Module 4 - Organising search information task

"Choose the best three sources found in the previous task...using whatever software or tool you think is most appropriate, record the following information about these sites

• URL
• author
• institution
• blurb/summary/screenshot

For me the most effective tool for this is del.ic.ious, it can't record the screenshot, but can do everything else. I use the comments box for the summary of the site (In my own words as this is where I can add my context to it), the author and institution. I also add the author and institution to the tags, for easier searching.

Site 1 : http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc959.txt
author : J. Postel, J. Reynolds.
institution : University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute.
summary : The current RFC (959) for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). An overview, history and technical specifications for FTP. Authors Postel and Reynolds. USC/ISI

Site 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9mnY1Z2so
author : Prof.I.Sengupta
institution : Department of Computer Science & Engineering ,IIT Kharagpur.
summary : Video lecture on Client Server Concepts DNS,Telnet,Ftp. Prof.I.Sengupta. Department of Computer Science & Engineering ,IIT Kharagpur.

Site 3 : http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/07/20/napster_diaspora/index.html
author : Scott Rosenberg
institution : Salon.com emag
summary : Opinion piece on the post Napster possibilities of file sharing. Scott Rosenberg. Salon.com emag.

As most of my specialised searches using my original keywords turned up dry information on the technical aspects of the protocol, I will have to devise better searches to get information on the social impacts of FTP, ie Napster, Bittorrent etc.