The Internet Archive has received a lot of attention recently, and if you haven’t read this New Yorker article, I urge you to do so. If you’re not already in love with the Internet Archive, you will be after reading that piece, as well as this one titled “Never Trust a Read More
Quick Tip Tuesday: LinkedIn Activity
Ever wonder how you can see someone’s past activities on LinkedIn? While your connections’ posts and activities show up on your LI home page, when you visit someone’s page on LI, you see only their profile, not their “wall” of past posts, like on Facebook. This is somewhat hidden on Read More
Tips and Tricks for Finding Email Addresses
For a recent project I had to scour the Internet for email addresses of corporate executives. You’d think this would be a relatively easy task. After all, work email addresses are public information, and executives have assistants to sort through and filter their communication so they’re not inundated. But I Read More
Photo Fakery and the Challenge of Verification
Another week, another fake photo making the rounds in social media and raising outrage and/or hilarity. This time it is a photo of a gold toilet said to have belonged to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Problem is, the photo has been around since at least 2012, and while the Ukrainian Read More
What House of Cards Teaches Us About the Value of Good Research
Warning: some spoilers ahead! I’ve been watching House of Cards, and like a lot of people, I’m morbidly fascinated by Frank and Claire Underwood’s evil machinations as they connive and kill their way to becoming the most powerful couple in the free (ha!) world. One thing that has struck me Read More
Are You a Skilled Googler?
Most of us think we’re great Googlers. And it’s a testament to Google’s strength as a mostly reliable search engine that we do usually find what we’re looking for with a few simple keywords. But beyond the quick factual search, things can get tricky, and as a number of studies Read More