TheJoyOfSearch
by Daniel M. Russell

A new book from MIT Press (2019)

Upcoming Events

Author talks, book signings, lectures.

October 16, 2020 - The Joy of Search. Univ. Colorado, Colorado Master Gardener Conference. Zoom talk. Register here. Noon, Mountain Time.

Dan Russell

Assessing the Credibility of News Sources

When you’re looking for news sources you’ll naturally want to find credible sources. The hard here is what’s credible… and how can...

Dan Russell

Searching for images with filetype: on Google?

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Yesterday I made an interesting mistake.. I'd seen an animated GIF of a cat. I thought I'd like to see it...

Dan Russell

A bit more on fact-checking…

Search engines put in a fair bit of effort to surface fact-check information in the results. As you search, be sure to pay attention to...

Dan Russell

Wildfire maps and charts you need now

People keep asking me: Dan, what's the best site to monitor the fires in California? Or a variation on that: What's the best site to get...

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