End of EIR

Today's the last day that I will be working on EIR.
It has been a good module! I personally felt that I had a lot of fun, and the lessons were definitely interesting. I am a big fan of web culture and web 2.0, so I understood fast and I really enjoyed most of the curriculum. I really enjoy learning more about how to use the web structures that I have constantly have been using the past few years.

One important skill I took back is the use of a good set of booleans. I knew and understood booleans, but never really used them until this class. I always had too little time, or just didn't sit down to construct a proper set of boolean operators to get my exact search topic. I really appreciate relearning this very crucial tool. A difference of a few million results just because of the good use of operators really show how well boolean operators help a serach.

Overall, I had a really great time learning how best to apply web technology into resaerch and its something that I will be able to use in all aspects of my work. =)

Dream Holiday

My dream holiday is in Hawaii. I've been there once, and I want to go again, because it really is a great place to stay at. I would describe the weather as being cooler than Singapore by a lot, but not as cold as Australia.

I picked Hawaii because I love beaches, I love cold weather, I love Japanese food and American food, I love driving holidays, and I love having small town experiences. I would have picked Australia prior going to Hawaii, but after being there, it holds all of Australia together. For example, Surfer's Paradise is almost exactly like Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. The only thing is that Hawaii has japanese has really great japanese food that australia doesnt have. This is because of the high amount of Japanese living and visiting Hawaii. Most of the the city areas have two languages, English and Japanese.

So, I would pick Hawaii!

Learning how to evaluate a website

We visited talkingcock.com to learn how to evaluate a website, based on things like its purpose, coverage, accuracy, and accessibility.

I assumed the role of a foreign worker visiting talkingcock.com and I personally would say that I wouldn't understand anything if I were a foreigner. There was a lot of hokkein, and other local jokes that foreigners would not understand. Whether they would need to understand it would be a different thing because some of the jokes were old, or were just funny at that point in time. 

On my own, I do enjoy talkingcock.com because I feel it gives me a little bit of a laugh and some insight into the local news that I might have missed. Like the blog wars between Xiaxue and DawnYang, I only knew after I saw it there. I also bought talkingcock the movie when it came out years ago, and had a few good laughs with it. 

Another person has replied me on the forums! The person says that "in the internet you CAN bury your head under the sand", pointing out that you dont need to listen to what everyone says to you on the internet, and its a matter of standing up for yourself and not caring if people don't agree with you.