov
Influenza Virus Resource from the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information).
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) from the World Health Organization (WHO) web site.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Check the Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data
Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data is a potentially very useful, interesting, and truly incredible feature. Imagine the possibilities for instant comparisons as a picture (in this case a graph) is worth a million words.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Wallstrip Edge - by Howard Lindzon
The WallStrip Edge by Howard Lindzon emphasizes the importance of understanding trends to make money, specifically how to buy and sell stock in our shrinking world.
Trends are very important to those of us in the information profession and any book that helps one identify secrets to discovering new trends is a most worthwhile read for the information professional.
Information specialists often identify trends, report trends, research trends, predict trends, and create them! Trends are born, reborn, end, and die.
Lindzon reviews past trends and suggests how we might easily view trends in a business, sector, or country. He reviews popular web sites, blogs, and browsers for trend tracking, and includes the new roles of social networking. Lindzon's book is centered on stocks but the information he provides is not limited to the stock market as Lindzon is a student of the study of human nature, society, the global economy, the importance of networks, our past, and our future.
Lindzon suggests we continuously quick scan technology, headlines on the web, and "hot buttons" to keep us in the loop and up-to-date.
The book is easy and fun to read. Lindzon includes a "To-Do List" at the end of each chapter for our review. Lindzon reviews the importance of doing our "homework" in any endeavor.
Lindzon echoes the importance and power of information and includes information as the first in his list of everlasting trends. He states that "information is the most important everlasting trend because information gives people power."
Lindzon's four categories of everlasting trends include:
I hope that my husband will turn off the television (as Lindzon suggests) and read this inspiring book that I found in the "new nonfiction section" of our public library.
Howard Linzon's web site Wallstrip.com states it is "where pop culture meets stock culture."
Trends are very important to those of us in the information profession and any book that helps one identify secrets to discovering new trends is a most worthwhile read for the information professional.
Information specialists often identify trends, report trends, research trends, predict trends, and create them! Trends are born, reborn, end, and die.
Lindzon reviews past trends and suggests how we might easily view trends in a business, sector, or country. He reviews popular web sites, blogs, and browsers for trend tracking, and includes the new roles of social networking. Lindzon's book is centered on stocks but the information he provides is not limited to the stock market as Lindzon is a student of the study of human nature, society, the global economy, the importance of networks, our past, and our future.
Lindzon suggests we continuously quick scan technology, headlines on the web, and "hot buttons" to keep us in the loop and up-to-date.
The book is easy and fun to read. Lindzon includes a "To-Do List" at the end of each chapter for our review. Lindzon reviews the importance of doing our "homework" in any endeavor.
Lindzon echoes the importance and power of information and includes information as the first in his list of everlasting trends. He states that "information is the most important everlasting trend because information gives people power."
Lindzon's four categories of everlasting trends include:
1. Information
2. Vices
3. War & Defense
4. Health, Wellness & Vanity
I hope that my husband will turn off the television (as Lindzon suggests) and read this inspiring book that I found in the "new nonfiction section" of our public library.
Howard Linzon's web site Wallstrip.com states it is "where pop culture meets stock culture."
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