It’s been hard to watch the events unfold in the South during and after Hurricane Katrina. It has also been interesting and heartening to see how the Internet community has created opportunities to help – demonstrating once again the global nature of the Internet: Craig’s List of New Orleans is a community bulletin board where … Continue reading →

Google has yet another new feature – Google Scholar. It indexes scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. It debuted late last year. I think it’s a neat tool – but it has some pros and cons: Pro – It filters out a ton … Continue reading →

Today’s Byte is for anyone who needs to know about a business for a job interview, for a competitive advantage, to make an investment choice, or any other reason. The Internet is a great place to learn more about a company. Here is a short course on how to start competitive intelligence online: 1. Look … Continue reading →

In honor of the passing of former Minnesota Governor (and long time library lover) Elmer Anderson, I am going to talk about libraries today. I know it’s not really technology – but they can be such as asset that I like to bring them up periodically. Public Libraries For business owners, libraries can be the … Continue reading →