Month: May 2010

I love quirky, old things (and as I become one myself, my affection for them only increases). A case in point is an old article I came across in the February 1911 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, in which Allan Benson asked Thomas Edison to cast his mind forward a hundred years — in other words, to our “now” — and predict what the future held for humanity. Continue reading Thomas Edison’s eBook Reader — Mark Morton

Today, I’m experimenting with video blogs. Click the arrow below to watch.

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Being a part-time student again has given me a renewed appreciation of the myriad demands on students including class, assignments, bureaucratic hurdles, work and trying to have a life. Have I been the guy who has either just skimmed or not done the readings before class? Guilty.

The amount of reading required and articles to keep track of has made me a convert to RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and reference manager. I saw the light after Continue reading A Convert to RefWorks – Scott Anderson