Nicholas Carr’s Speech about his Book “The Shallow” at the Clark University

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Mr.Wen

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Quick and Dirty Tips for Verb Tense in Research Articles (or Academic Writings)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Mr.Wen

One of the most annoying thing in the academic writing is to keep the verb tense consistent and appropriate so that your writing may appear to be more formal and objective. Here are some tips I’ve found on the Internet. (I am pretty sure that the recent edition of Publication Manual of APA contains following information in full length.)

Use Past Tense

  1. To describe your methodology and report your results. (Because you have already completed your study.)
  2. When referring to the work of previous researchers. (Because a previous researcher’s research activity is finished and is not still being done.)
  3. To describe a fact, law or finding that is no longer considered valid and relevant.

Use Present Tense

  1. To express findings that continue to be true. (Because these findings are believed to be always true.)
  2. To refer to the article, thesis or dissertation itself. (For example: Table 3 shows that…)
  3. To discuss your findings and present your conclusion. (For example: These findings suggest that …)

Source:

http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/newsletter/GradConnections-201002.pdf

Book Mentioned:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.

WorldCat

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Are you suffering from Internet Addiction Disorder?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Mr.Wen

You will probably need to see a professional therapist if you’ve answered five or more “yes” to following questions (Young Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction by Young, 1998 and Beard and Wolf, 2001).

  1. Do you feel absorbed in the Internet (remember previous online activity or the desired next online session)?
  2. Do you feel satisfied with Internet use if you increase your amount of online time?
  3. Have you failed to control, reduce, or quit Internet use repeatedly?
  4. Do you feel nervous, temperamental, depressed, or sensitive when trying to reduce or quit Internet use?
  5. Do you stay online longer than originally intended?
  6. Have you taken the risk of losing a significant relationship, job educational or career opportunity because of the Internet?
  7. Have you lied to your family members, therapist, or others to hide the truth of your involvement with the Internet?
  8. Do you use the Internet as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving an anxious mood (e.g. feelings of helplessness, guilty, anxiety, or depression)?

Following are the list of the original journal articles that mentioned using above criteria to diagnose IAD. (Click the links on the article to conduct google search/ the links to Full PDFs, accessed 1/16/2012, are at the end.)

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4G wireless and Clearwireless

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Mr.Wen

[This article is provided by the www.clearwirelessinternet.com, Thanks for their generous support.]

Not too long ago, wireless Internet was a relatively new concept; it seemed strange to be able to get online without the aid of a cable hooked up to the wall. Then people began to purchase wireless systems for [...] Continue Reading…

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