April 21, 2009
The intertubes are steaming with all kinds of documents and information that you can use as reference or guidelines for your projects, presentations, homework, research and what not. You can search for these documents and data using Google or any other search engine of your choice (ex. PDF Search Engine), however the results displayed as [...]
March 1, 2009
There are times in life when you want to make use of your resources in a way that can have a positive impact on the world. While many people donate money to their favorite cause, geeks do things a little differently. They donate CPU time. If you’re sitting on top of some major CPU horsepower, [...]
February 23, 2009
Most of us fire up Microsoft Word for our run of the mill document needs. Most of us don’t peek under the hood to see and use the other ready at hand tools that are just a few clicks away. I too accuse myself of this common shortcoming. It is perhaps a dire need or [...]
February 11, 2009
Qitera, a novel bookmarking platform, has just introduced a new tool called Qitera Assist, which gives users the power to search their bookmarks as easily as they can search Google. In fact, as long as you sign into your Qitera account, this tool will function behind the scenes whenever you perform a search on Google, [...]
January 25, 2009
Internet research is something that is undervalued and unappreciated by most journalists in the mainstream media, but online research tools now offer Internet-savvy journalists with the ability to conduct powerful research on the internet. Usually, those who frown upon the quality of Internet research are “old school” journalists who long for the days when you [...]
January 22, 2009
Say goodbye to ‘copy & paste’. There are easier ways to organize information. Zotero, a handy Firefox extension, picks up where Google’s ailing Notebook application leaves off. Marketed as a research tool, it is actually a tiny miracle. Not only can it be used to bookmark information, but it also permits its user to highlight [...]
December 13, 2008
I’m using Flock as my main browser. However for most of you, Firefox will be your choice. The reason I would recommend using Flock over Firefox to create the ultimate student research browser is the number of built in functionalities which really is quite useful for a student. By using Flock you get stacks of [...]
December 13, 2008
I do research all the time, and it’s always on the Web. Even when the material comes from a “book” (remember those?), odds are I found a snippet of it on Amazon or read it on Google Books. All the research I do is on the internet, whether it’s for school, Make Use Of or [...]
November 7, 2008
For homework or any other project that requires theoretical research, the internet offers a wealth of information. Instead of having to head to the library, everything is comfortably accessible straight from your desk. However, the flood of data can be quite overwhelming if you’re not using the right tools. Also, you may run into sources [...]
October 29, 2007
Microsoft as a company is not usually associated with cool and free products. In that sense, Google is way ahead, it has Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, Google Docs and dozens of other useful services. Nonetheless, there are a bunch of FREE Microsoft tools that are definitely worth a look. While some of them are yet [...]
