Let me Google that for you

Some people on forums are always asking questions such as: “How do I create a new shapefile in ArcMap?” Despite the fact that it is nice to help people solve their problems, these queries can, at times, be slightly annoying. Admittedly, it sometimes proves difficult to find certain information on the Internet (for example, when [...]

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Search for information

One would agree that we live in the century of information. He who owns information owns everything, so to speak. Due to the pervasive spread of the Internet, the access to information is becoming even easier. Google revolutionized the art of information retrieval.  Now ordinary users can read thousands of books and edit documents online, [...]

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Google search

I have read recently a remarkable book by John Battele: The Search. The book contains very concise and easy-to-understand explanation of the Internet search technology and explains how Google and its rivals are indeed shaping the network society. The book describes briefly some technical issues of the search per se and provides some future perspectives [...]

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Barry Schwartz: why more is less?

I periodically check interesting videos from Google (video.google.com). One can find numerous videos relating to different topics such as design, psychology, information technology and dozens of others. As you may know, it might be hard to find a video you would really like when you have lots of them available. Of course, the best way [...]

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