Despite all this, I thought the presentation given to us in the library was very helpful and will certainly ease the pain of finding informational sources on the topic I am studying. Perhaps the reason I don't like research is because I'm just plain old not good at it!
On a random note, can anyone help me figure out why LinkedIn is useful? I'm one of the rebels in the class that still haven't created an account. Granted, networking wouldn't really benefit me in the career that I am pursuing, but even then, I have a friend that is a successful businessman that says "the value of LinkedIn is the same as the value of screen doors on submarines." This meme was the breaking point for avoiding the otherwise 'pointless' social media tool:
I'm all ears to other opinions though. I am very open-minded about the idea, but as of now I have no other reason to believe (besides Professor Middleton's word) that it is useful.
By the way, for those of you who were interested in my last post about our new baby, my wife has a blog that she keeps that talks about life as a new mom. Some of you might find that interesting. She does write the blog in spanish though, so you'll have to use google translate if you don't know Spanish.
http://palmers1229.blogspot.com/2014/02/la-maternidad-en-mi-vida.html?spref=fb
Thanks for reading!
I'll be the second to admit that I hate doing research but I'm not sure if I'm not good at it or if it's because the topics I pick are always terrible...The presentation was pretty helpful and I've been able to have success finding articles about the topic that I'm writing my briefing article on. As far as Linked-In goes I think it is useful but as a business card directory. It's a place to connect with people so you have their contact info on the internet so you don't have to carry around a bunch of business cards.
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