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It should come as no surprise that Americans are obsessed with their smartphones. We don’t need a study to tell us; just look around. Network World brought this interesting information to us in their article, “We touch our phones 2,617 times a day, says study.“ However, a study has revealed that the heaviest smartphone users click, tap…
Read MoreNew Words Added to the Oxford
The Oxford English Dictionary recently released their list of added words as part of their June update to the more than 150-year old publication. This interesting information came to us from ABC out of Australia in their article, “Budgie smugglers: Australian slang term officially added to Oxford English Dictionary.” Among the 1,000+ word list were budgie…
Read MoreKMWorld 2016 Registration Opens
KMWorld 2016 is coming soon and it is time to register. On November 14-17, 2016 in Washington, D.C., you can join your peers to explore the theme: Hacking KM: People, Processes, & Technologies. Look at novel ways to support knowledge sharing and organizational culture and examine processes and technology to foster collaboration between self-organizing and cross-functional…
Read MoreOntology & Taxonomy Specialist Position Available
To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…
Read MoreHistory is Repeating Itself
Nintendo went retro in a new technology kind of way when they released the runaway success Pokemon GO. This is one of Nintendo’s first ventures into mobile gaming, after years of resistance. Reuters brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Pokemon game adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo market value in two days.” The game…
Read MoreProtecting Your Own Work
The impact of Sci-Hub continues to be realized as copyrights and Creative Commons issues play out in the real world. The Scholarly Kitchen brought us this interesting information in their article, “Copyright, Expectations, and Economics — Can Taylor Swift Help Us Find Our Backbone?” Sci-Hub’s founder supposed that she was reacting to a poorly managed economic situation in academia…
Read MoreDigital Technology Added to Curriculum
New Zealand has realized the important role digital content is playing in our lives and the New Zealand government is prepared to add it to the curriculum lineup for their students. This is the equivalent of putting their money where their mouth is. This interesting information came to us from Stuff in their article, “Digital technology coming…
Read MoreThe Role of Metadata in Genealogy
Metadata is data about data, regardless of what the data is about. If you think of the primary data as a library book, then the metadata is what you would find in the online catalog or, if we were time traveling, what was in the card catalog thirty or more years ago. The catalog contains title,…
Read MoreThe Interoperability Imperative
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering an educational opportunity in the form of a webinar addressing “Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles.” In a landscape inundated with data-driven research output, institutional repositories and content provider partnerships are beginning to take more of a hold than ever in the scholarly research community. This NFAIS…
Read MoreThe Future with Machine Learning
Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) which allows computers to learn by way of observation and experience, rather than just programming. It may sound a little science fiction-like, but machine learning uses computer programs that are capable of growth and change as they process new data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us…
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