My next assignment is covering a prognosis for Tanzania. I am struggling a little to get my mind around all the content, but this is part of the research and I am enjoying it. :)
The techniques learned from the "scanning the environment" assignment is already coming to good play. It now also makes sense to me why the scanning module had to be done first before this specific assignment.
It is actually amazing how much really good and reliable *1 content is available when you start to dig around. I guess this might be true for research related information, but this will be dwarfed against the "inutile"*2 information floating in the web.
TREES SHIFT UPWARDS AS CLIMATE WARMS, DATA SHOW by D Perlman. SFGate, 12 June 2010 : Link
What I find amazing about this is that I often think it takes long for nature to adapt to change. According to this article it actually happens a lot quicker than we think. It is faster than the pace companies sometimes take to adapt to a changing business environment. ....well maybe its because at least the trees know that their environment is changing...
19/06: Finally complete
I have submitted my "Scanning the Environment" assignment today. It took a LOT more time than what I estimated it would take in the offset of the assignment. To quote myself "...It surely cannot take THAT long to read a few articles, select a few interesting ones and then write a small editorial....." I was wrong with this one. :)
In the end it was a very good assignment to complete and I learned a lot. I enjoyed it so much that I am actually contemplating writing one every 3+ months. It would then also serve as a record for myself on the most interesting articles that crossed my virtual desk.
The next assignment needs to be complete in +- 2 months and it is going to be a challenge as well. It will cover a "surprise free prognosis for Tanzania". I also need to spend some time researching free alternatives for plagiarism checkers.
Well that is surely going to be another topic. :)
