Thing 2

1. Good summary article from BMJ. The most impressive part of this is that such a respected mainstream journal has an editorial on this topic.

2. Stephen's Lighthouse -- interesting, but it feels a bit beyond me.

3. Did you know 4.0 -- fun video. This was also cited recently on Stephen's Lighthouse.

Blog prompts

1. I joined the Explore 8 Things program because I want to be able to use some of these tools more effectively, particuarly Wiki's, podcasts, and RSS. I also heard that the class was fun the first time it was offered.

2. Youtube videos --
a. Most of them are years old
b. How do you decide which ones are worth watching? When I search via Google, I get enough info to choose sites to focus on with a fairly good chance that they'll contain the info I need. Even if they don't, it's much quicker to visit the site, decide yes or no, then return to the search page than it is to go to a video and watch to find out what's contained in it.
c. The "not in words" video was fun.

3. The current HP site is much more attractive. It's also easier to use.

"Extra Challenge" -- How do you access PubMed to do a search? I don't think that is explained until Thing 14.

This assignment took me about 75 minutes, spread over four days and three locations. I have to admit I still like paper -- I printed out the BMJ article to read as a hard copy.