The backlash against the information overload of the modern Internet era is getting stronger than ever. After years of sharing everything with everyone and breathlessly embracing the latest site du jour on the social Web, people are realizing that they can no longer keep up. Signs of this are all ar...
- Sunday, 28 June 2015 16:59
- By Logan Hochstetler
There's a new add-on for Gmail called Inbox Pause, which does something utterly simple – it adds a pause button to your inbox – but represents, I think, a new phase in our long war against information overload. Consider the absurdity. Inbox Pause doesn't reduce the quantity of ema...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 23:34
- By Jeremy Frink
I have spent the past few days doing research on traditional telecenter sustainability. By traditional, I mean telecenters that charge a small fee for offline (photocopying, mobile charging etc.) and online services (Internet access) to meet their costs. While the news is rather bleak, I have stumbl...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 22:39
- By Nick Tridea
Firewall is a term that most internet users are familiar with. They may have come across the term at the office when they browse the web, or at home, when several people use the same connection, where security needs to be setup. But what is Firewall, and how does it work? Although many people might ...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 21:10
- By Patrick Moore
The pedagogical contribution of such sources can be more than aesthetic. In some cases, the medium is where the message lies: Art history, music, and film courses all rely on “owned” or copyrighted works. Unfortunately, even in small and private class settings, securing permissions for those mat...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 10:00
- By Joshua Simon
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: good things come to those who are well prepared.
Sure, good things also sometimes happen to people randomly, and that’s nice. But there’s nothing like the cool confidence of someone who really knows what he or she is doing.
The same thing holds tru...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 04:34
- By Robert Hensonw
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to gathering information on the internet. Depending on the type of research, the rules may vary. An effective information gathering technique can result in better utilization of your time, broaden your perspective by going through various resources, can...
- Friday, 26 June 2015 01:24
- By Barbara Larson
BusinessWeek magazine describes it as "perhaps the most effective means of defeating the online surveillance efforts of intelligence agencies around the world". The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) calls it "the king of high-secure, low-latency internet anonymity." Another source describes it as ...
- Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:32
- By Rangani Ranasinghe
Part of the KevinMD toolkit series.
“How can I find a doctor online?”
A seemingly simple question, but patients are often confronted with too much information on the Internet, with variable quality.
Finding a doctor a similar to completing a puzzle. Like puzzle pieces, there are many resource...
- Thursday, 25 June 2015 07:01
- By Jason bourne
Introduction
Censorship of information on the Internet has become a much publicized debate that currently has no resolution in sight. There is a great controversy as to whether or not censorship is a necessity in order to maintain a particular moral standard. In the case that there should be a stan...
- Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:53
- By Peggy Graves
