Today recession’s hardest hit industry is real estate, especially the housing market. Homeowners are forced to take foreclosure route or take bad loan options offered by particularly non-traditional lenders. How The Sub-Prime Lending Crisis Affects Borrowers, a knol by Cole Collins describe a not-so-pretty picture of vicious cycle of lenders, borrowers, and the national economy [...]
Wikipedia has been a great source of information for quite a while. However, it has been severely corrupted either by user or the Wikipedia Team themselves. Carl Hewitt wrote a knol that highlights corruption in Wikipedia that has damaged and undermine its potential as information behemoth. Among all interesting take on Wikipedia corruptions, such as [...]
During my wanderings on Google Knol, I found some unethical knol writing practices in knols. There are knols that are entirely copy-and-pasted from Wikipedia; There are knols that are also a rip-off other sites, and use certain keywords in them to link to the knol writer websites; There are also knols that do nothing except [...]
We are highly dependent on oil – nobody can deny it. Have you ever imagine what would happen to mankind if the oil is not there anymore? A knol by Byron W. King of Contrarian Profits explore about peak oil and its impact to the society and mankind. What is peak oil? From the knol, [...]
When a couple in advanced age plan to have a child, In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) often arise as a sound choice. The IVF main issue has always been evolving around egg donation by donor and the health challenges of the recipient. This post is focused on the latter. A knol by Shahar Kol, a Senior Physician [...]
What is rationalism? According to the knol by Michael McGovern, the answer’s in the question. Rationalism is from the Latin word ratio meaning reason. So, Rationalists believe that reason is the primary source of knowledge, providing justification for beliefs. Some prominent rationalists include Plato and Descartes. I think rationalism as the essence of what your [...]
According to Dr. Gary Rhodes of Brigham Young University, there are ways to ensure start-up success from the outset. This wonderful knol entitled The Laws of Entrepreneurial Marketing shows how to avoid common mistakes in bootstrapping your start-up. Interestingly, Dr. Rhodes says that the first five laws all must be fulfilled to ensure business start-up [...]
Business mistakes are somewhat inevitable. Knowledge of what not to do can save countless hours and dollars. Dave Cheong recently posted a great knol outlining the 14 business mistakes to avoid. Although these mistakes are general, they apply to nearly every business. 1. Bad initial concept. 2. Inadequate planning. 3. Failure to do proper research. [...]
The following is the latest updates from Google Knol Team: We’ve added support for Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. You can receive email notification of changes to your knols. The Link tool in the Edit mode makes it easier to link to other knols now. Also, Author Pages have been redesigned. Tables are useful, and now [...]
Backpacking is the best way to enjoy outdoor activities and visit beautiful places. If you are interested in backpacking or eager to start out backpacking as a hobby, I recommend you to read on. A widely popular knol by Ryan Moulton, How to Backpack, list and explain what are needed to enjoy outdoor vacationing and [...]