by Jolie O’Dell / October 21, 2009 A group of UCLA researchers has determined that for middle-aged and older folks, using the Internet, particularly search, causes enhanced neural stimulation leading to better reasoning and decision-making. At a recent presentation at the Neuroscience 2009 meeting in Chicago, the scientists stated, “The results suggest that searching online [...]
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Multiple Punctuation
I tweeted something like “If someone emails me a question with 5 question marks as punctuation, I usually don’t answer. It’s worse than all caps. Seems like a demand.” Since then (4 hours ago) it’s been retweeted, copied, and bounced all over twitterville. I guess I’m not the only one to feel that way. Haha. [...]
Blow Hard, Know-It-Alls
I realize that when you participate in social media venues such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, you put yourself out there. And sometimes become the taget of the Blow Hard, Know-It-All, Jackass for no reason other than percieved misconception or plain ignorance. Today I was publicy but lightly rebuffed by @baldheretic for having the words “Social [...]
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