1. 1 2009 Gold Rush Writer's Conference Mokelumne Hill, Calif. May 1-3, 2009 Laptop 1: Discovering The World From Your Laptop Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico tom@jtjohnson.com

2. 2 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 What we’re aiming for today  Major changes in datasphere  Open Source  Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)  Effective search-and-keep tools  Refining and refined search engines (Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)  If time….look at some non-text web sites  Enrich your research  Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude to your writing

3. 3 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 What’s going on in the “datasphere”?  Open Source  People writing applications, add-ons, widgets for FREE  Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)  Applications moving from your computer hard drive to cyberspace  Places more “intellectual” demands on the browser and browser extensions/add-ons  Need Broadband  Be careful in cyberspace! http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/

4. 4 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 What all this means to writers  Datasphere is constantly changing  Tools to navigate datasphere constantly changing  We can be better at what we do if we constantly adapt to those changes  Data In  Analysis  Info Out

5. 5 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 How to navigate cyberspace?  Current - and updated - browsers  On how many of your computers?  Do you need portability? (USB drives)  Bookmark and note-keeping apps  Sophisticated, flexible search engines  “Invisible web” resources  What’s behind the closed digital doors?

6. 6 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Alternative Web Browsers  Major Browsers: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome Major Browsers  More Cross-Platform Browsers: Mozilla and Flock More Cross-Platform Browsers  Windows Browsers: K-Meleon Windows Browsers  Macintosh Browsers: Camino, OmniWeb and iCab Macintosh Browsers  Linux Browsers: Konqueror, Galeon and Epiphany Linux Browsers

7. 7 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 All of these ALT browsers feature:  Tabbed browsing; automatic updates  Modern web pages with HTML, CSS, SSL, and JavaScript  Cookies and cookie management  Plug-ins and Java  Ad blocking and/or pop-up blocking  Download Managers  Integrated Search  Favorites/Bookmarks and import (and export)

8. 8 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Finding bookmark utilities  Google Search words: [+free +bookmark +programs] Google  Surfpack Surfpack  http://freebookmark.surfpack.com/ (scroll down to see list) http://freebookmark.surfpack.com  Tucows (keyword: "bookmark") Tucows  Windows has 498 hits (last year 209). Mac has 27 (last year 25)

9. 9 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Effective search-and-keep tools Establish your criteria  Are tools browser specific or generic?  Bookmarks on YOUR hard drive and/or in the digital cloud  Degree of control  Make folders and sub-folders  Annotate  Add tag words  Import/export entries  E-mail full or partial set of bookmarks

10. 10 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Evaluation sites and tools  Search Engine Directory Internet search engines categorized by topic as general and specialty search engines. Also resources and tools for exploring the deep web, performing advanced research, and for learning about using search engine tools and technology. http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html  Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking  Social Bookmarking Faceoff -- http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_bookmarking_f aceoff.php Social Bookmarking Faceoff http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_bookmarking_f aceoff.php

11. 11 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Some major Bookmark tools  FireFox’s Bookmarks FireFox  Good organization after capture: “Organize Bookmarks” Good export. Install “FoxMarks” extension to synch multiple computers.FoxMarks  Scrapbook (Firefox add-on) Scrapbook  Pros: Save Web pages or parts of.  Major features are: Save Web site hotlinks and other file format documents (i.e. PDF); Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks; Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection. Good highlight and annotation tools. Cons: can’t synch to online or other computers. Difficult to tag and save in multi-folders.

12. 12 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Some major Bookmark tools  Diigo.com (TJ’s current favorite) Diigo.com  Good highlighting, annotation and tagging. Private or shared links. “Save and e-mail” feature.  del.icio.us del.icio.us  Allows access to the same bookmarks from any computer; add bookmarks from anywhere. Use tags (i.e. keywords) to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. [Well, maybe.]

13. 13 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Note-taking tools Criteria?  Just one desktop or multiple computers?  Browser accessible?  Synchronization?  Export to ????  Backup storage flashdrive, HD or web “locker”?  E-mail to yourself or others?  Receive notes sent via phone - text or pics?  “Search within” functions?

14. 14 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Major note-taking tools  Google Docs http://docs.google.com/#all http://docs.google.com/#all  Free. Documents/spreadsheets/PPT Simple to use. Evolving tools.  Jot+Notes www.kingstairs.com/jot/jot4writers.html www.kingstairs.com/jot/jot4writers.html  Many rich and customizable features, but only on YOUR desktop. (Has good export tools.)  Has a plug-in for Google Desktop Search which will include Jot+ Notes note files in your search results.plug-in Google Desktop Search

15. 15 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Major note-taking tools  Eluma - www.eluma.com Collect, organize and share all of the information you find on the Web, or through Eluma.www.eluma.com  Keep all of your Web stuff in one place - favorite Web sites, RSS feeds and podcasts, blogs you read, etc. Organize your favorites by creating collections and/or assigning tags  Discover new content; subscribe to collections created and recommended by other Eluma users.  Subscribe to real-time alerts  Synchronize favorites automatically across all your computers.

16. 16 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Major note-taking tools  Evernote - http://evernote.com/ http://evernote.com/  Capture the things you want to remember using what you already use — your Windows or Mac computer, the web, and your mobile phone.  Run everything through the recognition technology; synchronize it across your devices. You can then organize and tag the notes.  When you want to find something, just search or filter for it.

17. 17 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Major note-taking tools  Microsoft OneNote – ( 60 days  $100) http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx  One place to gather notes and information; search to find what you are looking for quickly  Shared notebooks so that they can manage group work  Multiple computers? Use MS Windows Live to backup and synch http://www.officelive.com/ and https://sync.live.com/home.aspx http://www.officelive.com/ https://sync.live.com/home.aspx

18. 18 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 First lesson of online research!  Have a web-search strategy  UCB “Five-Step Search Strategy” http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides /Internet/Strategies.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides /Internet/Strategies.html  Understand how the search engine(s) work  Google: Always begin at “Advanced Search” and “Advanced Search Tips”Advanced SearchAdvanced Search Tips  Yahoo  More  ”All Search Services”All Search Services  Ask.com Advanced Search Tips Ask.com Advanced Search Tips

19. 19 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 The Deep - “Invisible” - Web #1  Deep Web Research 2008 http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2008.htm Marcus P. Zillman: “The Deep Web covers [approx.] 900 billion pages of information located through the world wide web in various files and formats that the current search engines on the Internet either cannot find or have difficulty accessing. Search engines currently locate approximately 20 billion pages. “This article and guide is designed to give you the resources you need to better understand the history of the deep web research, as well as various classified resources that allow you to search through the currently available web to find those key sources of information nuggets only found by understanding how to search the "deep web". http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb2008.htm

20. 20 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Navigating the “Invisible Web”  Start with reference librarians  UC Berkeley Library’s excellent site www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Intern et/InvisibleWeb.html www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Intern et/InvisibleWeb.html  Note search examples for Google and Yahoo keywords

21. 21 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Desktop Search Engines  Copernic Desktop Search 3.2 Copernic Desktop Search 3.2  Find files and emails fast along with its wide network deployment options http://www.copernic.com http://www.copernic.com  Google Desktop Google Desktop  Search your computer as easily as you search the web with Google  Find and launch applications and files with just a few keystrokes http://desktop.google.com/ http://desktop.google.com/

22. 22 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Bibliographic Tools  Zotero - www.zotero.org Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives in the web browser itself. Zotero www.zotero.org  NoodleBib - http://www.noodletools.com/index.php http://www.noodletools.com/index.php  Accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian formatting  Comprehensive coverage of the latest editions of the MLA Handbook, APA Publication Manual, and Turabian's A Manual for Writers  Export directly to Word  Automatic alphabetization of entries  Custom sort orders (media type, publication date, or primary/secondary source classification)

23. 23 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Bibliographic Tools  EasyBib Pro - http://www.easybib.com EasyBib Pro http://www.easybib.com  Seamlessly switch between APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA styles  Harvard system author-date format supported through APA  Footnote & parenthetical citation wizards  Import citations from third-party databases  $8.99 per year

24. 24 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Quick summary  Major changes in datasphere  Open Source  Web 2.0 (aka “Cloud Computing”)  Effective search-and-keep tools  Refining and refined search engines (Hot Tip: Google ain’t the answer.)  Look at some text and non-text web sites  Enrich your research  Bring new levels of truth, detail, verisimilitude to your writing

25. 25 2009 Gold Rush Writer's Conference Mokelumne Hill, Calif. May 1-3, 2009 Laptop 1: Discovering The World From Your Laptop Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico

26. 26 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Prime sites for text research  The New York Times Archive (1851- present) The New York Times Archive  Story on Mokelumne HillMokelumne Hill  “A California Story” “A California Story”  Historical Newspaper and Magazine databases Historical Newspaper and Magazine databases  Internet library of Early Journals http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/  Nineteenth Century in Print http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moaht ml/snchome.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moaht ml/snchome.html

27. 27 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Prime sites for text research  U.S. News Archives on the Web http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html  International News Archives on the Web http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/intarchives.htm http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/intarchives.htm  British Library Newspapers http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html  Newspapers Around the World on the Internet http://www.bl.uk/collections/world.html http://www.bl.uk/collections/world.html

28. 28 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Newspaper Archives  NewspaperArchive.com $$$ http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ http://www.newspaperarchive.com/  PaperOfRecord.com Global pioneer of searchable newspaper image documents presented in their original published form. http://www.paperofrecord.com/ http://www.paperofrecord.com/  ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm ICON http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm  Wikipedia: List of online newspaper archives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_archives_ online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_archives_ online

29. 29 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Book: “Newspaper Archive Resources”

30. 30 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Prime sites for image research  Library of Congress “American Memory” http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html  LoC maps and bird’s eye views http://birdseye.notlong.com http://birdseye.notlong.com

31. 31 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Teasing meaning from images  Timeline of Art History Photos of Édouard Baldus https://metropolitanmuseum.org/toah/hd/bald/h o_1994.137.htm# https://metropolitanmuseum.org/toah/hd/bald/h o_1994.137.htm#  San Francisco c.1855 http://sanfran1855.notlong.com/ http://sfomontgomeryblock.notlong.com/ http://sanfran1855.notlong.com/ http://sfomontgomeryblock.notlong.com/

32. 32 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Go2Web20.net

33. 33 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Search Engine Guide http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html

34. 34 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Search Engine Guide #2- News/Media Search Engines

35. 35 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Online geography  Google Maps www.google.com/maps www.google.com/maps  Street map, street level photos of some cities, aerial photo, topography  Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ http://earth.google.com/  Fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. Need to download program.  Maplandia http://www.maplandia.com/ http://www.maplandia.com/

36. 36 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Online Geography “Amateur" historians  Santa Fe Trail Research - http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/ http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/  Aerial photo links for most of the major sites and trail ruts on the Santa Fe Trail http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/0 ur-space-link-page.html http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/0 ur-space-link-page.html

37. 37 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Google Earth – San Francisco

38. 38 Gold Rush Writers Workshop © J.T.Johnson 2009 ________________________May 2009 Google Earth – 1495 Sutter St