publicdomainvectors.org/en/free-clipart/Blacksmith-sketch/63288 The advice "strike while the iron is hot" comes from blacksmiths, who would pull a piece of red-hot iron out of the coals with tongs and begin hammering into shape the horseshoe or hook or whatever the customer had ordered. If he waited until the iron cooled, it would be nearly impossible to shape and have to be moved into the fire again.  Research Log I wrote before about my new favorite tool Airtable , and its older cousin, the spreadsheet. Now I'm using Airtable for my newest favorite, the research log . I've read about why to keep them, but have always chosen to trust my memory instead. This did not work very well! There are tools such as Goldie May which promise to automate the process, but after watching it in action, I don't think it would work for me. Begin with the GPS In the Research Like A Pro study group South King County GS is running for members, one of the necessary steps is a comprehe...

By Valorie Zimmerman You can use Twitter to gather information, or to spread it. You can use it without an account. Naturally Twitter wants to sign you up, and it is free, but you can go to https://twitter.com/skcgs1 without an account. What will you see there that you won't find on http://skcgs.org ? You will find short bits of information, photos, diagrams and even short films all from the accounts that @skcgs1 "follows", what we post or "tweet," and what we "re-tweet." This is what you will see if you are not logged in:  https://twitter.com/skcgs1 - user not logged in What does "follow" mean? If you are logged in, you can see which accounts SKCGS follows on the Following tab. The accounts you follow are the ones that show up in your Home tab when you are logged in. This screenshot shows the what can be seen if you are logged in: @skcgs as seen by logged in Twitter user If you are just starting a new Twitter acc...