Archive for 'General'
Beer and Scientific Success
The New York Times is reporting today “Ever since there have been scientists, there have been those who are wildly successful, publishing one well-received paper after another, and those who are not. And since nearly the same time, there have been scholars arguing over what makes the difference. What is it that turns one scientist […]
Posted: March 19th, 2008 under General.
Tags: beer, new york times, nyt, report, science
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The State of the News Media in 2008
The Pew Group has just released their latest annual report on the state of the news media in 2008 and the news isn’t very good! From the Executive Summary; The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many […]
Posted: March 18th, 2008 under General.
Tags: advertising, internet, media, news, newspaper, online, outlook, pew, print, radio, reading, report, tv
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Suffering from Disconnect Anxiety?
Disconnect anxiety is described in a new report by Solutions Research Group as “…various feelings of disorientation and nervousness experienced when a person is deprived of Internet or wireless access for a period of time.” Sound familiar? Well, according to the report 68% of us suffer at least a little, and 27% are nervous wrecks. […]
Posted: March 12th, 2008 under General.
Tags: cell_phone, computer, Dilbert, internet, laptop, life, news, office, social networking, talking, work
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