Bill (比尔) - Latest Comments in Where Do You Get Your Information?

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:43:05 -0000

@盛荣祖 -
Hi 盛荣祖, I have to apologise that my Chinese isn't good enough to understand your question. Maybe you could re-phrase it so that I could use an online translation service. Please forgive me, I'm still very much a beginner with the Chinese language.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:43:05 -0000

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

盛荣祖 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:46:33 -0000

hi bill 最近你的中文联系的怎么样.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

盛荣祖 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:46:33 -0000

hi bill 最近你的中文联系的怎么样.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:48:19 -0000

@Shri -
It's a very difficult thing to quantify especially as the true value of the information you receive may not be realised until some time in the future.

If I ever get to see the results of the IET survey, I'll be sure to post a response. However the cynic in me suspects the survey is being used to justify an internal project rather than to shed any light on the real needs and habits of information seekers.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:48:19 -0000

@Shri -
It's a very difficult thing to quantify especially as the true value of the information you receive may not be realised until some time in the future.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Shri — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:54:41 -0000

Now that's a difficult question. It depends on the kind of information I am looking for and the expertise of the family member.

I never googled for tips on book keeping, as my hubs is a CPA. But if he suggested me anything like siloing seo, i'd surf google for more info, despite the respect I have for his opinion :) (Coz he detests blogging).

What do you think?

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Shri — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:54:41 -0000

Now that's a difficult question. It depends on the kind of information I am looking for and the expertise of the family member.

What do you think?

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:22:12 -0000

@Shri -
Thanks for sharing the breakdown of your information sources. I did wonder what percentage of information came from each source, but struggled to put a number to it. The question I kept coming back to was one of volume v.s. value. I get less information from say family than I do from Google but I value it a lot more. I wonder how the percentages would look if they were skewed to take into account value?

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Bill — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:22:12 -0000

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Shri — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:45:26 -0000

Information research is a major daily activity for me and 80% of the answers to my quest come from Google search (includes blogs), 10% comes from books & magazines. Rest 10% can be attributed to family, friends, twitterites, misc other sources. Intuition works sometimes too.

Re: Where Do You Get Your Information?

Shri — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:45:26 -0000