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The olive: May 2007
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Friday, May 25, 2007. Last blogs for Spring. I've just finished going through the last blogs for Spring. Following are some good entries:. Behind that smiley face. Spring '07 coming to an end. Last class of LLD 100WB. Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Whenever I read Annalee Newitz's column, I usually come away annoyed at the self-satisfied tone, but her last column entitled " The Myth of the Universal Digital Library. Saturday, May 5, 2007. Error is actually very...
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The olive: universal library
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Whenever I read Annalee Newitz's column, I usually come away annoyed at the self-satisfied tone, but her last column entitled " The Myth of the Universal Digital Library. Was excellent. I was most appreciative of this statement:. C]omputer networks.cost money and require massive amounts of power. They take up real-world space. And they break. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Last blogs for Spring. The purpose of a college degree.
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The olive: the purpose of a college degree
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Wednesday, May 2, 2007. The purpose of a college degree. There is so much talk about the importance of a college education that it was interesting to see an article critical of college education, " Higher Education Conformity. There is, I believe, a fundamental contradiction at the heart of American higher education. One force is the dedication to education. Which primarily means liberal education in the classical sense. That is, learning about the ...
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The olive: January 2007
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Sunday, January 28, 2007. Attn business writing students: Here is a Business Week article. That discusses the importance of blogs for businesses. In regards to my previous post: so far one student has left a comment, which means that mostly likely more than one has seen the post. Since I have linked to. The faculty union's take. On the contract bargaining status, it's only fair to also link to the CSU administration's perspective. Back in the US. Sunday...
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The olive: rules...no, guidelines...for effective writing
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Rulesno, guidelines.for effective writing. 1 Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print." Actually, I can agree with this one. College students' writing tends to be laden with cliches, many of which are incorrectly deployed. 4 Never use the passive where you can use the active." Wrong! There are places where the passive is preferable to the active. The information structur...
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The olive: improving presentations
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Saturday, May 5, 2007. I just came across this article, " 5 Powerful Hacks to Immediately Improve Your Presentations. But unfortunately the writer's credibility takes a dive in #2: "When you are nervous, everything get’s magnified." The common it's. Error is actually very understandable (since apostrophes are commonly used in possessives), but I can't understand why someone would use an apostrophe with a verb. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The olive: April 2007
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The New York Times. 8220;Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Some more good blog entries for March. What rate are you paying? FTA between the U.S. and South Korea.
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The olive: so it goes
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The New York Times. 8220;Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ”. Student Blogs (Spring 2007). News of the Weird.
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The olive: March blogs
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Some more good blog entries for March. What rate are you paying? FTA between the U.S. and South Korea. In a lot of cases, I see the quality of the writing improving over time. I take that as a good indication that using blogs can help the students who take them seriously. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Student Blogs (Spring 2007). News of the Weird.
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The olive: February 2007
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The olive in its orchard should now be rooted sure. Monday, February 26, 2007. The blog "Rands in Repose" had a really good post. About what hiring managers look for when reading a resume. The upshot is that you have spent hours tinkering with your resume and have only 30 seconds to make a favorable impression- that is, an impression that will get you a phone screen. This particular person is in high-tech, but most of what he says applies across industries. Thursday, February 22, 2007. That the Californi...
