Evaluating the Web

The results I got from searching for sites about Amstrad CPC 464 from university sources hasn’t really given me what I need to do this task. The sites were only hits because they mention the Amstrad CPC 464 and they are not actual articles about it.
I understand the importance of verifying that any information on [...]

Organising search information task

The results I got for information about the Amstrad CPC 464 from university websites aren’t specifically about the computer but just mention it. Here is the best three sources:
URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=190896
Author: Tim Radcliffe
Institution: Burkeley University of California
Summary: This website is the profile page for Tim Radcliffe who is participating in the Seti@Home project. In his profile [...]

Boolean searching task

In order to get more hits related to my keywords from university sources I first tried the following search in Google: “amstrad cpc 464″ +university. I put the words “amstrad cpc 464″ in quotation marks so I would get an match for those exact words and not each word individually. I added [...]

Search Engine Task

I have been using Google for all my search for a long time now. I used to use Yahoo and Alta Vista before Google existed. For this task I did a search for websites about my favorite retro computer. I typed amstrad cpc 464 in to Google and the first hit was Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC

Google said [...]

Downloading tools / plug-ins Task

I have installed many plug-ins while browsing. Many websites now require plug-ins to view them correctly. I haven’t used an off-line browser yet so I will be downloading “Page Sucker” to try. I will also be downloading “Copernic” to complete the other tasks for this module.
I noticed the three most popular media players listed as [...]

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is all about allowing users contribute to the internet with no need for technical knowledge. In the case of the “Blinklist” this kind of website is much more suited to the Web 2.0 format because it allows multiple users to edit it without having to access the HTML code.
If the “Blinklist” was only [...]

Conceptual Research & Reflection Project

Concept: 14. Cyberspace is informationally created ’space’
“This sense of space, and the capacity of the talking human body to be represented within it, is formed out of descriptions and word-pictures (real pictures in the case of graphical worlds). The sense of space is essential for humans – or at least many humans – to [...]