I spent a lot of time building tools at work. There were things we needed to automate, but I didn’t have a server or any kind of programming platform to put things […]
Using a Google Sheet to Build Search Queries for Unknown Topics
A Big Pile of Wikipedia Tools
When I wrote my Wikipedia article last week, I did some poking around and playing with various tools to see how I could make my editing as painless and productive as possible. […]
Falling In a Rabbit Hole and Landing on Wikipedia
Some days ResearchBuzz feels like a process of deliberately setting out to find rabbit holes and then struggling not to fall down them. Case in point was recently when I read about […]
Need to Track a Page Without an RSS Feed? Try VisualPing
Yes, I’ve been ranting about RSS feeds for a while and how essential they are for keeping up with Web sites. But sometimes you want to follow a site or page that […]
Facebook: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Confuse ‘Em
When I wrote my article about getting away from Facebook (which offered options for partial disengagement if the reader wasn’t ready to just walk) I got some private pushback. People should just delete […]
