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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Rachael Schiel

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Smashwords blog - 2 views

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    Stats about who reads ebooks.
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Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy? | Crave - CNET - 0 views

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    Good stats and arguments.
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Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy submissions - 1 views

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    Discussed in class.
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Stefano's Linotype » Semanticsheets - 1 views

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    In Borges' "Library of Babel," the universe is one big library. The author of this piece mentions that the internet is becoming like Borges' Babel. Sooo interesting...
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Marginalia - 1 views

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    The poem Nyssa talked about in her blog (I did the homework she gave us and was grateful!)
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World to end on Saturday, say New York preachers - Yahoo! News - 1 views

  • "You've committed your life to Jesus. You know you're saved. But when the Rapture comes, what's to become of your loving pets who are left behind?" Eternal Earth-Bound Pets says on its website, offering to "take that burden off your mind." The post-doomsday pet rescue service already has 259 clients, who have paid $135 for the first pet and $20 for each additional pet at the same address, to ensure the faithful animal companions are looked after and loved even when their Christian owners have gone to the other side.
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    If you are pretty sure you will be caught up into the rapture on Saturday, your pets can still be taken care of if you pay $135 to Eternal Earth-Bound Pets
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Mass Digitization of Books and Digitized Libraries - 0 views

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    Interesting overview of controversies associated with mass digitization.
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Online Book Clubs and web-based Book Discussion - 0 views

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    General ideas and links for people interested in online book discussion. Isn't the idea of a book club, though, to get people to meet each other, not just discuss literature? If you've only met someone digitally, is it really possible to consider their literature biases and personal interpretation of the books you are reading?
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The Crowd Knows Best - 1 views

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    Sept 2005, Rugby, sports and how the crowd knew when to be "generous" better than the individual
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The Wisdom of Crowds - 0 views

    • Rachael Schiel
       
      look this up
  • There's a division of Eli Lilly called e.Lilly, which has been experimenting with using internal stock markets and hypothetical drug candidates to predict whether new drugs will gain FDA approval. That's an essential thing for drug companies to know, because their whole business depends on them not only picking winners—that is, good, safe drugs—but also killing losers before they've invested too much money in them.
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    Q&A with author
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Creating Passionate Users: Hire Different - 0 views

  • But he contends that it's not necessarily the lack of demographic diversity that's at the heart of the problems... it's cognitive diversity you need. If those doing the hiring are going after only world-class, exceptionally bright people with similar skills, the differences between the Chosen Ones may not be that useful. He claims the company needs to hire not just only the smartest people!
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    blog with ref to wisdom of crowds
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Wisdom of Crowds - 0 views

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    Here is the full etext of Surowiecki's Wisdom of Crowds free at BYU's library.
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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything : Monkey See : NPR - 1 views

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      This paragraph is so powerful. The idea that we are incapable of experiencing all of humanity's greatness is an indicator of our collective success. If you will forgive this sidestep into the realm of things religious--it makes me wonder if we will ever, through eternity, be able to experience all of humanity's greatness.
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Phenomenology on byu online library - 0 views

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    Great poetry about the experience of experiencing.
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