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Nik's Commentaries: January 2014
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014. The Power to Decide: What’s the point of all that data, anyway? It’s to make decisions. I have to postpone the posting of articles relating to open access as promised in my 16 January 2014 post. I'm still searching and looking for the right articles on that subject to share. Meanwhile, I came across this report from MIT Technology Review about big data. The URL for the report is http:/ www.technologyreview.com/news/523646/the-power-to-decide/. So, what is big data? I would lik...
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Nik's Commentaries: Welcome!!!
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014. Welcome to my blog. Here, I'm going to share with you my love of books and reading. It's my favourite hobby since I was at primary school even though I'm pressed for time today to spend even an hour a day to read. I'm going to share with you the books that I have read and also websites that I love to visit for their article. I will try to share with you at least one book or one article from a website every day. That's all for now. See you tomorrow. Secangkir Rasa Semanis Bicara.
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Nik's Commentaries: Open Access - What is it?
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Thursday, 16 January 2014. Open Access - What is it? When you are doing research, you will look for sources of reference to backup your argument. Most of us would refer to academic journals for references. Most academic journals are not free. Some of them charges thousands of dollars for annual subscription to their printed or online version. These costs are usually paid for by institutions or libraries and access is granted to their members. This is the definition from Wikipedia. History of Open Access.
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Nik's Commentaries: What is DOI? And how to use it?
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Friday, 10 January 2014. And how to use it? For those who are regularly accessing academic journal articles, you may find at the end or on the first page of the article a number like this doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2011.06.001. The string of numbers and alphabet are Document Object Identifier or DOI. From Wikipedia:. A "digital identifier") used to uniquely identify an object such as an. About the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a. At the Resolv...
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Nik's Commentaries: The Power to Decide: What’s the point of all that data, anyway? It’s to make decisions.
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014. The Power to Decide: What’s the point of all that data, anyway? It’s to make decisions. I have to postpone the posting of articles relating to open access as promised in my 16 January 2014 post. I'm still searching and looking for the right articles on that subject to share. Meanwhile, I came across this report from MIT Technology Review about big data. The URL for the report is http:/ www.technologyreview.com/news/523646/the-power-to-decide/. So, what is big data? Always my f...
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Nik's Commentaries: Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
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Sunday, 12 January 2014. Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam. Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam. Written by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin documents the last day of America's presence in South Vietnam before the capital city, Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the communist forces of North Vietnam. In late 1974, the North Vietnamese began to push into South Vietnam with the intent to conquer the South and unify the country...
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Nik's Commentaries: More Than 11 Million Young People Have Fled Facebook Since 2011
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Monday, 20 January 2014. More Than 11 Million Young People Have Fled Facebook Since 2011. I would like to share an article from the online version of TIME Magazine published on 15 January 2014. It is a continuation of the article I commented and posted on 13 January 2014 about the losing allure of blogs among young people. This time, the article is about young people fleeing Facebook. In my opinion, Facebook is losing its market share among younger people as its early users are getting matured. It is...
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Nik's Commentaries: Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter
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Monday, 13 January 2014. Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter. My post today is about an article in the New York Times published in 2011. Even though it is an old article, the subject matter is still relevant today. It's about the losing allure of blogs among young people as they tend to migrate to new social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Here is the link to the article: Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter. In the meantime, what do you think? Is bl...
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Nik's Commentaries: Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Thursday, 9 January 2014. Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin. The first book I would like to comment on is Too Big To Fail. Written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, a journalist with the New York Times. The book details out behind the scene manoeuvres by bankers and regulators in New York and Washington to avert the financial meltdown and economic crisis in the year 2007. The book have been made into a TV movie and was shown on HBO some time ago. The blue sky in MY.
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Nik's Commentaries: Value Conflicts for Information Security Management
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Friday, 10 January 2014. Value Conflicts for Information Security Management. Just finished my presentation this morning on information security in my IT and K-Economy class. Reviewed an article from the Journal of Strategic Information Systems titled "Value Conflicts for Information Security Management" by Hedstrom, Kolkowska, Karlsson and Allen published in 2011. Seventeen areas of value conflicts were identified in the study. Among them are protected and secure passwords, updated and available pat...
