Mod 0 Session 1 Readings

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Session 1 Readings and Responses

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

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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):
• Programmers regularly google problems they are having in order to see how other people have resolved similar issues. -Coders will use google often and frequently in the course of writing code.

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: The use of quotations makes it so that google will examine the exact wording rather than searching all the words in your search individually. ex: "costco litter box" vs costco litter box search
• Tip 3: The hyphen allows you create an exclusion in the search. ex: Bubba Gump shrimp -movies
• Tip 4: The colon allows you to search within a specific site. ex: covington kids:CNN.com
• Tip 9: using the OR function you can search for multiple phrases or words at once to synthesize uyour search results. ex: How to make pumpkin pie OR pumpkin pie with cinnamon
• Tip 13: this is a tip for the user telling you to think of the wording a website would use rather than searching for a question. ex: "dicount brakes" may be a better search than "where can I get some cheap brakes".
• Tip 14: This is a tip for the user to use efficient keywords in order to not narrow down your search results. ex: "Target near me" would be a better search than "Targets in Denver CO".
• Tip 17: This is a recommendation that if your original search does not produce the desired results try to change the wording. ex: "trying to change the oil for a toyota corolla" vs "how to change oil 2016 toyota corolla"

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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