I was so stunned when I watched this short-stream video clip. This again tells the power of YouTube, shaking the world to bring up human empowerment.
Sunny @ UTAS
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars - Oscar Wilde
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
I read a lot of digital articles even though I prefer reading papers (actually I don't like reading much XD). If you are like me reading Web or electronic articles, try diigo. It might be useful for you. http://www.diigo.com/
“The limits of my language are the limits of my world” – Wittgenstein
I am a terrible writer. I often have a symptom of writing block. So, one day I set down and created a strategy for my writing. It often works quite well for me ;)
A guideline for efficient and effective writing
Step one.
Consider the readers. Who will read your written work?
Step two. Stay in
focus. Keep the main aim of the paper in your mind along the way of your
writing.
Step three. Write
as simple as you can. Brevity is an art! Write one idea in a sentence.
Step four. Pull
out all your ideas first and then look for references.
Step five. Write
up from the top to bottom. Don’t swing back and forth.
Step six. The
topic sentence is first. Supporting sentences are next. Examples are least
important until the topic sentence is clear.
Step seven. Read
what you have written and take out any unnecessary ideas. Give the readers only
one direction. Don’t let them stuck or confused by your tangled ideas.
Step eight. Make
a connection between sentences. Try to think of a chain structure – always one
after another. ‘Black and white’ is not connected unless you mention colour in
it.
Step nine. Find
gaps which you have not mentioned tangibly.
Step ten. Polish
your writing while revising.
Step eleven. Now
it’s time for you to decorate your written work. Use abstract and connection
words.
Tips and tricks
When you are stuck in writing, don’t try too hard to make
sentences. Your brain needs to be treated as gentle as possible. Rather
waffling on the screen or the paper, play with words or sentences that you wish
to remember. Reading can be part of this activity.
If you are still stuck in writing, close your eyes or change
the colour of the font to white so that you cannot see what you have written or
are writing. Don’t worry about grammar and spelling mistakes when you write
because once you care these you will lose your valuable ideas.
Despite following the tips above, if you are still stuck in
writing, don’t worry. You have YouTube! Search and watch videos of scholars. There are thousands of well-known scholars' videos on YouTube. Listen to what they say and pull out your idea. Do you agree with them? If yes, write what you agree. If no, write why you disagree. Then your brain will be very busy with many becauses e.g., because I believe...or because I don't value...
Oh~NO! Don’t tell me that you are still not making any progress in
your writing. Ha Ha Ha~ Go back to the first time when you were about to turn on the computer or hold a pen.
Just write one sentence “I can’t write because….” Surprisingly, you will find
yourself already writing.
Drawing and colouring is also a helpful exercise when you
get stuck in writing. If you don’t feel writing then just draw something and
colour it. Listen to the music while doing this. Make yourself comfortable.
The best thing to remember to help yourself with writing is ‘DON’T RUN AWAY!’
Having a busy life does not stop me caring people. If I don't have time to go to post office to send a birthday or celebration card to someone important to me, I simply use e-cards.
http://goanimate.com/videomaker/quickvideo/ecards-free
I use Google search engine almost everyday every hour. I think if you know how to operate Google search engine properly, it will save your time for wondering!
Effective Google search tips http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurl
- '+' operator : it will find two or more words in author(s) including common words, letters or numbers e.g., [+I love you]
- '-' operatior: it will exclude the search term, as [love -author:Sunny]
- '*' operator : it operates with " ". Any word can replace with * e.g., "I * you" will find I hate you, I miss you...
- Phrase search: it will get results the exact phrase as "I love you"
- 'OR' operator: it will find articles containing either of two search terms love OR hate
- 'AND' operator: it will return results including both of two search terms love AND hate
Effective Google search tips http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html#inurl
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