Thursday, August 20, 2009

Looking to the Internet for Answers

I don't know how many people pay attention to comments, so I'm throwing this in another post instead of doing a comment add-on to this past post.

This article is chock-full of links to websites where you can learn just about anything on the internet. If you're passionate about something, but haven't had the opportunity to pursue it through education, or don't have time to read 1000s of pages of books...or if you're just curious, the internet is a beautiful thing. The only problem is, everybody's on the internet telling you what to do, so who do you trust?

If I'm researching by myself (a.k.a. without referrals from flesh-and-bone people) I start with major websites that I trust who publish authors that they trust as well as other popular blogs that have links to more information. With so many pages out there, most of a site's reputation depends on its validity. So much so, that a site's page rank takes into consideration how many other legit sites link back to it. If you haven't noticed from my previous links, I'm a fan of MSN's career advice articles and the one above was appropriately listed on the side of an article that might help you figure out how to optimize your job search.

What sites/ apps are you guys using to learn something new?

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