Today was more difficult to be without the Google Machine. My Tuesday’s are usually given to writing blog articles, stuff for the church, sermons, etc. It’s a busy day of reading, writing, and interacting. Therefore, I found myself wanting to use Google a bunch. Here is the rundown of day two without Google
Stuff I will probably go to bed without knowing that I would have Google Searched
- A list showing the difference between the wise and the sluggard in Proverbs
- Sho Baraka’s testimony (Listening to his new album I wondered what his story was).
- Who is St. Dominick? (Richard Baxter mentioned him in my reading)
- Is George Thorogood still living?
- What does SMH stand for?
- That article where Dr. Mohler outlined theological triage. I wanted to link to that for my article on 20 Directions for New Believers.
- How do I make a “does not equal” sign on my keyboard
How this Google-fast as helped
- I probably saved about 30 minutes that I would have wasted researching a few unimportant things—like George Thorogood or what SMH means.
- I’m becoming more and more comfortable with simply not needing to know certain tidbits of information.
How this Google-fast as hurt
- It looks like I use Google a ton to mask my computer ignorance
- I would have liked to have researched St. Dominick and Sho Baraka’s testimony
- It is good for helping me find articles quickly and being able to link to them
Mike,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure about the other stuff, but on the issue of finding relevant articles and what not, you could use an electronic cataloging system for storing the actual document and/or links to documents online. I have used Zotero in the past and it is quite excellent.
-David
I've used Zotero in the past for some stuff. And a cataloging system might be of benefit. But I'll probably just go back to good ol' Google next week. It's quicker.
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