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2009 Gold Rush Writer's ConferenceMokelumne Hill, Calif.May 1-3, 2009

Laptop 1:

Discovering The World From Your Laptop

Tom JohnsonInstitute for Analytic JournalismSanta Fe, New Mexicotom@jtjohnson.com

2 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009________________________May 2009

What we’re aiming for today

Major changes in datasphere Open Source Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)

Effective search-and-keep tools Refining and refined search engines

(Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)

If time….look at some non-text web sites Enrich your research Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude

to your writing

What’s going on in the “datasphere”?

Open Source People writing applications, add-ons,

widgets for FREE Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)

Applications moving from your computer hard drive to cyberspace Places more “intellectual” demands on the

browser and browser extensions/add-ons Need Broadband Be careful in cyberspace!

http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/

What all this means to writers

Datasphere is constantly changing Tools to navigate datasphere

constantly changing We can be better at what we do if we

constantly adapt to those changes

Data In Analysis Info Out

How to navigate cyberspace?

Current - and updated - browsers On how many of your computers? Do you need portability? (USB drives)

Bookmark and note-keeping apps Sophisticated, flexible search

engines “Invisible web” resources

What’s behind the closed digital doors?

Alternative Web Browsers

Major Browsers: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome

More Cross-Platform Browsers: Mozilla and Flock

Windows Browsers: K-Meleon Macintosh Browsers: Camino,

OmniWeb and iCab Linux Browsers: Konqueror, Galeon

and Epiphany

All of these ALT browsers feature:

Tabbed browsing; automatic updates Modern web pages with HTML, CSS, SSL,

and JavaScript Cookies and cookie management Plug-ins and Java Ad blocking and/or pop-up blocking Download Managers Integrated Search Favorites/Bookmarks and import (and

export)

Finding bookmark utilities

Google Search words: [+free +bookmark +programs]

Surfpack http://freebookmark.surfpack.com/ (scroll

down to see list)

Tucows (keyword: "bookmark") Windows has 498 hits (last year 209). Mac

has 27 (last year 25)

Effective search-and-keep tools

Establish your criteria Are tools browser specific or generic? Bookmarks on YOUR hard drive and/or in

the digital cloud Degree of control Make folders and sub-folders Annotate Add tag words Import/export entries E-mail full or partial set of bookmarks

Evaluation sites and tools

Search Engine DirectoryInternet search engines categorized by topic as general and specialty search engines. Also resources and tools for exploring the deep web, performing advanced research, and for learning about using search engine tools and technology. http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html

Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking Faceoff --

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_bookmarking_faceoff.php

Some major Bookmark tools

FireFox’s Bookmarks Good organization after capture: “Organize

Bookmarks” Good export. Install “FoxMarks” extension to synch multiple computers.

Scrapbook (Firefox add-on) Pros: Save Web pages or parts of. Major features are: Save Web site hotlinks and

other file format documents (i.e. PDF); Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks; Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection. Good highlight and annotation tools. Cons: can’t synch to online or other computers. Difficult to tag and save in multi-folders.

Some major Bookmark tools

Diigo.com (TJ’s current favorite) Good highlighting, annotation and tagging.

Private or shared links. “Save and e-mail” feature.

del.icio.us Allows access to the same bookmarks from

any computer; add bookmarks from anywhere. Use tags (i.e. keywords) to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. [Well, maybe.]

Note-taking tools

Criteria? Just one desktop or multiple computers? Browser accessible? Synchronization? Export to ????

Backup storage flashdrive, HD or web “locker”? E-mail to yourself or others?

Receive notes sent via phone - text or pics? “Search within” functions?

Major note-taking tools

Google Docs http://docs.google.com/#all Free. Documents/spreadsheets/PPT

Simple to use. Evolving tools.

Jot+Notes www.kingstairs.com/jot/jot4writers.html Many rich and customizable features, but only

on YOUR desktop. (Has good export tools.) Has a plug-in for Google Desktop Search which

will include Jot+ Notes note files in your search results.

Eluma - www.eluma.comCollect, organize and share all of the information you find on the Web, or through Eluma. Keep all of your Web stuff in one place -

favorite Web sites, RSS feeds and podcasts, blogs you read, etc. Organize your favorites by creating collections and/or assigning tags

Discover new content; subscribe to collections created and recommended by other Eluma users.

Subscribe to real-time alerts Synchronize favorites automatically across all

your computers.

Evernote - http://evernote.com/ Capture the things you want to remember using

what you already use — your Windows or Mac computer, the web, and your mobile phone.

Run everything through the recognition technology; synchronize it across your devices. You can then organize and tag the notes.

When you want to find something, just search or filter for it.

Microsoft OneNote – (60 days$100)http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx

One place to gather notes and information; search to find what you are looking for quickly

Shared notebooks so that they can manage group work

Multiple computers? Use MS Windows Live to backup and synchhttp://www.officelive.com/ and https://sync.live.com/home.aspx

First lesson of online research!

Have a web-search strategy UCB “Five-Step Search Strategy”

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html

Understand how the search engine(s) work Google: Always begin at “

Advanced Search” and “Advanced Search Tips”

YahooMore”All Search Services” Ask.com Advanced Search Tips

The Deep - “Invisible” - Web #1

Deep Web Research 2008http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2008.htmMarcus P. Zillman: “The Deep Web covers [approx.] 900 billion pages of information located through the world wide web in various files and formats that the current search engines on the Internet either cannot find or have difficulty accessing. Search engines currently locate approximately 20 billion pages. “This article and guide is designed to give you the resources you need to better understand the history of the deep web research, as well as various classified resources that allow you to search through the currently available web to find those key sources of information nuggets only found by understanding how to search the "deep web".

Navigating the “Invisible Web”

Start with reference librarians UC Berkeley Library’s excellent site

www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html Note search examples for Google and Yahoo keywords

Desktop Search Engines

Copernic Desktop Search 3.2 Find files and emails fast along with its wide

network deployment options http://www.copernic.com

Google Desktop Search your computer as easily as you search

the web with Google Find and launch applications and files with just

a few keystrokeshttp://desktop.google.com/

Bibliographic Tools

Zotero - www.zotero.orgZotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives in

the web browser itself. NoodleBib - http://www.noodletools.com/index.php

Accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian formatting Comprehensive coverage of the latest editions of the

MLA Handbook, APA Publication Manual, and Turabian's A Manual for Writers

Export directly to Word Automatic alphabetization of entries Custom sort orders (media type, publication date, or

primary/secondary source classification)

Bibliographic Tools

EasyBib Pro - http://www.easybib.com Seamlessly switch between APA,

Chicago/Turabian, and MLA styles Harvard system author-date format supported

through APA Footnote & parenthetical citation wizards Import citations from third-party databases $8.99 per year

Quick summary

Major changes in datasphere Open Source Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)

Effective search-and-keep tools Refining and refined search engines

(Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)

Look at some text and non-text web sites Enrich your research Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude

to your writing

2009 Gold Rush Writer's ConferenceMokelumne Hill, Calif.May 1-3, 2009

Laptop 1:

Discovering The World From Your Laptop

Tom JohnsonInstitute for Analytic JournalismSanta Fe, New Mexico

Prime sites for text research

The New York Times Archive (1851- present)

Story on Mokelumne Hill “A California Story”

Historical Newspaper and Magazine databases

Internet library of Early Journalshttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/

Nineteenth Century in Printhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snchome.html

Prime sites for text research

U.S. News Archives on the Webhttp://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html

International News Archives on the Webhttp://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/intarchives.htm

British Library Newspapershttp://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html

Newspapers Around the World on the Internethttp://www.bl.uk/collections/world.html

Newspaper Archives

NewspaperArchive.com $$$http://www.newspaperarchive.com/

PaperOfRecord.comGlobal pioneer of searchable newspaper image documents presented in their original published form.http://www.paperofrecord.com/

ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm

Wikipedia: List of online newspaper archiveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_archives_online

Book: “Newspaper Archive Resources”

Prime sites for image research

Library of Congress “American Memory”http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

LoC maps and bird’s eye viewshttp://birdseye.notlong.com

Teasing meaning from images

Timeline of Art HistoryPhotos of Édouard Baldus https://metropolitanmuseum.org/toah/hd/bald/ho_1994.137.htm#

San Francisco c.1855http://sanfran1855.notlong.com/ http://sfomontgomeryblock.notlong.com/

Go2Web20.net

Search Engine Guidehttp://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html

Search Engine Guide #2-News/Media Search Engines

Online geography

Google Mapswww.google.com/maps Street map, street level photos of some cities, aerial

photo, topography

Google Earthhttp://earth.google.com/ Fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps,

terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. Need to download program.

Maplandiahttp://www.maplandia.com/

Online Geography

“Amateur" historians Santa Fe Trail Research -

http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/ Aerial photo links for most of the

major sites and trail ruts on the Santa Fe Trailhttp://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/0ur-space-link-page.html

Google Earth – San Francisco

Google Earth – 1495 Sutter St

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