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Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective

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From a posts A Cognitive Analysis of Tagging and Why People Tag : The beauty of tagging is that it taps into an existing cognitive process without adding add much cognitive cost. I also use a desktop search tool which has radically changed how I handle email and directories. But, theres also great intrinsic value in tagging.

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Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I was 12 at the time, it was 1993, and AOL cost $5.95/hour Whereas everything used to cost money (my highest AOL bill was $267.48 The cost: over $4k for a 386SX/25mhz with 170MB of hard drive space, 2MB RAM, a 2400 baud modem, and a 13″ monitor. Email is still email (but doesn’t cost $0.25

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