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Session 1 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 25 minutes.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

1. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2):
  • here is what I thought...
  • I loved the Albert Einstein quote, "never memorize something you can look up". It certainly doesn't apply to all things, but useful in the sense that it comforts me a bit more to use google...excessively. It mentions that good programmers use google "a lot...one might argue that they use it even more than beginners".
  • Also, that if I encounter a problem, there's a VERY strong chance that I'm not the first one to have had the problem. Google will most likely hold the answers (as well as my fellow cohort students/instructors if google isn't helping).

2. 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently by Joseph Hindy (15 min)

  • Briefly describe (in your own words) each of the tips below AND provide an example of a search that captures the sentiment of the tip
  • Tip 2: Use quotes to search a specific phrase.
    • "Into Thin Air" book
  • Tip 3: Hyphen to exclude content.
    • Cowboys -NFL -Football
  • Tip 4: Colon for specific site.
    • Dak Prescott :ESPN.com
  • Tip 9: Search multiple words at once.
    • Whiskey OR Scotch
  • Tip 13: Use professional language.
    • "My hair is too long, where can I get it cut?" replaced by "Barber near me"
  • Tip 14: Use important words.
    • "Where can I get my oil changed in my car today" replaced by "Oil change near me"
  • Tip 17: Use descriptive words.
    • "How to replace my graphics card in my computer" replaced by "GPU installation PC"

3. Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below:

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