Monday Morning....info request

And I'm up like a with the lark......he he, nice song, isn't it. Though I still haven't got around to a walk in the park and all that. Kids are off to school and I have some time to plan my day the way I want to. I am happy that we'll be completing one week of the Blogging Marathon and I have not played hookey yet.

Big G has been asking me a lot of questions - for the factual stuff I have asked for some time to give her the correct information. In no random order here's some things she asks -
1. What are feathers made of?
2. What are good bacteria and bad bacteria and what they do?
3. Why are poo and farts stinky? Exactly what bacteria and gasses, respectively?
4. Why do we feel ticklish?
5. How does tree cover help in winter as there are no leaves anyway?
6. A general idea of what foods contain what nutrition - so I can answer which is more healthy - paratha wirh pickle or pancakes:)
7. Will be reborn as humans or something else?
8. What is glass made of?
9. Why did God give me a fat mama?
10. How does one learn to read?
11. Is playing on the I-pad called sport?


And I have one question for you readers, how do you track information and news? For instance, if one is interested in say gold prices, music of A R Rehman, mutual funds, happening travel destinations, Bollywood film reviews, news in India, world, etc I know one can track this with google alerts. Is that what everyone uses, or are there some other applications (for information aggregation) which allow one to catch up on news and various categories of it, blogs, interesting tweets, links, etc? Please do share. And also how do you save information so that you can reach it when you want it - which applications do you use?

I'd really appreciate your inputs. Thanks in advance.










Comments

  1. Divya7 January 2013 at 14:36

    Hi Wren,

    I usually look through online journals and maybe some newspaper articles...If there are any topics there that fascinate me, I check Google for more links related to that pertaining topic. Google is usually my prime source of information - I use it to track other relevant sites...Otherwise I rely on my friends for information. For example, magazines like Conde Nast Traveler are good for information on travel destinations (http://www.cntraveler.com/ is their online page)...Similarly I read a lot of articles on Psychology Today (http://www.psychologytoday.com/) - On Twitter, I follow a lot of these news channels and get tweets and links about daily happenings :) :)

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    1. Chatty Wren7 January 2013 at 16:32

      Thanks Divya, this is when one is actively looking for news and information. I am looking for a solution besides the one I mentioned when information/news on topics that interest you can be aggregated.

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  2. Aparna7 January 2013 at 14:41

    Just the first question had me stumped....what are feathers made of anyway - hair???

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    1. Chatty Wren7 January 2013 at 16:32

      I had to google it - Keratin. Hair, nails made from keratin too.

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  3. Anonymous7 January 2013 at 19:39

    only 11 questions? this reminded me of a post from my archive - http://anisnest.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/question-rani/
    :)

    Reg. information aggregation I usually use browser bookmarks with categorized folders inside. used to export them once in a while and save as html. For ex: right now I have folders like Adi Learning, Ani Songs, Crafts, Cooking etc..
    For blogs, news and interesting websites that has RSS feed I use Google Reader. For images I use pinterest.
    Hope this helps..

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    1. Chatty Wren7 January 2013 at 20:59

      The ones I remember:) Will look this post up on your blog. Thanks a lot, Anisnest, your detailed explanation really helped.

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  4. Unknown8 January 2013 at 00:18

    #9: OMG!!! bwahahahahha!!! #11: very clever!!
    I usually like the relevant page on Facebook...now that is my biggest and fastest source of what is happening around the world!

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    1. Chatty Wren8 January 2013 at 06:56

      Oh ok, I will try it out with a few likes!! Thanks, Roshni.

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  5. Anonymous8 January 2013 at 05:59

    I didn't know you were participating in blogging marathon :) All the luck... and please please enable email subscription so that I don't miss reading any of them... please :)

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    1. Chatty Wren8 January 2013 at 06:57

      Yes I am Jas. I've enabled it.

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    2. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 11:22

      Hey, how can you enable e-mail subscription on your blog? Could you please guide me on that? I want to do that too, but have no idea how to go about it. Thanks!

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    3. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 11:23

      Hey, how do you enable e-mail subscriptions on your blog? I want to, for my blog too, but have no idea how to go about it. Please advise. Thanks !

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    4. Chatty Wren10 January 2013 at 17:40

      I can't advise you for Wordpress but for blogger in the layout section, you can choose -Add a gadget and opt for follow by e-mail. Don't know of that is of any help!

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  6. Anonymous8 January 2013 at 06:00

    ok ok.. done :) subscribed :)

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  7. Anonymous8 January 2013 at 13:07

    LOL on the list...
    About the info tracking, i am not the right one to throw any light on the matter. But about the gold, shares and mutual funds, i believe you can use some kind of portfolio tracker. other things i am not very sure...

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  8. Chatty Wren8 January 2013 at 14:01

    Yes thanks. I was asking for news etc, and Anisnest has a pretty comprehensive solution.

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  9. preethi8 January 2013 at 21:02

    For just news , I use the Trove aggregator, You can choose your topics and it will land list of relevant news articles from around the globe in your inbox. Check it out: http://www.trove.com/

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  10. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 13:24

    I love the way kids think... very logical :)
    I must make a list of Cheebu's questions too :) for posterity's sake :)

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    1. Chatty Wren10 January 2013 at 14:42

      Yes actually, and we grown-ups never show the same curiosity to things. Sometimes we are afraid to ask questions.

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