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A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Wednesday search challenge (7/10/13): How can you map world literacy rates?

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In many sensemaking or analysis tasks, the hardest step is just getting started.  You might have a clear image of what needs to be done, an...
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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Answer: When was it signed? (Not when you think!)

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The answer isn't quite as obvious as you'd think!  When I grew up, we were taught that July 4th--Independence Day--was the day...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Search challenge (7/3/2013): When was it signed?

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This sounds like it should be a simple question:  On what day was the US Declaration of Independence signed?  But, like all of our...
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

What happened to the tilde ( ~ ) operator?

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So…you might have heard by now, and have been asking:       Why did Google turn-down the ~ (synonym) operator? As regular readers ...
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Monday, July 1, 2013

A world without clouds...

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In case you missed it, Google Earth now has a "clouds free" view of our planet .   The satellite imagery is usually created ...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Answer: What are the names and styles of those buildings?

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I solved the problem of building #1 by using the “fill in the blank method” using the * operator.   I had a sneaking suspicion that I ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Wednesday Search Challenge (6/26/13): What are the names & styles of those buildings?

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The buildings of downtown SF.  (Google Maps 3D view) I was driving through downtown San Francisco on a beautiful, sunny day.   As I ...
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