The ever growing list of open source platforms that are being made available on nearly a daily basis--or perhaps an hourly one for all I know--is changing everything, not just about the way we communicate, but it the way we think.
In past years, if there was something I needed to research, I would go to the library and with the help of card files and those pamphlets that used to provide article information found in journals (what were those called again?) to learn about my topic. It was an awful and at times mind-numbing process. Not to mention that the information found was nearly always dated.
Today, if there is something I need to know, I go to Google. It doesn't much matter what I am looking for, I can nearly always find what I am looking for in the Google universe. From back-tracing phone numbers, to finding a reference for a long out-of-print book or article, Google never lets me down.
Recently I have learned of so many other capabilities within Google that I would never even have imagined. One of the most interesting to me is Google Reader, because with this tool I can have research find me vs. the other way around. Now that is something I can wrap my head around! As my learning curve gets steeper rather than flatter as I get older, one thing becomes crystal clear. Get on board, because the train has left the station!
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